RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-23 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations I've often wondered... Most people who have an ESD gun have a spectrum analyzer. Most ESD guns have a multiple discharge setting. What if you made a "coupling strip", such as a 12 inch long x 1 inch wide

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-23 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
ject: RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations I've often wondered... Most people who have an ESD gun have a spectrum analyzer. Most ESD guns have a multiple discharge setting. What if you made a "coupling strip", such as a 12 inch long x 1 inch wide piece of coppe

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-23 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
m; kevinharr...@dsc.com Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations I often test 9 volt batteries with my tongue. A similar technique can be used to test the ESD gun. Just discharge it to your arm and gage the

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-23 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
From: Brian Epstein [mailto:bepst...@veeco.com] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:16 PM To: drcuthb...@micron.com; ian.gor...@bocedwards.com; kevinharr...@dsc.com Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations That actually works. Just zap the inside of your arm and

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-22 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
...@ieee.org Subject: RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations I often test 9 volt batteries with my tongue. A similar technique can be used to test the ESD gun. Just discharge it to your arm and gage the performance by how it feels. Just

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-22 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
] On Behalf Of Gordon,Ian Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:46 AM To: Kevin Harris Cc: EMC-PSTC (emc-p...@ieee.org) Subject: RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations Kevin You are only verifying that the equipment is working so there is no need to check absolute levels or waveforms etc, that is

Re: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-22 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
In a message dated 4/22/2004 11:07:57 AM Central Daylight Time, kurt.fisc...@hyperinterop.com writes: Kevin, You actually have 2 seperate issues: 1. The verification (or calibration) of the ESD simulator which must be performed per the 61000-4-2 standard (either internally or externally). 2.

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-22 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Kevin, You actually have 2 seperate issues: 1. The verification (or calibration) of the ESD simulator which must be performed per the 61000-4-2 standard (either internally or externally). 2. The quality assurance checks per 17025 of the ESD Simulator and ESD setup. This could be the same as #

Re: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-22 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Kevin: There is a presentation regarding ESD on the RAFT website, it may be of some help as it does talk about calibration. It is titled "ESD Today" www.raft-global.org Regards: Kevin Keegan Senior Associate KES & Associates 1 Stonecroft Terrace Kanata, Ontario Canada K2K 2V1 Tel: 613-592-0820

RE: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-22 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
ver 6kV. 7. Update the Equipment checklist spreadsheet to show that these pieces of equipment are functioning correctly. Ian Gordon From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: 21 April 2004 20:51 To: Kevin Harris; EMC-PSTC (emc-p...@ieee.org) Subject: Re: ESD Gun Verificat

Re: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-21 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Never done this before, so this is shooting from the hip. If you have a receiver, as opposed to an analyzer, you could, using sufficient attenuation, drive the input directly or using some transducer to measure the spectral signature from dc to daylight right after calibration, and run checks aga

Re: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-21 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
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Re: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations

2004-04-21 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Varuzhan Kocharyan and Dave Tolman at Northwest EMC in Hillsboro, Oregon, developed a method that might be what you are looking for. The paper can be found at http://www.nwemc.com/1136.pdf. Varuzhan gave a talk based on this paper at our local IEEE EMC Chapter sometime in the last year or so and