Electronic Specifier

ESD simulator/gun meet IEC and ISO demands

Telonic Instruments has added the NoiseKen ESS-PS1 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Simulator with the GT-31S ESD Gun.
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Guns, Transients And Testing…Oh My!

With the pervasiveness of power management techniques like clock gating and power gating, transient power is on the rise, accompanied by the requirement to closely examine a system for such phenomenon ...
EDN

Understanding and comparing the differences in ESD testing

ESD (electrostatic discharge)—the sudden andmomentary electric current that flows betweentwo objects at different electrical potentials—causes equipment failure and network downtime,thus causing ...
EDN

Reliability of IEC 61000-4-2 ESD testing on components

Testing for immunity to electrostatic discharge (ESD), from cell phones to computers, is usually done with the IEC 61000-4-2 standard. 1 But IEC61000-4-2 is purely a systems-level test spec, not a ...
Electronic Design

Charged Device Model (CDM) ESD Testing: Getting a Clearer Picture

Of all of the component-level ESD tests available, the charged-device model (CDM) test is the closest to simulating real world events. CDM testing simulates ESD charging followed by a rapid discharge, ...
Electronic Design

ESD Test Epuipment – HBM Device Failure- The Scourge of Static-Sensitive Operations

This close examination of S20.20 reveals the key ingredients to a successful ESD control program. Multinational manufacturing corporations are racing to pursue the cost benefits of economic geography.