Electrostatic Discharge and Electronic Equipment: A Practical Guide

@ A Model of the Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Event; ESD Effects in Electronic Equipment; Firmware/Software Design Guidelines; Printed Wiring Board Design Guidelines:; Six PWB guidelines address the specifics of: Loop Areas:Line Lengths:Ground Planes:Capacitance:Isolation:Chassis Ground on the PWB:@ ; Overall Priority of Design Rules; Summary of PWB Design Guidelines; Cable Design Guidelines:; Fourteen cable guidelines address the specifics of: Electrochemical Series:Anodic and Cathodic Materials:Electrolytic Corrosion:Oxidation:Air Separation:Shielded Cables and Chassis Ground:Cable Shield Thickness:Cable Shield Connections:Cable Entry Point:Option to Connect the Cable Shield to Logic Ground:The ESD Current and Ferrites:Ferrite Bead Placement:Extra Lines:Flat Cables:@ ; Summary of Cable Design Guidelines; Enclosure Design Guidelines:; Twenty-one enclosure guidelines address the specifics of: Enclosures and Chassis Ground:Separations for Grounded Items:Separations for Ungrounded Items:Secondary Arcs:Enclosures and Operators:Enclosures and PWB Design:Enclosures and I/O Devices:I/O Cable Location:Connection of Cable Shield to Chassis Point(s):Ferrites Near the Cable Entry Point:Slots or Holes:Small Openings and Large Openings:Space Between Openings:Slot Locations:Shielding Seams:Conductive Gaskets:Gaskets, Fasteners and Corrosion:Foil Tape:Shield Seam Overlap:Bonding Straps:@ ; Summary of Enclosure Design Guidelines; Electronic Circuit Design Guidelines:; Eight guidelines address the specfics of: Component Limits:Circuit or System Disabling:Critical Inputs:Sensitive Devices:Sensitive Inputs:Floating Inputs:Filters VII:Clamping Suppressors:@ ; Summary of Electronic Circuit Design Guidelines; Manufacturing, Shipping, and Installation Guidelines:; Nine guidelines address the specifics of: Dielectric Materials:Dielectric Material Contact:Conductive Materials:Ionizers:Handling of Components or Assemblies:Shields:Ground Paths:Protection System Checks:@ ; Summary of Manufacturing, Shipping, and Installation Guidelines; ESD Simulator Design and Usage:; Three guidelines address the specifics of: ESD Simulators and Human Body Inductance:ESD Simulators and the Human Arm, Hand, and Finger:Proper R, L, and C Values:@ ; Guidelines for ESD Facilities and Test Methods:; Twenty-one guidelines address the specifics of: Boundary of the ESD Test Area:Isolation Transformers:Ground Planes:Table Ground Planes:Discharge Point Choice:Isolated AC Source:Simulator Chassis Ground:Simulator Location:ESD Simulator Charge:Simulator Position:Stray Capacitance of the EUT (Equipment Under Test):Indirect Tests:EUT Physical Configuration:Failure Definitions:Statistically Derived Sample Size:Test Progression:Error Detection:Test Limits:"Calibration" of the ESD Test Bed:Safety:@ ; Statistical Sampling Criteria:; Why Most Tests Don't Work; How Sure and How Good?; Confidence Levels and Limits in Brief; Proper Sampling for Units with Low Failure Rates; Proper Sampling for Larger Failure Rates; Comparative Testing; Summary; Sample ESD Test Specification:; Standard Acceptance Test Number 1 for ESD; Standard Acceptance Test Number 2 for ESD; Standard Acceptance Test Number 3 for ESD; ESD Failure Definitions; ESD Test Instructions; ESD Test Data Sheet for Acceptance Test Number 1; ESD Test Data Sheet for Acceptance Test Number 2; ESD Test Data Sheet for Acceptance Test Number 3; Standard Comparative Test Criteria for ESD; ESD Test Data Sheet for Comparison Testing