The types of ESD test/measurement equipment mentioned most often as currently in use and planned for purchase by T&M World readers are ground strap testers/monitors and resistance meters. The average ...

The effect of low ESD immunity on a new product introduction can be both obvious and subtle. Manufacturing and test facilities adhere to ANSI standards for ESD protection and handling of chips based ...

EMC standards strike a balance between extremes. Emissions must be controlled, but equally, there is a need to harden a design against interference, whether from internal or external sources. Reducing ...

A study to evaluate the applicability of IEC-61000-4-2 testing at the semiconductor device level finds that results depend more on variations in test setup than in ESD sensitivity. Donna Robinson-Hahn ...