People do not start feeling charges from an ESD event until the discharge is at least 2000 volts while many common components used for manufacturing of electronics are susceptible to 100 volts or less . Here are some other common activities that will generate an ESD charge: – Walking across a carpeted floor: 1,500 – 35,000 volts –…
ANSI/ESD S20.20 Has Three Categories of ESD Garments – Why? ANSI/ESD S20.20-2007 has three Garment categories with the following names and required limits: Static Control Garment < 1 x 10^11 ohms Groundable Static Control Garment < 1 x 10^9 ohms Groundable Static Control Garment System < 3.5 x 10^7 ohms Per section 8.2 Personnel Grounding…
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