This year’s EOS/ESD Symposium Information will be at the Rio All Suite Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on September 4-13, 2013. For a complimentary pass to the exhibits area please Contact us. Exhibits Open 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Monday, September 9. 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10 8:30 a.m. –…
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The “standard” resistance value for a wrist strap is to be 1 megohm (+/-20%). Touch-Testers test for this, so should your single-wire constant monitor. One of the ways that manufacturers of low cost continuous monitors cut corners is to not monitor for a current-limiting resistor in the wrist strap system. While there is no industry…
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Damage visible using Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) after significant enhancement by delayering and etch enhancement. Used with permission of Hi-Rel Laboratories, Inc. Spokane WA 99217 – http://www.hrlabs.com Photo of ESD arcing from finger to component. This is not a computer simulation. Technician was connected to a small magneto. This is not HBM-ESD. Extensive damage on…
Desco offers a wide product offering of Ionizers: bench top, overhead, and point-of use. Desco products incorporate superior technology providing fast discharge times, and such features as auto balancing feedback controls and “clean me” alarms. The primary function of an ionizer is to neutralize electrostatic charges on insulators and isolated (non-grounded) conductors to reduce the…