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Yes, the DoD formally adopted ANSI/S20.20-2014 on 4 June 2015. Please refer to the official announcement on the ESDA site HERE. For more information on recent changes made to S20.20, see the JAN/FEB edition of the ESDA’s Threshold – Significant Changes Made From the 2007 Version To The 2014 Version Of ANSI/ESD S20.20 To download a…
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1. Define what you are trying to protect. What is the Human-Body Model (HBM) withstand voltage of the most sensitive item? A prerequisite of ESD control is the accurate and consistent identification of ESD susceptible items. Some companies assume that all electronic components are ESD susceptible. However, others write their ESD control plan based on…
The 37th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium and Exhibits will be held at the Peppermill Resort Hotel, Reno, Nevada. Desco has been a part of the ESD Symposium for nearly 30 years. Desco employees have volunteered their time to be a part of the ESD Association’s standards meetings, working groups, and other functions at the annual symposium.…
A new blog post on the EDN Network titled Static Electricity Aims To Power Wearable Devices discusses how static electricity may be used for energy harvesting to power devices such as fitness bands, medical monitoring systems, and watches. In addition to the discussion about using static electricity for the energy that it can provide, the post…
The recent InCompliance article Achieving Perfect ESD Audits for S20.20 ESD Control Programs discusses the ESD Control Plan of General Dynamics Mission Systems facility in Bloomington, MN ESD Control Plan and their ongoing effort to manage the program. The article outlines the program as follows: ESD Training Program Recurrent ESD Auditing Program Changes Made to…
Earlier this month IBM announced that they “have created a “test” chip with transistors 7 nanometers thick.” See the full story HERE This direction is consistent with the ESD Association’s (www.esda.org) white paper Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Technology Roadmap – Revised March 2013 which forecasts increased ESD sensitivities stating: “Also, RF circuit operations will continue to…
One of the key groups of products that we manufacture at our Chino, CA location is our testers, monitors and meters. We use a CNC machine to cut holes in the cases where connections are made, LEDs are placed and for other functions relating to the product. Watch a video of a test run HERE…
Question: 1) In the scope, 200 volts CDM & 35 volts on isolated conductors are added. What is the intention to add them? Why are both of them determined on the value of 200 volts and 35 volts, respectively? Question: 2) As defined in clause 8.3.1, “If the field measured on the process required insulator…
Desco’s CA1 location is in Chino, CA. Our manufacturing capabilities at CA1 include injection molding, brass and stainless machining, RF sealing, surface mount electronics, through hole electronics, and other bench top assembly projects. These capabilities are used to make wrist straps, grounding cords, workstation monitors, ionizers, testers, sheet protectors, and other products offered through the…