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Published in InCompliance Magazine Written by The ESD Association April 01, 2014 The ESD Association has published the second of a six part article titled Fundamentals of Electrostatic Discharge in the April edition of InCompliance. Part two covers the following topics: Basic Principles of Static Control Design In Protection Define the Level of Control Needed…

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Published in InCompliance Magazine Written by The ESD Association January 01, 2014 The ESD Association has published the first of a six part article titled Fundamentals of Electrostatic Discharge in the January edition of InCompliance. The article starts with the following introduction: To many people, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) is only experienced as a shock when…

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ESD Basics for the Program Manager Cleanroom Considerations for the Program Manager Ionization Issues and Answers for the Program Manager March 11-12, 2014 Conference Center, COEX, 159, Samseong 1(il)-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Make sure you have people with the right knowledge to maintain your ESD control program at the highest level. Learn from top…

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ESD Basics for the Program Manager How To’s of In-Plant ESD Survey and Evaluation Measurements Make sure you have people with the right knowledge to maintain your ESD control program at the highest level. Learn from top industry professionals. ESDA Certification courses are part of the globally recognized Certified Professional Program Manager Program developed by…

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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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An article titled ESD Standards: An Annual Progress Report appears in the current issue of Printed Circuit Design and Fab. The article written by ESD Association and details the importance of standards in the manufacturing of electronics. It also discusses how the ESD Association creates and maintains the standards. The article goes on to state:…

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A good article was published on the Circuits Assembly website recently. The article was written by the ESD Association and is titled Managing Your ESD Program. The article discusses the challenges manufactures face in designing and maintaining an ESD control program for their operations. The article goes on to breakdown managing an ESD program in…

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Originally Published by InCompliance Magazine- September 2012 Now is the Time for ESD Control Programs to be Improved ““Factory ESD control is expected to play an ever-increasing critical role as the industry is flooded with even more HBM (Human Body Model) and CDM (Charged Device Model) sensitive designs.”” “By Fred Tenzer and Gene Felder” ElectroStatic Discharge…

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