The 36th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium and Exhibits will be held at at the The Westin La Paloma Resort, Tucson, Arizona. Desco has been a part of the ESD Symposium for all 36 years of its existence. Desco employees have volunteered their time to be a part of the ESD Association’s standards meetings, working groups, and…
The EOS/ESD Association is excited to offer two ESD Seminars at the The Westin La Paloma Resort, Tucson, Arizona in April March 31-April 1, 2014 ESD Device Design Essentials Instructors: Gianluca Boselli and Michael G. Khazhinsky This Seminar provides a broad exposure to the essentials of design sensitivity trends that affect ESD control practices. It…
Drag chains and grounding mobile equipment, such as carts, can be a challenge in any ESD Control Plan. The required limit for cart work surfaces per ANSI/ESD S20.20 is less than 1 x 109 ohms resistance to ground. In the most recent edition the ESDA November 2013 Threshold E-News Question and Answer section there is…
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An excerpt from Terry Welsher’s InCompliance article titled – The “Real” Cost of ESD Damage about using “split lot” experiments to determine the effectiveness of ESD control when manufacturing electronics. “At the time of the first EOS/ESD symposium in 1979 there were few mature ESD programs, but many companies were trying to establish them. Some of…
Read more Early Split-lot Experiments Helped Prove the Need for ESD Control Programs
> by Rick Cardinale, Bird Electronic Bird Electronic, founded in 1942 by J. Raymond Bird, soon became a leader in radio frequency instrumentation. Today, Bird also has moved into digital instrumentation test equipment. With the development of digital instrumentation came the increased need for controls to prevent ESD events. Improving ESD protection has been an…
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