Accession Number:

ADA134580

Title:

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Simulator Experiment (Testing of Some Switches/Relays for Application to an ESD Simulation Circuit)

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RELIABILITY SCIENCES INC ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• Vrachnas, S. A.

Report Date:

1983-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

Over the past few years, many models have been proposed in an attempt to accurately simulate the human electrostatic discharge using lumped passive networks. The complexity of these models range from a simple R-C network to networks incorporating inductance and multiple discharge effects. It has been generally accepted to simulate the human touch by a bounceless switch that will provide a consistently reproducible output waveform for device ESD sensitivity testing. This paper presents the results of an investigationtesting conducted to evaluate different types of relaysswitches used as the switching mechanism for an ESD simulator test set-up. The network used is the simplest, human body model consisting of a single 100 pF capacitor discharging via a single 1.5 Kohm resistor.

Descriptors:

• *SIMULATORS
• *ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
• *ELECTRICAL NETWORKS
• OUTPUT
• SIMULATION
• SETTING(ADJUSTING)
• MODELS
• NETWORKS
• ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
• REPRODUCIBILITY
• ELECTRIC RELAYS
• RELAYS
• RESISTORS
• CAPACITANCE
• SWITCHES
• ELECTRIC SWITCHES
• INDUCTANCE
• CIRCUITS
• HUMAN BODY
• HUMANS
• WAVEFORMS
• TEST METHODS
• PASSIVE SYSTEMS
• SENSITIVITY

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Electricity and Magnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE