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ESD Training & Seminars

ESD Seminar Outline

Day #1: ESD Basics Agenda

A. Rules of Engagement & Introduction

B. ESD’s Financial Impact on Electronics

C. Basics Section 1: ESD Defined

Essence of Electrostatics: Q = CV
Charge & Material Resistance Characteristics
Electrostatic Fields
Voltage
Capacitance
Measuring Charge: Mobile vs. Immobile
Decay Time

D. Basics Section 2: Devices & ESD

Device ESD Damage: Catastrophic & Latent

Device Failure Models
a HBM: Human Body Model
b CDM: Charged Device Model
c FIM: Field Induction Model
d MM: Machine Model

Basics Section 3: Protecting ESDS Devices
a. Understanding Our Process
b. Device Failure Remedies
c. Electrostatic Protected Areas: From Basic to Advanced
d. How we Control ESD (12 Points)
e. Critical Evaluation & Control Elements
f. ESD Controlled Product & Material Selection
g. Summing it Up: ESD Program Design Requirements per ANSI/ESD S20.20

Day #2: ESD Measurements Agenda

A. Purpose: Support ANSI/ESD S20.20 Internal Verification of Technical Requirements

Review 12 Points of Static Control

The Art of Looking Around

The Differences Between Instruments and Measurements, including: Lab Level, Acceptance, Periodic Verification

Audit, System Checks, Evaluation & Troubleshooting

Program Manager’s Approach to Measurements

Product Selection, Installation & Baseline References (Evaluation) Auditing & Troubleshooting

Opinions: Basis for Audit Frequency & Guidelines for Changing Audit Frequency

Instruments: The Brains & Heart of Measurements

Resistance Measurement Protocol (Test Voltage)

B. Measurements

Grounding … the first Step in every Audit
a. Types of Grounds
b. What & How we Measure

Flooring
a. Installation & Baseline Measurements
b. Resistance Characterization
c. Charge Generation – 2 Approaches
d. Audit versus Evaluation

Worksurfaces
a. Installation & Baseline Resistance Measurements
b. The System Resistance Audit Check

Equipment
a. System Audit Measurements:
b. Chairs & Carts
c. Assembly Equipment, Conveyors, etc
d. Equipment Evaluation

Personnel Grounding

a. Wrist Straps
b. Personnel System Measurement
c. Detailed Footwear Measurements
d. Saving Calibration $ with On-site Reference Tests

Garments

a. The System Audit: Continuity to Ground
b. Basic Garment Evaluation

Material Overview
a. Raw Materials
b. Production Aids & Materials
c. Packaging Materials

- Surface & Volume Resistance Measurements
- Device Charge Generation from Magazines
- Loose Fill & Bulk Measurements

Ionization Devices
a. Audit
b. Evaluation

Summary