How to defeat electrostatic discharge |
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Authors: | Boxleitner W |
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Affiliation: | KeyTek Instrum. Corp., Wilmington, MA; |
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Abstract: | The generation of electrostatic discharge (ESD) and the ways in which it causes failure are explained. Three ways of solving ESD problems are described and evaluated. They are: preventing ESD altogether; preventing the coupling of ESD noise into circuits or devices; and increasing the inherent noise immunity of devices and circuits. Firmware and software solutions to ESD upsets are also considered, and ESD testing is discussed |
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