a crackling sweater hair that sticks

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straight out from your head a small

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electric shock from a door handle we're

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all familiar with those moments when

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there is a discharge of static

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electricity this phenomenon is known as

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electrostatic discharge or ESD

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ESD often occurs in very common everyday

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situations like when walking on a carpet

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in plastics old shoes

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when this happens mainly negative

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electrical charges are picked up and

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distributed across the entire surface of

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the object or body if contact is then

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made with another conductive body or

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with ground this charge suddenly flows

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off depending on the number of volts

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involved it will be possible to feel

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hear and see this phenomenon in the form

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of a spark or a flash voltages of over

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10,000 volts can easily arise in modern

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workplaces and although this would pose

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no danger to people it could mean the

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end for electronic devices plastics in

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particular are very susceptible to

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electrostatic charging due to their high

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surface resistance for example the

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surface potential of a normal plastic

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box is anywhere up to 20,000 volts a

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dangerous environment for any electronic

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devices transported inside it

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electrostatic discharge sensitive

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devices are known as ESD s devices and

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are identified by this symbol as

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miniaturization gathers pace such

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devices are becoming more and more

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sensitive to ESD the extremely thin

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conducting paths in active electronic

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components like ICS are often unable to

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withstand the high ESD voltages involved

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some of the damage sustained in this way

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is clearly visible but some can only be

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seen under an electron microscope these

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different types of damage are referred

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to as direct faults and latent faults

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with a direct fault the device is either

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visibly damaged or its function is

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impaired damage like this can be

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sustained when taking measurements for

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example

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ever less than 30% of all damage caused

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by an ESD event is direct damage such

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faults are relatively easy to identify

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and can be remedied at a comparatively

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low cost the rate of damage due to what

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are known as latent or intrinsic faults

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is much higher these faults cannot be

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detected when the devices or components

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are delivered since they will still work

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only once they're operating might

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failures arise which can have severe

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consequences if damage within assemblies

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leads to production line stoppages this

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can result in huge costs due to

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servicing or repair work spaces that are

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free of ESD provide effective protection

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against damage caused by electrostatic

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discharge within these electrostatic

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discharge protected areas or EPA's all

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necessary precautionary measures are

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taken to ensure that work can be carried

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out with electrostatic sensitive devices

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without the risk of damaging them the

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only way to safeguard quality and the

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company's success in the long term is to

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take the professional handling of

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electronic devices seriously

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