ESD Grounding Standards

Public Safety Dispatch (PSAPs), Call Centers,

Telecom Applications & FAA Flight Towers

Motorola R56
Public Safety and Telecommunications standards C.3.3 Flooring
and guidelines for the installation of equipment, Carpeting or floor tiles within an equipment room
infrastructure, and facilities for communications or dispatch center, including raised flooring, should
sites. Appendix C: Protecting against electrostatic have a resistance to ground measurement of
discharge in equipment rooms and dispatch centers. between 106 and 1010 ohms when measured using
the test method of ANSI/ESD STM7.1-2001 or later.
This commercial standard is used for network-operated dispatch operations, such as 9-1-1 call centers.

ATIS-0600321.2015
This telecommunications industry standard
covers new installations of network operator-
type equipment positions in which personnel are
required to access a computer terminal keyboard
while continually wearing a headset.
Network Operator Dispatch Call Centers
See: http://standards.globalspec.com/
std/9920406/atis-0600321
Section 4: Measures for Controlling Electrostatic
Discharge: 4.2 Flooring
Any carpeting or floor tiles should have a resistance
to ground between 106 and 1010 ohms when
measured using the method of ESD -S7.1.
System Resistance
Wide ranging ohmmeter
to Ground

FAA-STD-019f
Person wearing Metal
110 ε 5.8.9 Electrostatic Discharge ESD shoes wand
(ESD) Control Flooring and
Floor Coverings
ESD control floors and floor coverings
shall have a point-to-point resistance Grounded ESD floor

and a surface-to-ground resistance of

greater than 1.0 × 106 ohms and less Ground
than 1.0 × 109 ohms (ANSI/ESD STM7.1).

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 ESD Grounding Standards
Electronics Manufacturing & Handling Applications:
Grounding & Charge Generation

ANSI/ESD S20.20 – 2014 ANSI STM 7.1 Resistance Test ANSI/ESD STM 97.2 Measurement of Voltage
on a Person While Walking on a Floor

ESD Association Standard for the

Development of an Electrostatic Graphical recording device

Discharge Control Program for

Protection of Electrical and Electronic Charged plate monitor
Gap 1cm (0.5 in)

Parts, Assemblies and Equipment. Support material

insulative if required

Material under test

Groundable point A

ANSI/ESD STM7.1 – 2013 Left

foot
Start & Stop position
5 6
Right
foot 4

Resistive Characterization 3

of Flooring Materials in 1 2

Environmentally Protected
Areas (EPA). Groundable point B

Point to Point: < 1.0 × 109 ohms

Point to Groundable Point: < 1.0 × Ohm meter
Resistance to Groundable Point (Rtg)
109 ohms ANSI/ESD STM 7.1
Leads should be isolated from ground

ANSI/ESD STM97.1
(Resistance) Electrode–should be placed on the floor
in designated positions

Resistance of Groundable Point A Groundable Point B

Footwear/Flooring System 2” 3

< 1.0 × 109 ohms

6” 6”

2
Seam

12”

ANSI/ESD STM97.2 6” 1 6 5
(Charge Generation) 2” 2” 2”

Floor Materials and Footwear 2” 2”

Voltage Measurement in 12”

Combination with a Person. 24”

< 100 volts Peak *Per STM7.1-2013: “If the installed product has seams, then the test material must include a seam.”

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