The ESD Control Program Handbook

Description

Modern ESD standards require the user to define their own ESD control program according to the needs of their facility and the components they handle. The user must have a good understanding of how static electricity works and can lead to electrostatic discharges occurring, in order to develop and maintain a successful ESD control program. This book gives the knowledge and background needed to do this. It is likely to be read by technicians and engineers working in electronic system manufacturing processes, QA or related activities. They will usually have little or no knowledge of ESD control and will often have been tasked to take care of ESD control alongside their main job function in the company. The book presents a brief history of ESD control in electronics manufacture, and describes static electricity and ESD principles such as triboelectrification, electrostatic fields and induced voltages. There is a section on how to avoid ESD. This understanding is particularly important, for example, in automated