Nowadays almost everyone owns a computer at home. Computers have become a part of our lives: to access to news around the globe and information of any kind at anytime we like. Some people assemble computers to sell and some even open up and repair their own computers. There are few things that we should [...]

Electrostatic Discharge or ESD is going to receive more attention from industries in the future. Electronic chips are getting smaller and designed to work faster with more complex features. These make ESDS items more susceptible to ESD damage.  Without a proper ESD control in the manufacturing, more ESD sensitive items are easily damaged. This results [...]

Ionizers are the heart of static control program in clean room environment.
Many insulative materials such as plastic, Teflon, ceramic and glass are widely used as part of the process materials.
Static charges build on these insulative materials when there is a contact and separation with other materials during the processing activities. Unlike the conductive material, static [...]

Type of ESD damage
Depending on the severity of the ESD damage, an ESD sensitive item can either be upset, wounded or experience a total failure.

Upset failures

An upset failure or intermittent failure is usually involving a temporary malfunction of equipment with loss of information and functions. A reset is required to resume the operation of the [...]

There are many types of ESD equipment or Static equipment in the market to help you diagnose and trouble shoots your ESD problems.
Some of the ESD equipments or Static equipments are:

 Static meter

Static meter is used to measure voltage associated with electrostatic charges on the surface of an object. It is commonly measured at a [...]

A person should wear all the necessary ESD protective materials such as: 

ESD smock

ESD wrist strap

ESD shoes      before he enters an ESD Protected area (EPA).  

Most of the time a person would wear gloves or finger cots while at work to prevent oil stain or finger mark. ESD gloves or ESD finger cots should be used while [...]

An ESD Protected workstation normally consists of an ESD mat, a wrist strap outlet or wrist strap continuous monitoring system, an ESD flooring or mat with or without an ESD ionizer.
The entire ESD mat, wrist strap outlet or wrist strap continuous monitoring system and the ESD flooring or mat is connected to the same common [...]

ESDS items need to be stored inside an ESD container before they can be transported from one place to another. The ESDS item can be stored inside a plastic conductive or dissipative tote box or bin or an ESD tray. ESD conductive tote boxes and bins can be designed with dividers or slots to cater the user’s [...]

An ESD Packaging is required to package ESDS items and to protect them from being damaged by an external static electricity.
There are two common types of ESD protective packaging which are commonly used by industries to protect their ESDS items.

 ESD bag : There are three common types of ESD bag available in the market.

 ESD shielding bag : [...]

Static charges that are developed within a person’s body through multiple contacts and separations between the bottom sole of his shoes and a floor are harmful to ESDS items. ESD wrist straps, heel straps or ESD shoes are commonly used to drain or remove these charges from the person’s body. 

ESD wrist strap  An ESD wrist strap [...]