[sdiy] Static Damage to ICs

[Tim Ressel]

Believe it, mon!

When I was doing ESD training, as part of ISO9000
Hell,
one of my demos was to touch the probe on a static
meter, then lift my foot of of the floor. That was
enough to cause a triboelectric charge of 500 volts! 

--TR

--- epeasant at telusplanet.net wrote:
> >
> >8-O
> >
> >If I've read this somewhere else I wouldn't belive
> it.
> >What's the deal here? Is it the charachteristic of
> the tape
> >or is it charged during unrolling the tape?
> >
> >
> Apparently the charge is created by the unrolling of
> the tape, so it is caused
> by the material that the tape is made from as well
> as the unrolling/unsticking
> action.
> 
> I just rubbed my sleeve against my shirt and was
> easily able to peg the meter
> at well over 20KV!
> 
> Take care,
> Doug
> 
> ______________________
> The Electronic Peasant
> 
> www.electronicpeasant.com


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