ISO 11221:2011—Space Solar Panels
Electrostatics is a major concern of spacecraft technology. Since space is filled with hot and low-density plasma that builds up high differential voltages, electrostatic discharge…
ISO 10605:2023—Road Vehicles ESD Test Methods
An average modern car has between 1,400 to 1,500 semiconductor chips: tiny electronic components that control everything from emissions systems to driver assist systems. Given…
ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021: Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts
There’s electricity within you. The human body, at rest, contains around 100 volts. Our bodies are not alone in generating a charge. In manufacturing and…
Preventing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
What is Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)? When we walk across a carpeted floor and touch a doorknob, we feel a startling shock. This is one of…
ANSI/ESD S1.1-2021: Standard for Wrist Straps
The power of lightning is in your hands. Not the hands of Thor or Zeus or whatever lightning-casting being—but yours! The average human body, at…
ANSI/ESD S541-2019: Standard for Packaging ESD Susceptible Items
Imagine taking the time to carefully package a product and then realizing later that all that work that was painstakingly put into that task was…
ANSI/ESD S6.1-2019: Electrostatic Discharge Grounding
When you shuffle across a carpeted floor and tap a doorknob, you feel a startling shock. This is the simplest form of electrostatic discharge (ESD),…
NFPA 77, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity, 2019 Edition
The 2019 edition of the NFPA static electricity recommended practice, NFPA 77-2019: Recommended Practice on Static Electricity, 2019 edition has been released. When we think…
Handbook for the Development of an Electrostatic Discharge Control Program
Static electricity and the resulting electrostatic discharge (ESD) have never been uncommon occurrences, simply resulting from the contact and separation of two materials. In fact,…