Propagation characteristics of ESD-induced electromagnetic pulses measured using optical E-field sensor

This paper describes the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic pulses induced by electrostatic discharge (ESD) in the far field. ESD energy spectra measured with an electric field sensor using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer are analyzed for the frequency band DC-1 GHz by short-time Fourier transform (STFT). Analytical results show that ESD energy in high frequency band (100 MHz-1 GHz) decrease more rapidly in proportion to the distance from a source point.