ESD Standards

Summary

This chapter discusses the electrostatic discharge (ESD) standards that are used in industry for testing and manufacturing control. It provides a listing of ESD standards for manufacturing, component, and system tests. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ESD STM4.1 and ANSI/ESD STM3.1 are the standards that exist for characterization of worksurfaces to determine the resistive and dissipative characteristics. ANSI/ESD ESD‐STM 5.1 is the standard that exist for components for the human body model. ANSI/ESD SP 5.1.2 and ANSI/ESD ESD‐STM 5.2 are the standards that exist for components for the machine model. ANSI/ESD ESD‐STM 5.3.1 is the standard that exist for components for the charged device model. ANSI/ESD SP5.3.2 is the standard that exist for components for the socketed device model.