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New ESD Seminar!

May 13 & 14, 2008

A New ESD Seminar has now been scheduled for May 13 & 14, 2008. This in-depth two day seminar will:

Increase your understanding of ESD in the electronics environment
Help you identify ESD Problems
Provide techniques for monitoring and evaluating your facilities and ESD programs
Show you how to implement and audit a control program in accordance with ANSI/ESD S20.20.

Call 630-238-8883 for more information. Space is limited.

Day #1: ESD Basics Agenda

A. Rules of Engagement & Introduction

B. ESD’s Financial Impact on Electronics

C. Basics Section 1: ESD Defined

Essence of Electrostatics: Q = CV
Charge & Material Resistance Characteristics
Electrostatic Fields
Voltage
Capacitance
Measuring Charge: Mobile vs. Immobile
Decay Time

D. Basics Section 2: Devices & ESD

Device ESD Damage: Catastrophic & Latent

Device Failure Models
a HBM: Human Body Model
b CDM: Charged Device Model
c FIM: Field Induction Model
d MM: Machine Model

Basics Section 3: Protecting ESDS Devices
a. Understanding Our Process
b. Device Failure Remedies
c. Electrostatic Protected Areas: From Basic to Advanced
d. How we Control ESD (12 Points)
e. Critical Evaluation & Control Elements
f. ESD Controlled Product & Material Selection
g. Summing it Up: ESD Program Design Requirements per ANSI/ESD S20.20

Day #2: ESD Measurements Agenda

A. Purpose: Support ANSI/ESD S20.20 Internal Verification of Technical Requirements

Review 12 Points of Static Control

The Art of Looking Around

The Differences Between Instruments and Measurements, including: Lab Level, Acceptance, Periodic Verification

Audit, System Checks, Evaluation & Troubleshooting

Program Manager’s Approach to Measurements

Product Selection, Installation & Baseline References (Evaluation) Auditing & Troubleshooting

Opinions: Basis for Audit Frequency & Guidelines for Changing Audit Frequency

Instruments: The Brains & Heart of Measurements

Resistance Measurement Protocol (Test Voltage)

B. Measurements

Grounding … the first Step in every Audit
a. Types of Grounds
b. What & How we Measure

Flooring
a. Installation & Baseline Measurements
b. Resistance Characterization
c. Charge Generation – 2 Approaches
d. Audit versus Evaluation

Worksurfaces
a. Installation & Baseline Resistance Measurements
b. The System Resistance Audit Check

Equipment
a. System Audit Measurements:
b. Chairs & Carts
c. Assembly Equipment, Conveyors, etc
d. Equipment Evaluation

Personnel Grounding

a. Wrist Straps
b. Personnel System Measurement
c. Detailed Footwear Measurements
d. Saving Calibration $ with On-site Reference Tests

Garments

a. The System Audit: Continuity to Ground
b. Basic Garment Evaluation

Material Overview
a. Raw Materials
b. Production Aids & Materials
c. Packaging Materials

- Surface & Volume Resistance Measurements
- Device Charge Generation from Magazines
- Loose Fill & Bulk Measurements

Ionization Devices
a. Audit
b. Evaluation

Summary