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ESD - The Scourge of Electronics /

This book deals with the influence of electrostatic discharges upon electronic components and systems and how to avoid it. The nature and the generation of static electricity is described with historical notes. The interaction between ESD and electronics is penetrated. Simulation models are given an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hellström, S. (Sten)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998.
Subjects:
Engineering.
System safety.
Electronics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Discovery of Static Electricity and its Manifestations
  • Connection with Electronics
  • ESD-Testing and Models
  • Susceptibility of ESD
  • Failure Analysis
  • Latent Failures
  • Indirect ESD
  • Other perturbation phenomena in electronics
  • Interaction of electrical fields with the human organism
  • Simulation methods for ESD in electronics
  • Protection methods for ESD in electronics
  • Failure occurrence and cost of ESD
  • Definition.