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Hom3r · 24-10-2006, 14:21

I worked for eight years in a major electronics company. Some of the job involved programming computer chips (EPROMs, EEPROMS ROM), these where programmed in an EPA (Electro-static discharge Protected Area).

All the chips came in ESD protected bags which were not allowed to be open unless I was in the EPA and wearing a ESD strap which was plugged in to a monitor, if it screamed at us I would immediatley pull my hand from the chips and adjust the strap until the alarm stopped. (these also monitered the bench aswell.

Many time did some engineer walk across the nylon carpet hold a chip in his hand, with no protection.

I was trained in this company by a company call Vermasion, I used to callibrate the static monitors.

Not all computer chip will be damaged by static, if a chip is damaged by static, it will either stop working imediatley, or the damage will be latent (IE the device will fail eventually), I saw photos of static damage it looked like a phot of a mountian range, (I'll try and find some photo's to upload)

I would always use a wrisp strap, and strongly recommend that you use one.

try this link

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...aining/Photos/

24-10-2006, 14:21	#24
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