This tutorial consists of three sections. Section A defines the causes of ESD and critical elements related to charge generation, material characteristics and electrostatic phenomenon. Section B explains and demonstrates the four critical device failure models. Section C provides an overview of device protection during handling and product assembly, a summary of ESD control elements, and a fundamental overview of S20.20 program requirements. This full day course is required for those in-plant auditors and program managers who are working toward professional ESD certification.

• Discussion and demonstration of static and its causes

• Charge generation and related measurements

• Field effects and measurements

• Understanding of parallel plate capacitance

• Role of Q=CV

• Calculation of discharge time

• Energy calculations

• Measuring charge on devices

• Failure model overview and demonstrations, including human body, charged device, field induction and machine model illustrations

• Criteria for ESD control

• Selection of ESD control products and materials

• Introduction to ANSI/ESD S20.20 ESD program development requirements