Several ANSI ESD Standards to be Updated

Released 08.28.2015 - San Francisco, CA

The EOS/ESD Association (ESDA) (Rome, NY), a professional voluntary association devoted to setting standards and techniques for avoiding electrostatic discharge, has revised four of its standards documents and is issuing a new report arguing that machine model for IC qualification be abandoned, according to an email dated Aug. 27. 

Four of the documents are revisions, one is new:

• ANSI/ESD STM11.11-2015, ESD Association Standard Test Method for Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Surface Resistance Measurement of Static Dissipative Planar Materials (revision of ANSI/ESD STM11.11-2006): Provides a measurement procedure to determine the surface resistance of planar materials in the static dissipative range.
  
  
• ANSI/ESD STM11.12-2015, ESD Association Standard Test Method for Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Volume Resistance Measurement of Static Dissipative Planar Materials (revision of ANSI/ESD STM11.12-2006): Provides test methods for measuring the volume resistance of static dissipative planar materials used in the packaging of ESD sensitive devices and components.
  
  
• ANSI/ESD STM11.13-2015, ESD Association Standard Test Method for Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Two-Point Resistance Measurement (revision of ANSI/ESD STM11.13-2000): Measures the resistance between two points on a material's surface without consideration of the material's means of achieving conductivity. This test method was established for measuring resistance where the concentric ring electrodes of ANSI/ESD STM11.11 cannot be used.
  
  
• ANSI/ESD STM97.1-2015, ESD Association Standard Test Method for the Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible Items - Footwear/Flooring System - Resistance Measurement in Combination with a Person (revision of ANSI/ESD STM97.1-2006): Provides test methods for measuring the electrical system resistance of a person wearing static control footwear while standing on a floor sample or installed floor.
  
  
• New: ESDA/JEDEC JTR5.2-01-15, ESDA/JEDEC Joint Technical Report for Discontinuing Use of the Machine Model for Device ESD Qualification.  This document is a new document. Provides the necessary technical arguments for strongly recommending no further use of machine model for IC qualification. According to the 
  
  

All documents cost $145.00 for a hard copy ($115.00 member price); $135.00 for a PDF ($105.00 for members), except the new document (ESDA/JEDEC JTRS.2-01-15, which is $17.50 for a hard copy (members pay $10.00), a PDF is available only as a complimentary download to members.

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