Please allow me to ask a relevant question only for curiosity.

We have no idea of what charge (positive or negative) would go to the DUT in 
ordinary ESD.
That's why we have to test two polarities in ESD immunity test. 

Lightning is a kind of ESD happened between a charged cloud and objects on 
earth surface. Some figures imply that an electron current flows from the 
charged cloud to the earth. Is it possible to have an opposite direction - 
electron flows from earth to cloud?

Thanks.
Barry Ma

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