>From your actual experiences or knowledge, which of the following ESD tests is more severe (i.e., more likely to cause disruption of operation) given that the same pre-discharge voltages are used:
* Air discharge using generator and procedures of IEC 801-2:1984 (the old standard), or * Air discharge using generator and procedures of IEC 61000-4-2:1995 + A1:1998 (the current standard) The reason for asking is that we have evidence from past experiences with the older standard what level we should test to for quality purposes, and now we are attempting to set the levels per the new standard. Note that this is for internal quality purposes and not legal compliance. And, before someone mentions it, we will also be testing with contact discharge, but that is not the question at hand. Richard Woods ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
