Dwight,
According to Keytek Instrument Corp.'s Pulsed EMI Handbook the use of
crossed-vane ESD simulators is covered by:
* ANSI C63 (searching the Internet led me to American National Standard
Guide for Electrostatic Discharge Test
Methodologies and Criteria for Electronic Equipment, ANSI C63.16-1993. )
* European Computer Manufacturers Association, "Electrostatic Discharge
Immunity Testing of Information
Technology Equipment," ECMA TR/40, July 1987.
The engineer who is our keeper of Electromagnetic Compatibility/Electrostatic
Discharge (EMC/ESD) standards seems to be out today, so I haven't had a chance
to verify the ANSI standard yet. I did find it available to IEEE members for
$54 at http://www.standards.ieee.org/catalog/electromag.html versus the
$101 list price from ANSI.
ECMA TR/40 can be downloaded for free from
ftp://ftp.ecma.ch/ecma-tr/tr-040.pdf and does discuss construction and
use of crossed-vane ESD testers.
John Barnes Advisory Engineer
Lexmark International
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