Hi All, I have been hinting at my efforts to characterize ESD simulators and have generated a treasure trove of data on most modern ESD simulators for waveform and E-field emissions to 5 GHz. This data can save an engineer, company, or test lab a lot of effort during ESD testing.
The data allows one to pick an ESD simulator based on the results you want or your criteria or to resolve differences between your internal testing and an external test lab. There is a huge difference between simulators and the data shows that even a subtle difference in the way the test person applies the ESD can make a large difference in the test outcome, none of which is addressed in IED61000-4-2. I think there may be a lot of "fixing" of ESD issues in equipment that is not necessary. All this is due to the loose/incomplete way IEC 61000-4-2 specifies the simulator calibration. If you are interested in the presentation, discussion, and a copy of the data, I am holding a web session next Wednesday, December 15th at 9 am Pacific Daylight Time, for several hours. Contact me for details. This is not a free presentation as I have expended significant personal resources to generate the data. I don't consider this presentation as training but a presentation of data and a mutual discussion of it to bring out the conclusions contained in the data that are not necessarily obvious. I think individual engineers responsible for a product as well as test labs would especially be interested. The data is not commercially available to my knowledge. Doug [cid:image001.jpg@01D908BE.5017DD50] - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
