Are you ready for the fourth quarter. Plan now. Realistically, there are only seven productive weeks left in this calendar year. Take a look at maintenance issues and what you will be doing to be ready for 2015. 

As you forecast the goals and objectives of the coming year, consider how Indoff can assist you in reaching the goal. Not sure how. Give Indoff a call.

ESD Personnel grounding

People remain as the main culprit contributing the most in destroying the sensitive electronic chips used in electronic equipments and gadgets. Because of this reason, ESD Association established an ANSI/ESD S20.20 standard to provide guidelines to organizations across the globe on the protection of their ESD sensitive items from ESD damage greater than or equal to 100 Volts Human Body Model (HBM).

When a person walks, electrostatic charges continuously build up on the person body through the contact and separation process that takes place between the person’s shoe sole and the flooring material.

The electrostatic charges start to discharge from the person when he touches a conductive material. That explains the reason why a person would feel a jolt when he touches a conductive door knob in a cold and dry weather. Static jolt is felt when static electricity of at least 3000 Volt build up in a person body. But a mere 10 Volts can kill a Tunneling Magnetoresistive head(TMR)straight away without the
person knowledge.

In any organization, ESD personnel grounding are given the most attention.

There are common ways where ESD personnel grounding are controlled:

• Wearing an ESD wrist strap
• Wearing an ESD shoes
• Using ESD floor mats
• Using ionizing equipment

 Article credit given to: Transforming Technologies, LLC , Toledo OH

Ensure your ESD and latchup testing results are performed

by certified testing technicians/engineers. 

Today's Integrated Circuits continue to get more complicated which leads to increased difficulty performing ESD and latchup testing on products.  In addition, the ESD and latchup standards are  updated  frequently to keep up with changing technologies. The ESD Association has developed the online Device Stress Testing Certification program which is targeted to train technicians and/or engineers who are involved directly in the area of ESD/latchup testing or are direct customers of internal or external ESD and latchup labs.  

The ESD Device Stress Testing Certification Program

The ESD Device Stress Testing Certification program requires the completion of ten, one hour, online courses; this is composed of eight required courses and a choice of two electives.

Required Courses:

• ESD Fundamentals I for Stress Testing
• ESD Fundamentals II for Stress Testing
• HBM & MM Testing Essentials
• CDM Testing Essentials
• Fundamentals of Failure Analysis
• Essentials for Controlling the ESD Work Area
• High Speed Digital ESD Waveform Measurements
• Advanced HBM - Dealing with Tester Parasitics, High Pin Count and Two Pin Testing

Electives:

• Fundamentals of System Level Testing
• HMM - System Level Testing of Components
• TLP Fundamentals - Understanding the Equipment Options and IV Data
• Latch-up Testing and Troubleshooting

Certification Renewal Class:

• ESD Stress Testing Standard Updates

Courses are $195 each - or - $1,755 for a bundle of ten

Register for the Device Stress Testing Certification Program

Three of the Required Ten Program Manager Courses are now offered online!

The ESD Association offers a professional certification for ESD control program  managers. The program is intended for individuals who are involved in design ing, implementing, managing, and auditing ESD control programs in their facilities. 

Registration form

Cost: $195.00 per class, per attendee

Purchase a bundle of 10 online/On-demand courses

for $1,755.00 and Save $195.                               

Click here  to register for one or more online/On-demand courses !

Electrostatic Calculations for the PrM and ESD Engineer

Part 1-On Demand

Part 2-On Demand

Part 3-August 23, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time 

Part 4-Sept 26, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time 

Course Description

This online tutorial is a four part series on Electrostatic Calculations. The material included is the same as is included in the full tutorial usually presented at the EOS/ESD Symposium or ESDA Regional Tutorials. The four parts focus on the basic calculations and techniques of use to the Program Manager and the ESD engineer. The content is at the introductory high school or college pre-calculus and introductory college physics level set in the context of electrostatic discharge and its effects. Each part also includes an additional review of the mathematics used in the practical calculations.
Taking all four parts of this online calculations class will fill the requirement for the full length calculations tutorial that is part of the ESDA Program Manager Certification curriculum. Details on the Professional Certification Programs offered by ESDA are on our website at www.esda.org/certification.html. The Calculations class is recommended to help prepare for the iNARTE ESD Engineer exam. For details visit www.esda.org/nartecert.html: Terry Welsher, Dangelmayer Associates, L.L.C. Leo G. Henry, ESD TLP Consultants, LLC    

Taking all four parts of this online Calculations class will fill the requirement for the full length tutorial that is part of the ESDA Program Manager Certification curriculum. Details on the Professional Certification Programs offered by ESDA are on our website at www.esda.org/certification.html.

AIR IONIZATION: ISSUES AND ANSWERS FOR THE PROGRAM MANAGER

Part 1-Oct 4, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time 

Part 2-Oct 16, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time 

Part 3-Oct 25, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time 

Instructor: ARNOLD STEINMAN,
Electrostatics Consultant Electronics Workshop

Course Description  

The primary method of static charge control is direct connection to ground for conductors, static dissipative materials, and personnel. But a complete static control program must also deal with isolated conductors, insulating materials, and moving personnel that cannot be grounded. Air ionization can neutralize the charge on insulated and isolated objects. It does this by charging the molecules of the gases in the surrounding air. Whatever charge is present on objects in the work area, it will be neutralized by attracting opposite polarity charges from the air. This webinar will present the information needed to use ionizers to solve problems caused by static charge. It is a basic course on ionizers, providing an introduction to their use, as well as advanced application information.

Taking all three parts of this online Ionization class will fill the requirement for the full length tutorial that is part of the ESDA Program Manager Certification curriculum. Details on the Professional Certification Programs offered by ESDA are on our website at www.esda.org/certification.html.