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1.Precautions

1.3.ESDprecautions

Certainsemiconductordevicescanbeeasilydamagedbystaticelectricity.Suchcomponentsarecommonlycalled

“ElectrostaticallySensitive(ES)Devices”orESDs.ExamplesoftypicalESDsare:integratedcircuits,someeldeffect

transistors,andsemiconductor“chip”components.Thetechniquesoutlinedbelowshouldbefollowedtohelpreducethe

incidenceofcomponentdamagecausedbystaticelectricity.

CAUTION

Besurenopowerisappliedtothechassisorcircuit,andobserveallothersafetyprecautions.

1)Immediatelybeforehandlingasemiconductorcomponentorsemiconductor-equippedassembly,drainoffany

electrostaticchargeonyourbodybytouchingaknownearthground.Alternatively,employacommerciallyavailable

wriststrapdevice,whichshouldberemovedforyourpersonalsafetyreasonspriortoapplyingpowertotheunit

undertest.

2)AfterremovinganelectricalassemblyequippedwithESDs,placetheassemblyonaconductivesurface,suchas

aluminumorcopperfoil,orconductivefoam,topreventelectrostaticchargebuildupinthevicinityoftheassembly.

3)UseonlyagroundedtipsolderingirontosolderordesolderESDs.

4)Useonlyan“anti-static”solderremovaldevice.Somesolderremovaldevicesnotclassiedas“anti-static”can

generateelectricalchargessufcienttodamageESDs.

5)DonotuseFreon-propelledchemicals.Whensprayed,thesecangenerateelectricalchargessufcienttodamageESDs.

6)DonotremoveareplacementESDfromitsprotectivepackaginguntilimmediatelybeforeinstallingit.Most

replacementESDsarepackagedwithallleadsshortedtogetherbyconductivefoam,aluminumfoil,oracomparable

conductivematerial.

7)ImmediatelybeforeremovingtheprotectiveshortingmaterialfromtheleadsofareplacementESD,touchtheprotective

materialtothechassisorcircuitassemblyintowhichthedevicewillbeinstalled.

8)MaintaincontinuouselectricalcontactbetweentheESDandtheassemblyintowhichitwillbeinstalled,until

completelypluggedorsolderedintothecircuit.

9)MinimizebodilymotionswhenhandlingunpackagedreplacementESDs.Normalmotions,suchasthebrushingtogether

ofclothingfabricandliftingone’sfootfromacarpetedoor,cangeneratestaticelectricitysufcienttodamageanESD.

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