IONIZER USER MANUAL
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A. Basic ESD Control
Basic ESD control is mendatory required to electronic industry. It
follows simple principle to make equipotential between ESD sensitive
items. Personal grounding, ESD safe worksurfaces and ESD safe
packaging materials are the key control items in ESD protected area.
B. Ionization for CDM/CBE Controls
Due to automated process in high techonology manufacturing environ-
ment, Charged Device Model (CDM) or CDM-like ESD damage becoming
a major portion of device failures. Industry Council agreed to reduction
of CDM protection target level down to 125V level and will impact basic
level of ESD control program and organization. Not only CDM, but also
Charge Board Event (CBE) like ESD issues are increasing due to device
complexity and stored large amount of charge on printed circuit board.
Strategic guidance has been proposed by the EOS/ESD Association.
Lowering device charged voltage level and increasing resistance of
contact materials are the key strategic elements to prevent or
minimize ESD damage.
ANSI/ESD S20.20 standard requires maximum allowable field strength
is 125 V/inch for 200 V CDM device. Low peak (or offset) voltage of
ionizer performance is important for ESD sensitive device control and
control program per S20.20 based.
Core Insight, Inc. provides intrinsic low peak balancing Steady-State DC
Ionizers for CDM ESD control with less maintenance.
For more detail information about ionizer solution and technical
support needed, please feel free to contact our sales representative
at sales@coreinsight.co.kr or your local contacts.
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