Template:ESD Precautions

ESD Precautions
The following guidelines should be followed in order to avoid ESD damage to the board components:


 * Any person handling boards must be grounded either with a wrist strap or ESD protective footwear, used in conjunction with a conductive or static-dissipative floor or floor mat.


 * The work surface where boards are placed for handing, processing, testing, etc., must be made of static-dissipative material and be grounded to ESD ground.


 * All insulator materials either must be removed from the work area or they must be neutralized with an ionizer. Static-generating clothes should be covered with an ESD-protective smock.


 * When boards are being stored, transferred between operations or workstations, or shipped, they must be maintained in a Faraday-shield container whose inside surface (touching the boards) is static dissipative.