A Complete Overview of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)


What is static electricity? What causes it and how does it damage components? This course takes one day to discuss and explain what ESD is, why static charge problems are not unique to one industry, what kind of unqiue problems clean rooms and fabs have with Electrostatic Discharge. It covers ways to control static generation and avoidance.

We offer this and all courses as On Site Training



WHAT THE COURSE COVERS:

  • What is Static Electricity?
  • What is Electrostatic Discharge?
  • What causes it, and how does it damage components?
  • Basic concepts in Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
  • Why Static charge problems are not unique to one industry!
  • Wafer Fabs/Cleanrooms have very unique ESD problems!
  • ESD effects on E.T./Sort and Assembly areas
  • Ways to control static generation and avoidance
  • ESD Control Products
  • Fundamentals & Methods of Ionization
  • Ionization for Production Tools and areas
  • Developing an ESD Program
  • Management Training and Ownership
  • Training Personell

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
  • Semiconductor Equipment Vendors
  • Semiconductor Wafer Fab
  • Management/Supervisors
  • Process Engineers
  • Wafer Fab Operators
  • Computer Manufacturers
  • Reticle/Photomask Vendors
  • Photo Engineers
  • PCB Manufacturers
  • Circuit Designers
  • Refueling & Gas Handlers
  • Equipment: Vendors, Tech’s and Engineers
  • Test Engineers & Tech’s
  • E.T./Sort & Assembly Operators
  • Reliability & Quality Engineers
  • PCB Designers & Engineers
  • PC Tech’s & Engineers
  • Game and Toy Designers & Engineers
  • Facilities Tech’s & Engineers

This course includes a course notes for ESD with color illustrations.

INSTRUCTOR:

Michael Green has over 32 years of experience in Semiconductor Manufacturing as a Process Engineer and/or Manager in the following areas: (Diffusion, Thin Films, Etch, Metals, Implant, Photo, and Quality Control). His experience includes quality assessments, quality auditing, process characterization and optimization of semiconductor processes and technologies. Proven track record in identifying problems and developing innovative solutions in the quality production, integration, and support of Analog and Digital product lines. He has been the Site ESD Program Manager and a Corporate ESD Auditor at National Semiconductor for over ten years and was responsible for establishing and writing the ESD Program and specifications for National in Arlington, Texas. He is a member of the Texas ESD Chapter and the EOS/ESD National Association.

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