What is ESD test?

ESD is short for electro-static discharge. Static electricity is a natural phenomenon that exist objectively, it will occur by touch, rubbing, electric induction and so on. Static electricity has features of long time accumulation, high voltage, small current and instant action.

The human body contact or rub or induct with other objects, it may cause thousands volt of static electricity. Static electricity caused serious damage in many fields. Triboelectrification and electrostatic on human body are two hazards which oftenly caused unstable and even damage to electronic appliance.

ESD test is a kind of test to simulate the real environment, and then evaluating the performance of electrical and electronic equipment when subject to electrostatic discharge. It will help the manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment to improve the quality at the stage of develop and research. Generally, the ESD test includes contact discharge and air discharge. The contact discharge is to contact the metalic parts directly; and the air discharge is to make the ESD gun approach the EUT (cover with plastic or other nonmetallic material) as possible as it can. ESD test is widely applied to IT, electrical and electronic and communications industries.

Pego has launched ESD simulator, it is completely designed according to IEC61000-4-2, the test voltage can up to 30KV, which can cover all test level.