Technology Roadmap Sees Higher Sensitivity to ESD

摘要

Sensitivity levels to ESD in electronic devices will drop so low over the next five to 10 years, according to the ESD Association, that manufacturers must act quickly and deliberately to ensure their ESD control programs can handle the new levels. Failure to understand and develop controls for the lower sensitivity levels could be disastrous. OEMs could see declining yields as in-house tests reveal more defects and warranty returns increase. Contract manufacturers could lose business and be forced to shut down assembly lines if they cannot determine and prove their processes are capable of controlling ESD down to a specified level.