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NOTES ON ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION.
As electronic circuits become smaller, they also become more susceptible to electrostatic discharge (ESD.) An example of ESD is the shock you get when you touch a metal object after walking across a carpet on a cold dry day. Some electrostatic discharge is too weak to feel, yet strong enough to damage an electronic device. Your body can emit an electrostatic discharge just by coming close to something, without actually touching it.
The devilish thing about electrostatic discharge is that it often causes INTERMITTENT problems. In electronics, these can be the toughest ones to trouble-shoot and repair.
This is why the european union included requirements for electrostatic discharge protection when they wrote their equivalent of our FCC rules, (Title 47 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Part 15.) The suppliers on this page offer devices that can help you design some electrostatic discharge protection into your product. You may need this if your product must meet the requirements of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects or E3 or of European community directive 89-336-EEC for the "CE Mark."

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