IEC PAS 61340-5-6:2022
(Main)Electrostatics - Part 5-6 : Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena - Process assessment techniques
Electrostatics - Part 5-6 : Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena - Process assessment techniques
IEC PAS 61340-5-6:2022 describe a set of methodologies, techniques, and tools that can be used to characterize a process where ESD sensitive (ESDS) items are handled. The process assessment covers risks by charged personnel, ungrounded conductors, charged ESDS items, and ESDS items in an electrostatic field. This document applies to activities that manufacture, process, assemble, install, package, label, service, test, inspect, transport, or otherwise handle electrical or electronic parts, assemblies, and equipment susceptible to damage by electrostatic discharges. This document does not apply to electrically initiated explosive items, flammable liquids, or powders. The document does not address program management, compliance verification, troubleshooting, or program manager/coordinator certification. In this version of the document, risks due to electromagnetic sources that produce AC fields are not considered.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.0 PURPOSE, SCOPE, LIMITATION, and EXPERIENCE LEVEL REQUIRED ................... 9
1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................. 9
1.2 Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 9
1.3 Limitation ............................................................................................................................... 9
1.4 Experience Level Required ................................................................................................... 9
2.0 ReferenceD PUBLICATIONS ........................................................................................ 9
3.0 DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................. 10
4.0 Personnel Safety .......................................................................................................... 10
5.0 Measurement Techniques FOR ESd Risk Assessment ................................................ 10
6.0 ESD Robustness of ESDS ITEMS used in Processes .................................................. 12
6.1 ESD Withstand Currents of Single Devices (Components) ................................................ 13
6.1.1 Human Body Model ..................................................................................................... 13
6.1.2 Discharge of Charged Conductors .............................................................................. 13
6.1.3 Charged Device Model ................................................................................................ 14
6.2 ESD Withstand Currents of Electronic Assemblies ............................................................. 14
6.2.1 Discharge of Charged Personnel ................................................................................ 14
6.2.2 Discharge of Charged Conductors .............................................................................. 14
6.2.3 Discharge of Boards/Systems ..................................................................................... 15
7.0 Process Assessment Flow ........................................................................................... 15
7.1 General Considerations ....................................................................................................... 15
7.2 Manual Handling Steps ....................................................................................................... 16
7.2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 16
7.2.2 Parameter Limits for ESD Process Assessment in Manual Handling Steps ............... 16
7.2.3 Detailed ESD Risk Assessment Flow .......................................................................... 17
7.3 Conductors .......................................................................................................................... 18
7.3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 18
7.3.2 Parameter Limits for Process Assessment of Conductors .......................................... 19
7.3.3 Detailed ESD Risk Assessment Flow .......................................................................... 19
7.4 Charged ESDS Items .......................................................................................................... 20
7.4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 20
7.4.2 Parameter Limits for Process Assessment of Charged ESDS Items .......................... 20
7.4.3 Detailed ESD Risk Assessment Flow .......................................................................... 21
7.5 Risks Due to Process-Required Insulators .......................................................................... 23
7.5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 23
7.5.2 Parameter Limits for Process Assessment of Process-Required Insulators ............... 23
7.5.3 Detailed ESD Risk Assessment Flow .......................................................................... 24
7.6 Process Assessment by ESD Event Detection ................................................................... 25
7.6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 25
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7.6.2 General Procedure ...................................................................................................... 26
7.6.3 Detailed ESD Risk Assessment Flow .......................................................................... 26
ANNEX A (INFORMATIVE): Measurement TECHNIQUES And EQuipment ........................ 28
A.1 General Considerations ............................................................................................................. 28
A.2 Measurements of Grounding ..................................................................................................... 28
A.3 Measurements of Electrostatic Fields ....................................................................................... 31
A.4 Measurements of Charges ........................................................................................................ 32
A.5 Measurements of Electrostatic Voltages ................................................................................... 33
A.6 Measurements of Discharge Events ......................................................................................... 37
A.7 Measurements of Discharge Currents ....................................................................................... 39
ANNEX B (INFORMATIVE) – PREPARATION: WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ..........................
PREPARE AN EFFECTIVE PROCESS EVALUATION? ....................................................... 45
B.1 Measurement of Temperature, Humidity, and Basic Electrostatic Conditions .......................... 45
B.2 Further Hints for Preparation ..................................................................................................... 45
ANNEX C (INFORMATIVE) – Risk Assessment and Mitigation ............................................ 46
ANNEX D (INFORMATIVE) – ExampleS for defining limits in process assessment for ..........
Risks Due to Charged Personnel ........................................................................................ 47
ANNEX E (INFORMATIVE) – Example for CDM risk assessment in a ...................................
semiconductor manufacturing line ....................................................................................... 49
ANNEX F (INFORMATIVE) – Bibliography .......................................................................... 53
ANNEX g (INFORMATIVE) – revision History for ANSI/ESD Sp17.1 ................................... 54
Table 1 – Overview of Possible Measurement Equipment Used for Different Scenarios .....................
to Assess ESD Risk ............................................................................................................................. 11
Table 2 – Peak Current Ranges of CDM Discharges of Small and Large Verification Modules for
Oscilloscopes with a Bandwidth of 1 GHz and 6 GHz According to ANSI/ESDA/JEDEC JS-002 ...... 44
Table 3 – Recommended Measurement Locations During Process Assessment in Assembly ............
(Pre-Assembly) of Devices .................................................................................................................. 49
Table 4 – Recommended Measurement Locations During Process Assessment in Device Testing . 50
Figure 1 – Direct (Best Correlation) and Indirect (Least Correlation) Measurements ............................
to Assess an ESD Risk ........................................................................................................................ 12
Figure 2 – Flow to Assess ESD Risk Induced by Personnel ............................................................... 18
Figure 3 – Flow to Assess the ESD Risk Induced by Conductors ...................................................... 20
Figure 4 – Flow to Assess the ESD Risk Induced by Charged ESDS Items ...................................... 22
Figure 5 – Flow to Assess the ESD Risk Induced by Process-Required Insulators ........................... 25
Figure 6 – Flow to Assess the ESD Risk by Detecting the Electromagnetic Radiation .........................
Using ESD Event Detectors or Antennas and Oscilloscopes ............................................................. 27
Figure 7 – Examples of Current Probes .............................................................................................. 40
Figure 8 – Example of a 4-GHz Pellegrini Target ............................................................................... 42
Figure 9 – Commercially Available CDM Test Head Used for Discharge Current Measurements ..... 43
Figure 10 – Discharge Current Measured in the Field and During Device Qualification [8] ............... 47
Figure 11 – Examples of Measurements During Semiconductor Assembly and Testing ................... 50
Figure 12 – Schematic of Possible CDM-Like Scenarios During Device Testing ............................... 52
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ESD Association Standard Practice for
the Protection of Electrostatic Discharge
Susceptible Items –
Process Assessment Techniques
Approved November 17, 2020
EOS/ESD Association, Inc.
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(This foreword is not part of EOS/ESD Association, Inc. Standard Practice ANSI/ESD SP17.1-2020)
FOREWORDThis standard practice describes a set of methodologies, techniques, and tools that can be used to
characterize a process where ESD sensitive (ESDS) items are handled. This document's procedures
are meant to be used by those possessing knowledge and experience with electrostatic measurements.
This document provides methods to determine the level of ESD risk that remains in the process after
ESD protective equipment and materials are implemented.These test methods' objective is to identify if potentially damaging ESD events are occurring or if
significant electrostatic charges are generated on people, equipment, materials, components, or printed
circuit board assemblies (PCBA) even though there are static control measures in place.
Sensitivities of items are characterized by industry-standard ESD testing and rated by their withstand
voltages. This document is intended to provide methods to determine whether items of a given withstand
voltage are at risk in the process.The wide variety of ESD protective equipment and materials and the environment in which these items
are used may require test setups different from those described in this document. Users of this standard
practice may need to adapt the test procedure and setups described in Annex A to produce meaningful
data for the user’s application.Organizations performing these tests will need to determine if on-going process characterization is
necessary, and if so, the time interval between observations. It may also be important to make these
observations when new products are introduced or when process changes occur. Examples of process
changes may include tools, fixtures, equipment, new items/products, and additional manufacturing steps.
The topics below are not addressed in this document:• Program Management: see ANSI/ESD S20.20 Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts,
Assemblies and Equipment (Excluding Electrically Initiated Explosive Devices)• Compliance Verification: see ESD TR53-01 Compliance Verification of ESD Protective Equipment
and Materials• Troubleshooting: ESD TR53-01
• ESD Program Certification: see ANSI/ESD S20.20 Certification Program at www.esda.org
This document was designated ANSI/ESD SP17.1-2020 and approved on November 17, 2020.
ESD Association Standard Practice: A procedure for performing one or more operations or functions that may
or may not yield a test result. Note, if a test result is obtained it may not be reproducible.
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At the time ANSI/ESD SP17.1-2020 was prepared, the 17.0 Subcommittee had the following members:
Reinhold Gaertner, Co-Chair Wolfgang Stadler, Co-ChairInfineon Technologies AG Intel Deutschland GmbH
Christopher Almeras Donn Bellmore Stephen Blackard
Raytheon Advanced ESD Services + Finisar Corporation
Rodney Doss David N. Girard Toni Gurga
Samtec, Inc. Staticon Support Services, Inc. Reliant ESD
Ginger Hansel John Kinnear Vladimir Kraz
Dangelmayer Associates IBM OnFILTER, Inc
Chuck McClain Ronnie Millsaps Andrew Nold
Micron Technology, Inc. Teradyne
Dale Parkin Keith Peterson Alan Righter
Seagate Technology Missile Defense Agency Analog Devices
James Roberts Jeff Salisbury Arnold Steinman
ZF Friedrichshafen AG Finisar Corporation Electronics Workshop
David Swenson Chin Sing Tay
Matt Strickland
Affinity Static Control Suzhou TA&A Ultra Clean
The Boeing Company
Consulting, LLC Technology Co., Ltd.
Arman Vassighi Toni Viheriaekoski Nobuyuki Wakai
Intel Corp. Cascade Metrology Toshiba
Scott Ward Terry Welsher Joshua Yoo
Texas Instruments, Inc. Dangelmayer Associates Core Insight, Inc.
Craig Zander
Transforming Technologies LLC
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ESD Association Standard Practice for the Protection of Electrostatic Discharge Susceptible
Items – Process Assessment Techniques1.0 PURPOSE, SCOPE, LIMITATION, AND EXPERIENCE LEVEL REQUIRED
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe a set of methodologies, techniques, and tools that can be
used to characterize a process where ESD sensitive (ESDS) items are handled. The process
assessment covers risks by charged personnel, ungrounded conductors, charged ESDS items, and
ESDS items in an electrostatic field.1.2 Scope
This document applies to activities that manufacture, process, assemble, install, package, label, service,
test, inspect, transport, or otherwise handle electrical or electronic parts, assemblies, and equipment
susceptible to damage by electrostatic discharges. This document does not apply to electrically initiated
explosive items, flammable liquids, or powders. The document does not address program management,
compliance verification, troubleshooting, or program manager/coordinator certification. In this version of
the document, risks due to electromagnetic sources that produce AC fields are not considered.
1.3 LimitationNo detailed description of the processes and measurement techniques is given. An example of a simple
risk assessment of a discharge from a charged human body is described in Annex D.
Due to the sampling nature in this document's procedures, deficiencies may exist that are not detected
at the time the measurements are made. The measurements described are valid only at the time the
measurements are made and may or may not change with time.NOTE: Environmental parameters such as temperature and relative humidity (RH) may significantly impact the
measurement results.1.4 Experience Level Required
The procedures in this document are for use by personnel possessing advanced knowledge and
experience with electrostatic measurements. The interpretation of the results from the measurements
described in this document requires significant experience and knowledge of the physics of ESD and
the process.2.0 REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS
Unless otherwise specified, the following documents of the latest issue, revision, or amendment form a
part of this standard to the extent specified herein:ESD ADV1.0, ESD Association Glossary of Terms
ANSI/ESD S20.20, For the Development of an Electrostatic Discharge Control Program for –Protection
of Electrical and Electronic Parts, Assemblies and Equipment (Excluding Electrically Initiated Explosive
Devices)IEC61340-5-1, Electrostatics–Part 5-1: Protection of Electronic Devices from Electrostatic Phenomena
– General RequirementsEOS/ESD Association, Inc. 7900 Turin Road, Bldg. 3, Rome, NY 13440, Ph: 315-339-6937; www.esda.org
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3.0 DEFINITIONS
The terms used in the body of this document are in accordance with the definitions found in ESD ADV1.0,
ESD Association’s Glossary of Terms available for complimentary download at www.esda.org.
process. A unique combination of tools, materials, methods, and people engaged in producing a
measurable output.NOTE: The term “process” can refer to a complete assembly process or a minor step, such as a pick-and-place
process.process assessment. A methodological framework to evaluate the process capabilities regarding
defined parameters.process capability. Parameters for different ESD risks that allow safe handling of items with a given
ESD withstand voltage.4.0 PERSONNEL SAFETY
THE PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT MAY EXPOSE
PERSONNEL TO HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL CONDITIONS. USERS OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING EQUIPMENT THAT COMPLIES WITH APPLICABLE LAWS,
REGULATORY CODES, AND BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL POLICY. USERS ARE
CAUTIONED THAT THIS DOCUMENT CANNOT REPLACE OR SUPERSEDE ANY
REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL SAFETY.
GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS (GFCI) AND OTHER SAFETY PROTECTION SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED WHEREVER PERSONNEL MIGHT COME INTO CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL
SOURCES.
ELECTRICAL HAZARD REDUCTION PRACTICES SHOULD BE EXERCISED, AND PROPER
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR EQUIPMENT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
THE RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS TEST METHOD
SHALL NOT BE USED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL EXPOSED TO
HIGH AC OR DC VOLTAGES.
5.0 MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR ESD RISK ASSESSMENT
Specific test equipment is needed for specific measurement techniques to perform a proper risk
assessment. The appropriate instruments are required to measure if a material fulfills given
requirements. Additionally, the charging status of an object or even the discharge current waveform of
this object must be measured. Each process step might need a different technique and tool to measure
whether there is a risk to the ESDS items being processed. This chapter describes the basic
measurement techniques that can be used to assess various risks in different scenarios.
Table 1 lists tools that can measure parameters to assess whether there is a risk for the items handled
in a process. Measurement of the object's actual discharge under consideration is desirable but difficult
to accomplish in a production environment. The discharge waveform then could be compared with the
qualification waveform, and the risk could easily be assessed. However, this is often difficult to achieve,
especially in a production environment. Therefore, indirect parameters must be assessed, such as
charging of the object, although this parameter does not tell the user whether a catastrophic discharge
is happening. If it is not possible to measure charging, measurements such as resistance to ground may
need to be used (see Figure 1). A detailed description of all the test methods is given in Annex A.
NOTE: All measurements should be performed with verified test equipment to ensure that the measurements are
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Table 1 – Overview of Possible Measurement Equipment Used
for Different Scenarios to Assess ESD Risk
Parameter
Personnel Conductors Insulators Devices/PCBs
(Document)
Resistance
Grounding
measurement Multimeter – –
(Annex A.2)
apparatus
Electrostatic
fields Field meter Field meter Field meter Field meter
(Annex A.3)
Faraday cup Faraday cup
Electrometer
Charge
Electrometer Faraday cup Electrometer
(Annex A.4)
Current probe
Current probe Current probe
Charged Plate
Monitor
a a
ESVM ESVM
Electrostatic
Walking Test Kit
ESVM
b b
voltage HIDVM HIDVM
ESVM
Field meter
c c
(Annex A.5)
Field meter Field meter
HIDVM
Field meter
Resistance
Resistance of
Resistance Resistance
measurement
material
measurement – measurement
apparatus,
contacting ESDS
apparatus apparatus
item (Annex A.6)
Multimeter
Antenna with Antenna with Antenna with
oscilloscope osci
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