How does static electricity work? Learn more about these electrical chargers and how they may have been a key to life.

Static electricity can be a nuisance or even a danger. The energy that makes your hair to stand on end can also damage electronics and cause explosions. However, properly controlled and manipulated, ...

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is caused by the discharge of an excess or deficiency of electrons on one surface with respect to another surface or to ground. When a static charge is present on an ...

The state-of-the-art in robustness design and analysis for ESD (electrostatic discharge) always lags our ability to characterize and qualify a device or system. The ESD Association, IEC, JEDEC, and ...