What are the elements comprising an ESD/ESC workstation?
A ESD/ESC workstation is a place set apart for a person to do work on ESD sensitive equipment which possesses elements designed to reduce the danger of ESD discharges occurring and also aimed to inhibit the build up of electrostatic charges (ESC process). The intention of the workstation is to have all elements interacting together to a very similar potential value. Typically the elements found to be part of a ESD/ESC workstation are: * A dissipative work surface, resistance to ground in the range of 1MΩ to 1GΩ, grounded to the common point ground (CPG) by use of a highly flexible multiple strand copper cable which may not have a 1MΩ resistor imbedded in the 10mm mat’s snap stud. * A bench mount connection facility box made of an angled aluminium anodised bracket providing insertion of two or four banana plugs for wrist straps or other grounding, this is connected to a CPG, it may have a 1MΩ resistor or not and they are also provided with a pair of wrist straps parking slots. * A ESD/E
