The ESD Technology Road Map - can be downloaded here
Important Update: ESDA offers all Standards, selected Technical and Advisory Reports, and the ESD TR20.20 Handbook electronically in convenient PDF format. Direct link
January 24, 2012 Tues 3-5pm - Future Trends Presentation, Tom Starnes - Topics Driving Electronics in 2012 - presentation looking at the salient issues that are driving electronic end equipment applications and therefore the industry that feeds them, with a special eye to the processors that are in the heart of them all, highlight the biggest factors impacting the near term of our industry, but also a 5-year horizon. - - 3M Innovation Center, AUSTIN TX
March 13-14, 2012 ESD REGIONAL TUTORIALS - 3M Innovation Center, AUSTIN TX
Mar 13, 2012
Standards Overview for the Program Manager 8:30am – 12 pm - The ESD Association's
introduction of the ESD Certified Professional-Program Manager certification curriculum has
created a need to modify the standards tutorial that has been presented for a number of years.
This new standards tutorial provides an overview of all the standards, grouped into common test
method types based on measurement probe and test instruments. A common methodology is
used in this tutorial to cover the requirements, applications, and specifications for each
standard and standard test method.
Ionization 1:00am – 4:30 pm - The primary method of static charge control is direct connection
to ground for conductors, static dissipative materials, and personnel. But a complete static
control program must also deal with isolated conductors, insulating materials, and moving
personnel that cannot be grounded. Air ionization can neutralize the charge on insulated and
isolated objects.
Mar 14,2012
Packaging Principles for the Program Manager - 8:30am – 12 pm - Shipping electronic
parts within a factory to another factory, distributor, or to an end-user has always been an area
of uncertainty within the manufacturing process. To provide clear-cut information on what type of
controlled packaging should be used in any situation, the ESD Association has recently
released a comprehensive revision of the obsolete industry standard EIA 541-1988. The new
document, ESD S541, is the focus of this session. It provides information and guidance, as well
as material specifications, to assist in the design and implementation of a packaging plan for use
within an ANSI/ESD S20.20 based ESD control program. Current and newly released test
method standards suitable for packaging material evaluation will be described. Course credit
applies to the ESD Certified Professional-Program Manager certification curriculum.
Cleanroom Considerations for the Program Manager - 1:00am – 4:30 pm Cleanrooms and
clean environments are required for the manufacture of many products that have exacting
contamination control requirements to achieve defined yield and reliability targets. Clean
manufacture is required for the production of items such as semiconductors, hard-disk drives,
flat panel displays, and materials for the pharmaceutical industry. Requirements of cleanroom
/clean environments and tooling result in low humidity levels, low surface contamination levels,
use of process-required insulators, and a lack of natural ions in the controlled environment. These
factors can contribute to development of elevated static charge levels in close proximity to
sensitive product, presenting both contaminatiion and electrostatic discharge exposure
