Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Electrostatic Discharge Phenomenon -- 1.1. Physics Involved -- 1.2. Influencing Parameters -- 1.3. Various Types of Electrostatic Charging with Humans and Objects -- 1.4. Statistics of Voltages and Currents Reached During ESD -- 1.5. Waveforms of Electrostatic Discharges -- References -- 2. Effects of ESD on Electronics -- 2.1. Direct Discharge to an Electronic Component -- 2.2. Direct Discharge to Electronic Equipment Enclosure -- 2.3. Indirect Discharge -- 2.4. Coupling Mechanisms of ESD Pulse into the Victim's Circuitry -- 2.5. Response of Victim Circuits and Type of Errors -- 2.6. Prediction of Actual ESD-Induced Error, Fast Approximation Method -- 2.7. Remarks on the Actual Current Paths and Associated Radiation -- 2.8. Personnel or Furniture ESD: Which One is Worse? -- References -- 3. Principal ESD Specifications -- 3.1. ESD Test Specifications for Device Sensitivity -- 3.2. ESD Specifications for Equipment Immunity -- 3.3. Antistatic Control Procedures -- References. -- 4. ESD Diagnostics and Testing. -- 4.1. ESD Simulators: How They Work -- 4.2. Furniture Versus Personnel ESD Simulation -- 4.3. Other Types of ESD Simulators for Component Testing -- 4.4. ESD Test Setup¿́¿Direct and Indirect ESD -- 4.5. ESD Test Routine and Discharge Procedures -- 4.6. No Error/No Damage Concept: The Several Layers of Severity -- 4.7. The Error per Discharge Concept or Multiple-Trials Approach -- 4.8. ESD Test During Design and Development -- 4.9. ESD For Field Diagnostics and Forced Crash Method -- 4.10. Home-Made Investigation Tools and Diagnostic Hints -- References -- 5. Design for ESD Immunity -- 5.1. ESD Protection at Component Level -- 5.2. ESD Protection at the PCB Level (Internal Circuitry) -- 5.3. ESD Protection by Internal Wiring and Mechanical Packaging -- 5.4. ESD Protection by Box Shielding and Envelope Design -- 5.5. ESD Protection of External Cables and I/O Ports -- 5.6. ESD Immunity by Software and Noise Inhibition Techniques.

5.7. ESD Immunity with Miniature, Portable Devices -- 5.8. System ESD Immunity -- 5.9. ESD Control at Installation Level -- References -- 6. ESD Cases Studies -- 6.1. Case 1: The Reradiating Ground Strap -- 6.2. Case 2: ESD Hardening of a Printer -- 6.3. Case 3: The Data Terminal with Floating Tray -- 6.4. Case 4: The Safety Wire ¿́¿Antenna¿́¿ -- 6.5. Case 5: The Touchy Watchdog -- 6.6. Case 6: The Trigger-Happy Air bag Initiator -- 6.7. Conclusion: Troubleshooting Hints -- Appendix A. ESD Protection by Design of Chips and Microcircuits -- Appendix B. Prediction of ESD Damage Level for a Semiconductor Junction -- Appendix C. Spark-Over Voltages -- Appendix D. Fatigue Phenomena During Repeated ESD Testing -- Appendix E. Prediction of ESD-Induced Noise by Fast Frequency- Domain Calculations -- Appendix F. More Experiments on ESD Coupling to Boxes -- Appendix G. Examples of Simple SPICE Modeling of ESD Coupling Effects -- Appendix H. Time-to-Frequency Conversion for a Single Transient -- Index.