Electrostatic discharge

Of course, the monitoring and sensing and also the overall control functions, uh, which throughout the systems.

And, and then of course, last but not least is, I think is the ESD, so our secret protection passive products, which is actually is like con- we can consider as a safeguard for high speed interface, right? Uh, from electrical events such as, for example, the ESD, right? We can, we can actually say if we summing this type of passives, passive component up, we can basically say that all of them play a cr- a very critical role in the system performance and the reliability.

And this is how we have, or we c- we can actually say that the best processors in the, and the best processors in the world still, still depending on the stable power, on, on the clean signals, right? And the reliable protection.

And this is, uh, where basically the passive components make a big difference.

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... and there were electric equipment that had been damaged in what's called ESD, electrostatic damage-

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... and nobody knew, 'cause it's still-

Before we even talk about flooring, let's talk about the actual problem.

ESD, electrostatic discharge.

The static discharge can actually build up just from normal movement and contact between different materials.

Just by walking across the floor, you move equipment, your clothing rubs against something, you roll a cart across the room, a charge can build up in your body without you even realizing that that charge is even there.

Here's the part that makes it interesting.

The ESD discipline should already have solved this.

Go on.

An ESD-compliant bench is more structured than a woodworking bench by regulation.

You've got a grounded mat with a surface resistance spec between one times 10 to the sixth and one times 10 to the ninth ohms, per the ANSI standard.

You've got wrist straps, grounding points, the room held at 40 to 60% humidity and 20 to 25 degrees Celsius because dry air lets static build and warm air does the same.

And yet the phone shop is the archetype of the mess.

That contradiction is the whole episode.