Esd Guidelines - Siemens SIPROCESS GA700 Operating Instructions Manual

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ESD Guidelines

Definition of ESD

All electronic modules are equipped with large-scale integrated ICs or components. Due to

their design, these electronic elements are highly sensitive to overvoltage, and thus to any

electrostatic discharge.

The electrostatic sensitive components/modules are commonly referred to as ESD devices.

This is also the international abbreviation for such devices.

ESD modules are identified by the following symbol:

NOTICE

ESD devices can be destroyed by voltages well below the threshold of human perception.

These static voltages develop when you touch a component or electrical connection of a

device without having drained the static charges present on your body. The electrostatic

discharge current may lead to latent failure of a module, that is, this damage may not be

significant immediately, but in operation may cause malfunction.

Rack-mounted device

Operating Instructions, 01/2013, A5E31874006-01

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