Compact traveling-wave physical simulator for human ESD

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-99

  MacLeod, Leesa M ^a,b   Balmain, Keith G ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN MEASUREMENT; TRAVELLING WAVE ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SIMULATORS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0031141448     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.584931     Document Type: Article

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