Influence of knitting techniques on ESD performances

Abstract

Electrostatic discharges (ESD) cause significant losses to the electronic industry. To reduce these losses, is essential to develop solutions to protect the electronic devices sensible to ESD. On the manufacturing line ESD garments are used to prevent a discharge from the normal clothing of an operator. In this paper the influence of the knitting techniques on ESD performances is investigated. Nine samples made by different knitting techniques are investigated for their ESD properties. The method used for investigation is charge decay time.