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Subject:	Re: Kapton Tape and ESD Concerns
From:	Lee Whiteman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	TechNet E-Mail Forum.
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2001 03:59:50 -0500
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Rich,

In a prior life, I experienced the same issue that you witnessed with Kapton
tape. I believe there are 2 ways to work around this issue.

The first is to have any ionizer present, blowing ionized air over the tape
and hardware.

The second is to find tape that is ESD Safe. 3M, for example, makes
antistatic tapes for various applications, including masking gold fingers.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck.

Lee Whiteman
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
American Competitiveness Institute
1 International Plaza
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19113
Telephone: (610) 362-1200; Ext. 208
FAX: (610) 362-1290
E-Mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>


> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Rich Lasko
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] Kapton Tape and ESD Concerns
>
>
> Good afternoon everyone,
>
> We did an evaluation of Kapton tape and ESD concerns and found that by
> pulling the tape off of the reel we were able to generate over 1100 volts
> (as measured by the 3M 711 Charge Analyzer.  Does anyone else have any
> experience with Kapton tape and ESD concerns?  What are the alternatives?
> Any historical problems with Kapton and ESD?  We typically use the Kapton
> for masking gold fingers.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich Lasko
>
>

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