The component is ESD rated 1000V and is a bipolar input desgin.

My experience with these type devices; they are pretty tough. Much less
suseptable to damage than many MOSFET or JFET input opamps. Which may have
500V ratings or less.

I find my mind moving in the same path as Moon's. What about EOS damage?
What kind of buffer is there between the input and the outside world.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Lon Weffers
  Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:57 AM
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Subject: [TN] esd defect opamp


  Dear technetters,



  How likely is the fact that an assembled AD844 opamp gets defect by ESD?

  We are certain that these components were produced in an esd safe process,
so I presume there is an esd problem with our customer.

  We produced about 50 boards with on each board 4 AD844’s. 15 boards have
damaged AD844’s on different places on the board.



  Regards Lon Weffers’