I am sure someone here will come through with a standard but couldn't you take a field meter and make up your own evaluation?  That way both of you would be able to see and evaluate the results.  

Kat


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TechNeters

I am looking for collaborative feedback on an in house vexing issue.

I am in discussions with our in-house ESD gooroo about the sensitivity
of standard reeled smd capacitors and resistors in relation to static
fields (rather than ESD damage caused by direct or in circuit contact).

I store these devices in much the same way we receive them (under the
supposition that the manufacturer should be an ideal source of knowledge
on the way the product they make should be stored).

Can anyone point me to a source of information that demonstrates if and
how reeled devices, still on the reel, are affected by ESD fields and
should they be stored/moved in shielded bags. (I have a paper from Kemet
but it seems to relate to contact ESD damage research.)

Mike Hughes
Purchasing Manager
CEA Technologies
Canberra, Australia

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