Your written ESD control program should be in accord with ANSI/ESD S20.20, for
the Development of an Electrostatic Discharge Control Program for - Protection
of Electrical and Electronic Parts, Assemblies and Equipment (Excluding
Electrically Initiated Explosive Devices).  This document was issued in 1999,
and updated in 2007.  When updated the guidance sections were deleted.  Guidance
can be found in the 132 page Handbook ESD TR20.20-2008.  S20.20 can be
downloaded for free from the ESD Association web site at www.ESDA.org where the
Handbook can be purchased.  The Handbook has about 10 pages covering "Developing
an ESD Control Program Plan".

The ESD Association and the IEC are harmonizing, so much so that the ESD
Association is no longer using the word appendix, but now using the word annex.
The equivalent to S20.20 is IEC 61340-5-1 Edition 1.0 2007-08 Electrostatics -
Part 5-1: Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena General
requirements.  Its User guide PD CLC/TR 61340-5-2:2008 has an Annex A which is
"Example ESD control document based on IEC 61340-5-1".

You might find an Evaluation Engineering published article helpful; see
"Developing an ESD Control Program" at
http://www.desco.com/Articles/DevelopingAnESDControlProgram.aspx 

After reviewing a number of companies' ESD control plans, I prepared a
customizable ESD control plan WordR document which includes all the EPA ESD
control items listed in Table 3 of S20.20.  The idea was to provide a
significant start to someone writing an ESD control plan.  I'd be happy to email
this to you.

Gene Felder
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: 2009-01-22 6:59 AM
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Subject: [TN] ESD standards

Good morning all, 

A quick question.  Hypothetically, if you wanted to avoid writing an ESD 
control program, and use an industry standard, what would that standard 
be?

Doug Pauls
Rockwell Collins

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