About Us       Located in Silicon Valley, your local ESD Association Chapter strives for the advancement of the leading edge theory and practice of electrical overstress (EOS) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) engineering. We are dedicated to the understanding of issues related to electrical transients and electrical overstress, and the application of this knowledge to the solution of problems in consumer, industrial and military applications, including electronic components and manufacturing, as well as in systems, subsystems and equipment. Founded in 1989, the Silicon Valley EOS/ESD Society is a nonprofit, unincorporated organization and a Chapter of the ESD Association. www.esdiscovery.org             Sponsors       Electro-Static Technology ITW Simco ESD Solutions Inc. Impulse Semi Wenvy Technologies Leo G Henry Consulting Bench-Tek Solutions 3M LBL Scientific Hisco Minarik Automation                        Announcements     2012 Silicon Valley ESD Society PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITY click to download information (pdf)    Do you have an interest in networking with your fellow ESD professionals, or discussing ESD topics? Perhaps you are working on an interesting ESD project, or observed an unusual ESD effect in a product or process you are working on. Why not consider presenting your project or problem to your peers? The Silicon Valley ESD Society still has time slots available to for presentation at our quarterly meetings in 2012. Topics can cover every facet of electrostatic and electrical overstress phenomena. Plan to attend or present today! Technical Presentation Scheduled Dates in 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30pm: 1. March 20th (Tuesday), 2012 at TechMart with ISQED in Santa Clara CA 2. May 8th, 2012 (2nd Tuesday) at Western Digital, in Fremont, CA 3. August 14th, 2012 (2nd Tuesday) at Western Digital, in Fremont CA 4. November 13th, 2012 (2nd Tuesday) at Western Digital in Fremont, CA Visit our website at www.esdiscovery.org for topics one quarter before membership meeting dates for specific topics to be presented, see submission instructions below if you would like to present. Submission Instructions Interested Presenters should submit sufficient material for a 20 minute presentation to be followed by an informal 20 minute poster board question and answer discussion on their material. Successful presentations should clearly state the purpose, results (e.g., data, diagrams, photographs, etc.), and conclusions of the work. Presentation submissions can be made electronically via an emailed PDF file to esdsiva.org@gmail.com. One file for each submission please! Presentation Acceptance The SiVA Technical Program Committee will accept presentations for peer review. Authors are responsible for obtaining company or government clearances prior to submitting their presentations. Presentations are solicited in the following categories: Component Level EOS/ESD including Failure Analysis System Level EOS/ESD EOS/ESD Factory Level and Materials Technology Biomedical & Chemical Industry Electrostatic Control Magnetic Recording Heads and Ultra Sensitive Devices ESD Standards - Components, System, Factory & Materials Local and Federal Regulatory Issues affecting ESD Engineering ESD Target Levels ESD Electronic Design Automation and ESD Design Tools Sincerely, Rosario Consiglio  and Larry Levit Ph.D SiVA Education co-chairs RSVP: esdsiva.org@gmail.com                 Contacts   MEMBERSHIP Full year membership is just $35. Free for students and the unemployed. Contact Pete Scobel at 916-518-9086.    Education: Larry Levit PhD or Leo H. Henry, PhD  Program details, Tutorials Papers and Poster Presentations.   Webmaster: Ryan J. Money Website and Marketing Issues   download information                                                               Events       Society Meeting Reminder    See The Events Page   Other ESDA Events    2011 ESDA Education Schedule!              Knowledge Base Papers     Basics of Static Electricity (SCC Technical buletin) pdf TLP ESD Testing of Electronic Components-  Leo G. Henry, Ph.D (Reprinted with the kind permission of CE editors etc.)  (pdf) A Study Of Dissipative Ceramics in Wire Bonding Application Reprinted with the kind permission of ESDA & Ryan Money pdf Air Ionization for Critical Semiconductor and Data Storage --Reprinted with the kind permission of- Arnie Stienman (pdf) Extremely Sensitive ESD Devices (Al Wallash, Maxtor Corporation) (pdf) Cisco ESD Training - 30 min online FIND US ON FACEBOOK Click Here Hit the Like Button