The human-body model (HBM) is the most commonly used model for characterizing the susceptibility of an electronic device to damage from

electrostatic discharge Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a sudden and momentary flow of electric current between two electrically charged objects caused by contact, an electrical short or dielectric breakdown. A buildup of static electricity can be caused by tribochar ...

(ESD). The model is a simulation of the discharge which might occur when a human touches an electronic device. The HBM definition most widely used is the test model defined in the

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military standard, MIL-STD-883, Method 3015.9, Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity Classification. This method establishes a simplified equivalent

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and the necessary test procedures required to model an HBM ESD event. An internationally widely used standard i
JEDEC standard JS-001
HBM is used primarily for manufacturing environments to quantify an integrated circuit to survive the manufacturing process. A similar standard,

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, is used for system level testing and quantifies protection levels for a real world ESD event in an uncontrolled environment.

Model

In both JS-001-2012 and MIL-STD-883H the charged human body is modeled by a 100 pF

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and a 1500 ohm discharging resistance. During testing, the capacitor is fully charged to several kilovolts (2 kV, 4 kV, 6 kV and 8 kV are typical standard levels) and then discharged through the

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connected in series to the

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References

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External links

Joint Standard JS-001-2012 Final Revision.

New Joint Standard: ANSI/ESDA/JEDEC JS-001-2011, For Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity Testing, Human Body Model (HBM) - Component Level
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New Joint Standard JS-001-2011 info.MIL-SDT-883 overview page, all revisions

Human Body Model Overview

On Semiconductor HBM vs IEC61000-4-2 Comparison Overview
Electrical phenomena

Model

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