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Electrostatics - Part 5-1: Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena -
General requirements (IEC 61340-5-1:2016)
Elektrostatik - Teil 5-1: Schutz von elektronischen Bauelementen gegen elektrostatische
Phänomene - Allgemeine Anforderungen
Electrostatique - Partie 5-1: Protection des dispositifs électroniques contre les
phénomènes électrostatiques - Exigences générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61340-5-1:2016
ICS:
17.220.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
elektriko in magnetizmom electricity and magnetism
31.020 Elektronske komponente na Electronic components in
splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61340-5-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2016
ICS 17.200.99; 29.020 Supersedes EN 61340-5-1:2007
English Version
Electrostatics - Part 5-1: Protection of electronic devices from
electrostatic phenomena - General requirements
(IEC 61340-5-1:2016)
Electrostatique - Partie 5-1: Protection des dispositifs Elektrostatik - Teil 5-1: Schutz von elektronischen
électroniques contre les phénomènes électrostatiques - Bauelementen gegen elektrostatische Phänomene -
Exigences générales Allgemeine Anforderungen
(IEC 61340-5-1:2016) (IEC 61340-5-1:2016)
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Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Ref. No. EN 61340-5-1:2016 E
European foreword
The text of document 101/505/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61340-5-1, prepared by IEC/TC 101
"Electrostatics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2017-05-18
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) 2019-11-18
the document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61340-5-1:2007.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61340-5-1:2016 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated :
IEC 60749-26 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60749-26.
IEC 60749-27 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60749-27.
IEC 60364 (Series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60364 (Series).
IEC 61010-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61010-1.
IEC 61140 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61140.
IEC/TR 61340-5-2 NOTE Harmonized as CLC/TR 61340-5-2.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61340-2-3 -  Electrostatics - Part 2-3: Methods of test EN 61340-2-3 -
for determining the resistance and
resistivity of solid materials used to avoid
electrostatic charge accumulation
IEC 61340-4-1 -  Electrostatics -- Part 4-1: Standard test EN 61340-4-1 -
methods for specific applications -
Electrical resistance of floor coverings and
installed floors
IEC 61340-4-3 -  Electrostatics -- Part 4-3: Standard test EN 61340-4-3 -
methods for specific applications -
Footwear
IEC 61340-4-5 -  Electrostatics -- Part 4-5: Standard test EN 61340-4-5 -
methods for specific applications - Methods
for characterizing the electrostatic
protection of footwear and flooring in
combination with a person
IEC 61340-4-6 -  Electrostatics -- Part 4-6: Standard test EN 61340-4-6 -
methods for specific applications - Wrist
straps
IEC 61340-4-7 -  Electrostatics - Part 4-7: Standard test - -
methods for specific applications -
Ionization
IEC 61340-4-9 -  Electrostatics - Part 4-9: Standard test EN 61340-4-9 -
methods for specific applications -
Garments
IEC 61340-5-3 -  Electrostatics - Part 5-3: Protection of EN 61340-5-3 -
electronic devices from electrostatic
phenomena - Properties and requirements
classification for packaging intended for
electrostatic discharge sensitive devices

IEC 61340-5-1 ®
Edition 2.0 2016-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Electrostatics –
Part 5-1: Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena –

General requirements
Électrostatique –
Partie 5-1: Protection des dispositifs électroniques contre les phénomènes

électrostatiques – Exigences générales

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 17.220.99; 29.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-3422-8

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references. 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Personnel safety . 9
5 ESD control program . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.1.1 ESD control program requirements . 10
5.1.2 ESD coordinator . 10
5.1.3 Tailoring . 10
5.2 ESD control program administrative requirements . 10
5.2.1 ESD control program plan . 10
5.2.2 Training plan . 10
5.2.3 Product qualification . 11
5.2.4 Compliance verification plan . 11
5.3 ESD control program plan technical requirements . 11
5.3.1 General . 11
5.3.2 Grounding/equipotential bonding systems . 12
5.3.3 Personnel grounding . 14
5.3.4 ESD protected areas (EPA) . 15
5.3.5 Packaging . 17
5.3.6 Marking . 17
Annex A (normative) Test methods . 19
Bibliography . 20

Figure 1 – Schematic of an EPA with a ground reference . 13
Figure 2 – Schematic of an equipotential bonding system . 14
Figure A.1 – Footwear functional testing (example). 19

Table 1 – Grounding/bonding requirements . 14
Table 2 – Personnel grounding requirements . 15
Table 3 – EPA requirements . 17

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ELECTROSTATICS –
Part 5-1: Protection of electronic devices from
electrostatic phenomena – General requirements

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
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9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61340-5-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 101:
Electrostatics.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2007. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) Technical requirements were changed to align IEC 61340-5-1 with other industry ESD
standards;
b) Reference documents were updated to reflect newly released IEC standards;
c) A section on product qualification was added;
d) Table 4 was deleted and detailed packaging requirements were deferred to
IEC 61340-5-3;
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e) Clause A.1 was removed and is now included in IEC 61340-4-6.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
101/505/FDIS 101/508/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 61340 series, published under the general title Electrostatics, can
be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION
This part of IEC 61340 covers the requirements necessary to design, establish, implement
and maintain an electrostatic discharge (ESD) control program for activities that: manufacture,
process, assemble, install, package, label, service, test, inspect, transport or otherwise
handle electrical or electronic parts, assemblies and equipment susceptible to damage by
electrostatic discharges greater than or equal to 100 V human body model (HBM), 200 V
charged device model (CDM) and 35 V on isolated conductors. Isolated conductors were
historically represented by machine model (MM). The 35 V limit is related to the level
achievable using ionizers specified in this standard. The MM test is no longer required for
qualification of devices, only the HBM and CDM tests are. The MM test is retained in this
standard for process control of isolated conductors only.
Any contact and physical separation of materials or flow of solids, liquids, or particle-laden
gases can generate electrostatic charges. Common sources of ESD include charged:
personnel, conductors, common polymeric materials, and processing equipment. ESD
damage can occur when:
• a charged person or object comes into contact with an ESD sensitive device (ESDS);
• an ESDS comes into direct contact with a highly conductive surface while exposed to an
electrostatic field;
• a charged ESDS comes into contact with another conductive surface which is at a different
electrical potential. This surface may or may not be grounded.
Examples of ESDS are microcircuits, discrete semiconductors, thick and thin film resistors,
hybrid devices, printed circuit boards and piezoelectric crystals. It is possible to determine
device and item susceptibility by exposing the device to simulated ESD events. The ESD
withstand voltage determined by sensitivity tests using simulated ESD events does not
necessarily represent the ability of the device to withstand ESD from real sources at that
voltage level. However, the levels of sensitivity are used to establish a baseline of
susceptibility data for comparison of devices with equivalent part numbers from different
manufacturers. Three different models have been used for qualification of electronic
components – human body model (HBM), machine model (MM), and charged device model
(CDM). In current practice devices are qualified only using HBM and CDM susceptibility tests.
This standard covers the ESD control program requirements necessary for setting up a
program to handle ESDS, based on the historical experience of both military and commercial
organizations. The fundamental ESD control principles that form the basis of this standard are
as follows.
• Avoid a discharge from any charged, conductive object (personnel and especially
automated handling equipment) into the ESDS. This can be accomplished by bonding or
electrically connecting all conductors in the environment, including personnel, to a known
ground or contrived ground (as on board ship or on aircraft). This attachment creates an
equipotential balance between all conducting objects and personnel. Electrostatic
protection can be maintained at a potential different from a “zero” voltage ground potential
as long as all conductive objects in the system are at the same potential.
• Avoid a discharge from any charged ESD sensitive device. Charging can result from direct
contact and separation or it can be induced by an electric field. Necessary insulators in
the environment cannot lose their electrostatic charge by attachment to ground. Ionization
systems provide neutralization of charges on these necessary insulators (circuit board
materials and some device packages are examples of necessary insulators). The ESD
hazard created by electrostatic charges on the necessary insulators in the work place is
assessed to ensure that appropriate actions are implemented, according to the risk.
• Once outside of an electrostatic discharge protected area (hereinafter referred to as an
EPA) it is generally not possible to control the above items, therefore, ESD protective
packaging may be required. ESD protection can be achieved by enclosing ESD sensitive
products in static protective materials, although the type of material depends on the
situation and destination. Inside an EPA, static dissipative materials may provide

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adequate protection. Outside an EPA, static discharge shielding materials are
recommended. Whilst all of these materials are not discussed in this standard, it is
important to recognize the differences in their application. For more information see
IEC 61340-5-3.
Each company has different processes, and so will require a different blend of ESD
prevention measures for an optimum ESD control program. Measures should be selected,
based on technical necessity and carefully documented in an ESD control program plan, so
that all concerned can be sure of the program requirements.
Training is an essential part of an ESD control program in order to ensure that the personnel
involved understand the equipment and procedures they are to use in order to be in
compliance with the ESD control program plan. Training is also essential in raising awareness
and understanding of ESD issues. Without training, personnel are often a major source of
ESD risk. With training, they become an effective first line of defence against ESD damage.
Regular compliance verification checks and tests are essential to ensure that equipment
remains effective and that the ESD control program is correctly implemented in compliance
with the ESD control program plan.

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ELECTROSTATICS –
Part 5-1: Protection of electronic devices from
electrostatic phenomena – General requirements

1 Scope
This part of IEC 61340 applies to activities that: manufacture, process, assemble, install,
package, label, service, test, inspect, transport or otherwise handle electrical or electronic
parts, assemblies and equipment with withstand voltages greater than or equal to 100 V HBM,
200 V CDM and 35 V for isolated conductors. ESDS with lower withstand voltages may
require additional control elements or adjusted limits. Processes designed to handle items
that have lower ESD withstand voltage(s) can still claim compliance to this standard.
This standard provides the requirements for an ESD control program. IEC TR 61340-5-2 [9]
provides guidance on the implementation of this standard.
This standard does not apply to electrically initiated explosive devices, flammable liquids,
gases and powders.
The purpose of this standard is to provide the administrative and technical requirements for
establishing, implementing and maintaining an ESD control program (hereinafter referred to
as the “program”).
NOTE Isolated conductors were historically represented by MM.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 61340-2-3, Electrostatics – Part 2-3: Methods of test for determining the resistance and
resistivity of solid planar materials used to avoid electrostatic charge accumulation
IEC 61340-4-1, Electrostatics – Part 4-1: Standard test methods for specific applications –
Electrical resistance of floor coverings and installed floors
IEC 61340-4-3, Electrostatics – Part 4-3: Standard test methods for specific applications –
Footwear
IEC 61340-4-5, Electrostatics – Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications –
Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination
with a person
IEC 61340-4-6, Electrostatics – Part 4-6: Standard test methods for specific applications –
Wrist straps
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Numbers in square brackets refer to the bibliography.

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IEC 61340-4-7, Electrostatics – Part 4-7: Standard test methods for specific applications –
Ionization
IEC 61340
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