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SIVA Documents

• Sample Issue of SiVa's Newsletter. (pdf)    
• Membership Application (pdf)
• Membership Flyer (pdf)
• Media Planner (pdf)

Articles & Education Papers

• General
  • Sematech ESD Papers
  • 2000 -
    2001 -
    2002 -
  • ESD Plastics in Cleanroom Applications, (pdf) Ryan Money
  • Issues Concerning CDM/ESD Verification Modules  L. Henery, J. Barth, M.Kelly,. T. Diep
  • ABOUT AIR IONIZATION,  Arnie Stienman (html)
  • Basics of Static Electricity (SCC Technical buletin) pdf
  • All Types of ESD Testing Are Not Created Equal, Part 1, Leo.G Henery
  • Effective Management of an ESD Environment in Production (Vladimir Kraz) (pdf)
  • TLP ESD Testing of Electronic Components- Scope Requirements Leo G. Henry, Ph.D (Reprinted with the kind permission of CE editors etc.)  (pdf)
  • Recent papers given at Members Meetings:
    • Extremely Sensitive ESD Devices (Al Wallash, Maxtor Corporation) pdf
    • Electrostatic Compatibility in Front-End Semiconductor Manufacturing: An OEM Perspective. Jeff Bruner, KLA Tencor  PDF
    • Integrating ESD Detection into Semiconductor Equipment Controls (Vladimir Kraz) (pdf)
    • ESD AND EMI Challenges in Magnetic Recording: Past Present and Future
       Al Wallash, Maxtor Corporation, PDF, 1.9 MB

     

Links to Manufacturing Issues, Books, Webs & Papers

• General
  • Seeing Clear On Static Control by Sheila Galatowitsch (html)
  • Manufacturing Advantage Tips (Intel)(html)
  • Compliance Engineering-ESD Help(html)
  • National Semiconductor EOS/ESD Site(html)
  • D.C. Consultants, Doug Smith (html link)  So many great papers
  • ESD From A to Z, Book, Kolyer and Watson
  • ESD Program Management, Book, Danglemeyer
  • Electrostatic Discharge Protection for Electronics, Book, Sclater
  • Electrostatic Discharge and Electronic Equipment, Book, Boxleitner
  • Electrostatic Dicharge Control, Book, McAteer
  • Electrostatics, Book, Moore

More Below....

Materials

• Periodic Table of Elements

Other Resources, Web Lists and Books

• Conductive Polymers and Plastics in Industrial Applications, Larry RupprechtIntel
• Manufacturing Advantage Tips (Intel)
• Wallash.com-www.wallash.com a great site for the recording business.
• Compliance Engineering - ESD help
• Intel Packaging Data Book
• Texas Instruments Application Notes (pdf)
• ESD Journal

Societies, Associations, and Committees

• ESDSIVA - Silicon Valley EOS/ESD Society
• AIP - American Institute of Physics
• Sematech International
• The Electrostatics Society of America (ESA)
• ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
• AMS - American Mathematical Society
• APS - American Physical Society
• CRA - Computing Research Association
• IEEE - Computer Society
• MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
• OSA - Optical Society of America
• AAAI-American Association for Artificial Intelligence
• American Electronics Association
• CPU Info Center
• EIA - Electronics Industry Association
• IEEE- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IEEE's Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Society
• IPC - The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• JEDEC - Joint Electron Device Engineering Committee (EIA)
• MCC- Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
• National Association of Purchasing Management
• STC - Semiconductor Technology Center
• SMEMA - Surface Mount Equipment Manufacturers Association
• SMTA - Surface Mount Technology Association
• The Semiconductor Assembly Council

A fine place to start for optics and photonics.

• SIAM - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering

Standards Organizations and Activities

• IMAPS- The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• SEMI - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
• NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology
• JESD625-A STANDARD
• ANSI / ESD S20.20 STANDARD
• IDEMA - Data Storage Industry Association
• ESDA - ESD Association

Mathematics

• Yahoo's Mathematics Node
• Virtual Library Mathematics Node
• MathSoft
• MathWorks
• Wolfram Research

• EINet Galaxy Mathematics Node

Laboratories

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Microelectronics Research Center
• MIT Microsystems Technology

Literature Searches and Sources

• NASA Information by Subject
• IEEE-C62.47-1992 IEEE Guide on Electrostatic Discharge: Characterization of the ESD Environment 1992
• NASA Technical Reports Server

Patents and Intellectual Property

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Yahoo's List of Intellectual Property Links

Manufacturer's, Distributors, Supplier Directories

• Yahoo-Bay Area Companies selling ESD Products
• CommerceNet
• IndustryNET
• Open Market
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
• Biz Directory-ESD Products
• Silicon Valley Instruments LLC

Other Resource Lists

• The CAD Centre's Engineering Information Guide

Exhibitions and Conferences

• Wescon
• Semicom
• Diskcon
• Cleanrooms West
• Photonics West
• Apex

Miscellaneous

• San Jose Tech Center
• Mp3
• The Computing Trailblazer

Colleges and Universities

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