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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
May. 23, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael G Abernathy, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324452 ; 324 72 ; 340659 ;
Abstract
Method for determining the susceptibility of a protective device protected electronic assembly to electrostatic discharge events. The protective component is subjected to an electrostatic discharge event and the amount of kinetic energy transferred to the protective component during the electrostatic discharge event is determined. The susceptibility of the assembly to electrostatic discharge events is then determined based upon the amount of kinetic energy transferred to the protective component during the electrostatic discharge event.