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- From: more_da@pts4.pts.mot.com (DAN MORERA)
- Subject: Re: Handling CMOS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.211003.22990@pts1.pts.mot.com>
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- References: <Dec10.210537.30773@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:10:03 GMT
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- In article 30773@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU, gw214790@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Galen Watts) writes:
- >If you use sockets, don't take the chips out of the package until you install
- >them.
- >The way I install CMOS chips is in the bathroom. Take the circuit board, all
- >the tools you might need and the chips into the b-room and close the door.
- >Run the shower on HOT for a few minutes, until the mirror fogs over. Leave the
- >water running (maybe turn it down a little), touch the board and the package the
- >IC's are in together, open the package and insert the IC as quickly as possible.
- >The idea is to use the high humidity to dissipate any static charges.
- >Frequently touch the board and chip packages together before removing the chips
- >just in case. If you need to remove an IC, do the bathroom stuff, and put the
- >chip into a sheet of aluminum foil so the foil touches all the pins.
- >
- >I've done this for a few years and have NEVER blown a CMOS IC inserting it.
- >Blowing it in the circuit is another matter I won't go into.
- >
- >Good Luck,
- >Galen Watts, KF0YJ
- >
- >
- This isn't a flame or anything, but are you serious? Boy, am I glad I live in
- sunny and humid South Florida, because I would hate to take a shower everytime
- I play around with CMOS parts. :-)
-
- I guess a simple ground strap doesn't suffice up there, huh?
-
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