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Servicing the Attenuator/Switch Driver
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Reducing ESD Damage
To help reduce the amount of ESD damage that occurs during
installation, testing, or servicing instruments use the following
guidelines:
• Be sure that all instruments are properly earth- grounded to
prevent buildup of static charge.
• Personnel should be grounded with a resistor- isolated wrist- strap
before touching the center pin of any connector and before
removing any assembly from the instrument.
• Before connecting any coaxial cable to an instrument connector
for the first time each day, momentatily ground the center and
outer conductor of the table.
• Handle all PC board assemblies and electronic components only at
static- safe workstations.
• Store or transport PC board assemblies and electronics
components only in static- shielding containers.
• PC board assembly edge- connector contacts may be cleaned by
using a lintfree cloth with a solution of 80% electronics- grade
isopropyl alcohol and 20% deionized water. This should be
performed at a static- safe workstation.