Electrostatic discharge (ESD) phenomena have been known to mankind since Thales of
Miletus in approximately 600 B.C.E. noticed the attraction of strands of hay to amber.
Two thousand six hundred years have passed and the quest to obtain a better under-
standing of electrostatics and ESD phenomenon continues. Today, the manufacturing
of microelectronics has continued the interest in the field of electrostatic phenomenon
spanning factory issues, tooling, materials, and the microelectronic industry
