SBIR Phase I: Wireless Anti-static Device for Electrostatic Discharge Mitigation

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是彻底改变静电放电(ESD)预防市场。目前可用的ESD缓解产品通常会抑制用户的移动性，缺乏可靠性，或者价格昂贵得令人望而却步。建议的系统能够为处理敏感电子产品或在爆炸物附近工作的客户提供可靠和经济的无线静电预防，提供更高的安全性和生产率。这一发展有可能提高各种电子行业的员工效率和制造可靠性。这种现状是一种捆绑在一起的接地手腕带，严重限制了用户的移动性，并导致相当大的可能性被粗心的员工忽视或误用。在工人可能因为不便而放弃使用捆绑手腕的地方，拟议的创新将决定性地防止破坏性甚至灾难性的ESD事件。拟议的创新在其他市场也有应用，以减轻频繁电击的负担和潜在危险。这一小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目预计将推动防静电技术的最先进水平。在使用敏感电子设备或在危险环境中工作时，防止静电放电至关重要。该项目将开发一种可靠的无线设备，以平衡佩戴者的静电。这里开发的系统将可靠地检测到电容性物体相对于其邻近环境的电势超过阈值。其次，小型化的电荷转移装置会主动将多余的电荷从身体排出到周围。最后，这两个组件将在一个独立的封装中和谐运行，以可靠地保持用户的电势均衡。已经开发了一个实验试验台，以模拟带电的人体并验证核心创新的技术方面。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to revolutionize the electrostatic discharge (ESD) prevention market. Currently available ESD mitigation products often inhibit the mobility of the user, lack reliability, or are prohibitively expensive. The proposed system enables reliable and economical wireless prevention of electrostatic shocks for customers handling sensitive electronics or working near explosives, offering increased safety and productivity. The development has the potential to increase employee efficiency and manufacturing reliability in various electronics-based industries. The status quo, a tethered grounding wrist strap, severely inhibits the mobility of the user, and leads to considerable potential for neglect or misuse by careless employees. Where workers might have abstained from using tethered wrist straps because of their inconvenience, the proposed innovation will decisively prevent disruptive or even catastrophic ESD events. The proposed innovation has applications in other markets to alleviate the burden and potential danger of frequent electric shocks.This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is expected to advance the state of the art in antistatic technology. Preventing electrostatic discharge is crucial when working with sensitive electronics or in hazardous environments. The project will develop a reliable wireless device that equalizes the wearer's electrostatic charge. The system developed here will reliably sense when the electric potential of a capacitive object surpasses a threshold relative to its adjacent environment. Second, a miniaturized charge transfer device will actively expel the excess charge from the body to its surroundings. Lastly, the two components will function harmoniously in a discrete package to reliably keep the user's electric potential equalized. An experimental testbed has been developed to mimic the charged human body and verify technical aspects of the core innovation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.