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

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是彻底改变静电放电（ESD）预防市场。目前可用的ESD缓解产品通常抑制用户的移动性，缺乏可靠性，或者过于昂贵。该系统可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且经济的无线静电冲击防护，从而提高安全性和生产率。该开发有可能提高各种电子行业的员工效率和制造可靠性。现状是，一个拴系接地腕带，严重抑制了用户的移动性，并导致疏忽或粗心的员工滥用的相当大的可能性。在工人可能因为不便而放弃使用系留腕带的地方，拟议的创新将决定性地防止破坏性甚至灾难性的ESD事件。这项创新在其他市场也有应用，可以减轻频繁电击的负担和潜在危险。这项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发展。在使用敏感电子产品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，平衡佩戴者的静电荷。这里开发的系统将可靠地感测电容性物体的电势何时超过相对于其邻近环境的阈值。其次，小型化的电荷转移装置将主动地将多余的电荷从身体排出到其周围环境。最后，这两个组件将在分立封装中和谐地工作，以可靠地保持用户的电位均衡。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.