Some ESD damage is catastrophic – the part fails straight away and is caught in testing. The dangerous kind is latent damage: the part is weakened but still works, passes inspection, and fails weeks or months later in the customer’s product. Latent damage is why ESD discipline matters even when nothing looks wrong.
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