Gabriel!

If you have not already looked at it you may find Microchip AN595
informative. It is titled
 "Improving the Susceptibility of an Application to ESD" .

Gaston.

Gabriel Gonzalez a ˇcrit:
> 
> Sorry about the OT!
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers on info regarding protection of CMOS inputs
> from ESD, especifically a human touching th terminals.
> 
> In my application the I/O pins of the CD4051 mux constantly come in contact
> with humans, they are supposed to be ESD protected, but every once in a
> while a pin blows, sometimes the whole IC literally blows up. I am 99% sure
> it is caused by ESD and am trying to find info on how to prevent this.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Gabriel