[RFI] ESD "Pad"?

[EDWARDS, EDDIE J]

Kurt, 

Back in the 80s, I remember seeing these used for new CMOS chips: 

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/protektive-pak/37645/1141196?utm_adgroup=Accessories&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping_Product_Static%20Control%2C%20ESD%2C%20Clean%20Room%20Products_NEW&utm_term=&utm_content=Accessories&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIJMqR7bWAoPkB08SgETrrdW45_gCvBWTj12Phro8i297fbRdKT_Jd4aAg9UEALw_wcB 

Is this what you were thinking?  

73, de ed -K0iL

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Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 12:18 AM
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Subject: [RFI] ESD "Pad"?

In the 1980's, my wife was working on computers, and controllers with very large connectors, and wiring harnesses, that would be drug around like fire hoses (small ones, like in an apartment), generating a bit of static.  She described each piece of equipment as having a fairly large static discharge pad on the side.  Before any harnesses were connected, the end of the harness, the large connector and all the pins, was to be pressed into this pad for a few moments to bleed off any static build-up.

Any idea what these pads are?  I'd like to research them, due to some static issues that are arising here.

Thanks.

Kurt

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