778f9fc1-6602-424a-b07b-ffebf06afc3520220901061526668wseas:wseasmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS2224-266X1109-273410.37394/23201http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=28612720222720222110.37394/23201.2022.21https://wseas.com/journals/cas/2022.phpGeorgiosFotisDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Educators ASPETE - School of Pedagogical and Technological Education N. Heraklion, 14121, GREECEVasilikiVitaDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Educators ASPETE - School of Pedagogical and Technological Education N. Heraklion, 14121, GREECEThe existing IEC Standard for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) contains a general and simplified circuit for the generator that produces ESD discharges, without entering into details. The present work tries to fill this gap and proposes a circuit which will generate the ESD current in the limits that the current Standard defines. 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