ESD to ISO - Create Bootable ISO from Windows 10 ESD File

ESD/surge tests produce high instantaneous currents, so Vc rises. Components downstream can typically survive short, clamped pulses if the energy is limited and the current that actually flows through them is limited.

The ESD file is essentially an encrypted and compressed version of their previous WIM file format (it can actually be decrypted back to a WIM image file). ESD is a Windows imaging file that contains a full copy of the Windows operating system in a protected container. ESD files however, resists some operations like deployment using a WDS server.

The ESD is applied on the box. The voltage of the ESD can be as high as 15kV (whatever the value it does not really change the problem) An IC can tolerate a voltage on its pins equal to 80V and 6V5. Here is my drawing as a summary : So when the circuit is isolated from the metallic box, it seems relatively simple to protect all the circuits.

Take this SR05 for example. The data sheet explains that you can use it with or without a reference voltage at pin 4. So why have the steering diodes at all for ESD protection? Is it to ensure that...