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This part of IEC 60749 establishes a standard procedure for testing and classifying semiconductor devices according to their susceptibility to damage or degradation by exposure to a defined human body model (HBM) electrostatic discharge (ESD). The objective is to provide reliable, repeatable HBM ESD test results so that accurate classifications can be performed. This test method is applicable to all semiconductor devices and is classified as destructive. ESD testing of semiconductor devices is selected from this test method, the machine model (MM) test method (see IEC 60749-27) or other ESD test methods in the IEC 60749 series. The HBM and MM test methods produce similar but not identical results; unless otherwise specified, this test method is the one selected.