bz wrote:

Eeyore wrote in

Those 'tiny' currents can be quite large
when discharging a significant charge.

Yes, but you can not 'have a significant charge' on a chip without having
a high voltage differential between the chip and the conductor!

You can certainly have a charge that does not exceed the breakdown potential
of the IC oxide layer yet results in probably several AMPS of instantaneous
current when shorted into close to zero ohms through an aluminium foil sheet.

Why do you NITWITS feel the need to argue about the BLEEDING OBVIOUS ?

Graham