Training for EMC compliance
Get comprehensive training on:
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Regulatory requirements - Efficient EMI compliance through proper designing
- Emissions and susceptibility problem-solving
- Reduction of emissions
- Proper planning and designing for faster safety approvals
Custom-tailored to meet your specific needs, our in-depth training seminars can be scheduled on-site or in-house.
Contact us to set up your custom training seminar!
Your principal course instructor will be Mr. Shirish Shah. Mr. Shah has a BSEE from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and an MSEE from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Shah has over 25 years experience designing equipment and systems, including 20 years of design and consulting in the field of electromagnetic compatibility. This extensive design experience includes analog, digital, RF and power circuits and systems in the commercial and military sectors.
Other instructors could include members of Accutest Systems’ staff and other prominent individuals in the field.
Sample of our training program topics
Introduction
- Terms & definitions
- EMI situations
- Modes of noise propagation
- Noise transmission paths
- Units of EMI measurement
- Radiated and conducted noise
- Electric & magnetic field sources
- Wave impedance and plane waves
- Common-mode vs differential
- Near-field vs far-field
- Narrowband and broadband noise
- Freq. vs wavelength relationship
- Transmission of signal energy
- Chassis as noise source, or sink?
Grounding Techniques
- Considerations for grounding
- Grounding definitions
- Personnel safety objectives
- EMC grounding objectives
- Ground loop problems
- Single-point grounding -When?
- Multi-point grounding – Why?
- Audio-frequency grounding
- Digital / RF grounding
- Grounding according to noise level
- Ground as a return path
- Mutual inductance of ground path
- Common-mode coupling
- Ground reference for RF
Shielding & Filtering
- Basics of shielding process
- Reflection and multiple reflection
- Absorption loss computation
- Wave and characteristic impedance
- Computing reflection loss
- Total shielding effectiveness
- Effectiveness of Faraday Cage
- Induced noise and return path
- Shielding effectiveness of cables
- Capacitive coupling on cables
- Cable as a transmission line
- Reflections on a transmission line
- Ribbon vs round cable
- Isolation techniques for cables
- Power line filtering
System and PWB
- System design considerations
- Suppression at the source
- Compartmentalized shielding
- Power distribution on PWB
- Selection of decoupling capacitors
- Effect of trace inductance
- Power distribution for 2 layer system
- Signal layout for high frequencies
- Optimizing Multilayer Boards
- Correct order of layers
- Transmission line
- Thickness of dielectric
- Ground as shield
- Pin escape length
- Use of decoupling capacitors
- Signal routing, best practices
- Buried clock layout
- Guard band for clocks
- Routing of high frequencies
- Preferred layer groups
- Four-layer PWB
- Six-layer PWB
- Eight-layer Plus
- Too many layers?
- Demonstration
General
- New Legislative Framework
- EMC directive 2014/30/EU
- Scope and exclusions
- Compliance path to CE mark
- Declaration of Conformity
- Generic/product specific stds.
- ITE standards for EMC
- Immunity and emissions testing
- FCC vs EC (CE) emission limits
- What is a “CAB”?
- What is a notified body?
- Technical Construction File (TCF)
- When to use the Type Examination route
- Future trends for the EU
- Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU directive
European Union (EU)
- New Legislative Framework
- EMC directive 2014/30/EU
- Scope and exclusions
- Compliance path to CE mark
- Declaration of Conformity
- Generic/product specific stds.
- Compliance path to CE mark
- ITE standards for EMC
- Immunity and emissions testing
- FCC vs EC (CE) emission limits
- What is a “CAB”?
- What is a notified body?
- Technical Construction File (TCF)
- When to use the Type Examination route
- Future trends for the EU
- Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU directive