EMC Test & Training Center

Design for Guaranteed EMC Compliance

Target Audience

Professionals with at least 2 years’ experience into EMC testing or Hardware product development who are interested to get into hardware product design or hardware designers who are interested to gain insights into guaranteed EMC compliance

Course Pre-requisites

1002 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Compatibility is highly recommended

2101 The Physics of Electromagnetic Compatibility Measurements is highly recommended

Course Objectives

To make the learner to understand the fundamentals and essentials of EMC testing andits importance in product design

  1. Overview of Design for Guaranteed Compliance (DGC) Process
    • Translating EMC test requirements to system design requirements
    • Recognizing what’s important
    • Determining what you need to know (and what you can never know)
    • Working with board layouts, schematics and system design/test specifications
    • Maximum coupling calculations
  2. Defining the System
    • Identifying the ground structure
    • Identifying antennas/ports
    • Identifying sources
    • Identifying victims
  3. Coupling Mechanisms
    • Important examples of common impedance coupling
    • Important examples of electric field coupling
    • Important examples of magnetic field coupling
    • Effectively dealing with radiated coupling
  4. Narrowing the Focus
    • Risetime/bandwidth control
    • Eliminating unnecessary antennas/ports
    • Eliminating unnecessary sources/victims
    • Eliminating unnecessary requirements
    • Effective utilization of return planes
  5. Dealing with What’s Left
    • Maximum emissions calculations
    • Maximum crosstalk calculations
    • Worst-case modelling
    • The EMC design review
  6. Guaranteeing Compliance with Conducted Emissions Requirements
    • Identifying the sources
    • Quantifying the coupling
    • Avoiding common design pitfalls
    • Example of the process applied to an actual product design
  7. Guaranteeing Compliance with Radiated Emissions Requirements
    • Identifying the sources
    • Quantifying the coupling
    • Avoiding common design pitfalls
    • Example of the process applied to an actual product design
  8. Guaranteeing Compliance with Radiated Immunity Requirements
    • Identifying the sources and victims
    • Quantifying the coupling
    • Avoiding common design pitfalls
    • Example of the process applied to an actual product design
  9. Guaranteeing Compliance with Bulk Current Injection Requirements
    • Identifying the sources
    • Quantifying the coupling
    • Avoiding common design pitfalls
    • Example of the process applied to an actual product design
  10. Guaranteeing Compliance with Electrical Fast Transient Requirements
    • Identifying the sources and victims
    • Quantifying the coupling
    • Avoiding common design pitfalls
    • Example of the process applied to an actual product design
  11. Guaranteeing Compliance with Electrostatic Discharge Requirements
    • Identifying the sources and victims
    • Quantifying the coupling
    • Avoiding common design pitfalls
    • Example of the process applied to an actual product design
  12. Utilizing Available Resources
    • Utilizing experience with past products
    • Utilizing modelling tools effectively
    • Utilizing consultants effectively
    • Information and tools available online