Designing for EMC & Signal Integrity (2 Days)
Grounding, Shielding, Power, Emissions, ESD, RFI & More

Includes over 35 Practical Design EMC Fixes

Date and Time
March 16-17, 2010
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location
Location: Washington Laboratories
7560 Lindbergh Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-216-1500

Teacher
Daryl Gerke, P.E.

Daryl is a partner in Kimmel Gerke Associates, a professional engineering firm that specializes in EMI/EMC issues. The firm is an independent engineering and training company. Daryl and his business partner, Bill Kimmel, share over 80 years of practical EMC experience, as well as several thousand hours of technical training.

Course Description

This course presents practical design-oriented methods for maintain signal integrity on complex and high speed circuit board and methods of designing electronics systems for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Signal Integrity and EMC: We consider Signal Integrity (SI) as a special case of EMC. First, while the design techniques are often he same, the levels can be vastly different. SI deals with millivolt/milliamp levels, while EMC often deals with emicrovol/microamp levels. Also, while SI focuses primarily on the printed circuit boards (PCBs), EMC often deals with the whole system: the design of the grounding, shielding, power and cabling. Our PCS class deals with both of these important issues at the same time.

Objectives

After this course, you will be able to:

understand and implement high speed signal design for the densely-packed confines of printed circuit boards so that the product will pass compliance and performance requirements.

·         Discover component selection criteria to enhance Signal Integrity

·         Speed your product’s time to market

·         Reduce the time and cost of EMC testing and measurements

·         Improve test results and reliability

Who Should Attend:

• Electronics, mechanical and systems engineers
  and technicians, EMC personnel and technical managers could all benefit.

• No prior EMC knowledge is needed - just a desire to learn more about these
  problems and how to deal with them.

 

Course Outline

• Introduction
  Interference Sources, Paths, and Receptors
  Key Threats in EMC and SI
  EMI Regulations & Impact on Design
  Signal Integrity and EMC
  Looking for "Hidden Transmitters" and "Hidden Antennas"

• Physics of EMI
  Frequency, Time, and Dimensions
  Dealing with "Hidden Schematics"
  Transmission Lines and "Hidden Antennas"
  Common Mode & Differential Mode

• Components
  Passive Components and Their Limitations
  EMC Effects in Active Components
  Simple EMC Filters and How to Design Them
  Clock and Reset Circuits
  On-Board Power Regulators
  Clock Dithering

• General PCB Issues
  Identifying Critical Circuits
  Component Placement
  PCB Stack-up Recommendations
  Isolated or "Split" Planes
  I/O Treatments
  Circuit Board Grounding
  Power Decoupling
  Buried Capacitance
  Trace Routing and Terminations
  Crosstalk
  Component Shielding

• Power Supplies
  Power Quality and EMI
  Filters & Transient Protection
  Switch Mode Power Supply Design for EMC

• Grounding
  Function of a Ground
  Safety and EMI
  Single Point, Multi Point, and Hybrid Grounds
  Ground Loops
  Signal Grounds
  Analog Grounds
  Grounding Guidelines

• Shielding
  Materials & Limitations
  Dealing with Openings and Penetrations
  Magnetic Field Shielding Issues
  Cable Grounding
  Cable Shielding & Connectors
  Cable Crosstalk
  Shielding Design Guidelines

Fee/Registration

 

Fee is US$995 per student. Payment in advance via check, VISA or MasterCard, preferred credit cards or bank transfer (ask for transfer details).

For registration and payment received fourteen (14) days prior to course, deduct $100. For four or more participants from an organization and payment received one month prior to course, deduct $200 each.

 

COST:  Design for EMC/SI (2 days) - $995
10% discount for 4 or more students           

HOW TO ENROLL:   http://www.emiguru.com/tekgaith10.htm, or 1-800-763-3133 

INFO:  Contact Daryl Gerke at Kimmel Gerke Associates

           480-755-0080 (Arizona Office Direct)

           888-EMI-GURU (Toll Free Voice Mail Box)

           dgerke@emiguru.com