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April 2020

Let’s Talk About… The Value of Pre-compliance Testing

Without much effort and expense, it is possible to perform pre-compliance testing in a manner that saves considerable time and money without commercial or financial risks associated with purchasing a full-compliance test facility.

Impact of Decoupling Capacitors and Embedded Capacitance on Impedance of Power and Ground Planes: Part II

We investigate two four-layer PCBs with power and ground plane pairs spaced 3 mils and 30 mils apart.

Radio-Enabled Products Using Radio Modules

In this first part of a two-part article, we’ll discuss the use of radio modules to enable wireless connectivity of electronic and consumer products, and how to approach radio, EMC and safety regulatory approvals in North America for radio modules and equipment which contain radio modules.

ESD Design for RF Mobile Applications

This article highlights key concepts to designing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits for radio frequency (RF) and millimeter wave applications. Needed RF concepts are discussed and some popular protection schemes are illustrated.
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Radio and EMC Testing Considerations

Understanding radio compliance and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) issues to help ensure that products meet regulatory testing requirements and customer expectations.

Basic Parameters of the Normalized Site Attenuation (NSA) Method for Open Area Test Sites (OATS) and Semi Anechoic Chambers (SAC) in CISPR 16‑1‑4

This article discusses the requirements for the qualification of an Open Area Test Site or Semi Anechoic Chamber for measuring radiated disturbances from 30 MHz to 1 GHz.

2019 ESD Symposium Year-In-Review: ESD and EMC Commonalities

A featured Year-In-Review (YIR) presentation was given at the recent 2019 EOS/ESD Symposium by Alan...

The Making of an ISO 7010 Symbol

Understanding the Process to Create Standardized Symbols and How It Effects Your On-product Warnings The...
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Banana Skins – April 2020 (#265-268)

The regular “Banana Skins” column was published in the EMC Journal, starting in January...

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