February 2020

The February issue focuses on Automotive Compliance and begins by discussing the importance of defining product case and load simulator grounding in an automotive EMC test plan. Next, explore the second life options for electric vehicle batteries once they are no longer suitable to power motor vehicles. Learn about India’s mandatory certifications that affect automotive products. Changes to the FCC compliance rules now allow for self-testing; discover how to determine compliance test methods. Finally, find out how engineers can help evaluate and minimize risks when it comes to contracts.

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The Importance of Checking the Calibration of ESD Simulators

A more thorough “in-between calibration cycle” check of the ESD simulator’s output waveform is something every EMC engineer and technician should consider.

Columns

Skin Depth in Good Conductors

This tutorial article focuses on the skin depth phenomenon in good conductors. We begin with the uniform plane propagation, leading to the wave equations and their solutions in different media.

Automotive

Defining Product Grounding in the Automotive EMC Test Plan

This article presents the importance of defining product case and load simulator grounding in an automotive EMC test plan.

Automotive

Considerations for Second Life Assessment of Electric Vehicle Batteries

Electric vehicle batteries may have as much as 80% usable capacity when they are no longer suitable for powering motor vehicles. This article explores the post automotive options for these components, and discusses important considerations regarding their use.

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Automotive

Automotive Product Certifications for the Indian Market: An Overview

India has several mandatory product certifications that affect automotive products. Most relevant are the AIS certification for automotive components, the BIS certification for electronic products and the WPC registration for wireless products.

EMC Testing

EMC Testing… The EU Experience

Changes to the FCC compliance rules in the U.S. now enable manufacturers to save time and cost by allowing self-testing. This article outlines some of the basic factors that determine RF and EMC behavior and how these determine compliance test methods.

Product Liability

Contracts That Help or Hurt

When it comes to contracts, what terms and conditions are most important, and how can engineers support their company’s efforts to evaluate and minimize risks?

Columns

ESD Parameters for ESD Design, IP Integration, and Verification

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection of Integrated Circuits (ICs) requires seamless discharge paths and voltage clamping along the course of the discharge, between any pins combinations on the IC.

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Banana Skins – February 2020 (#247-257)

The Banana Skin columns were compiled by Keith Armstrong, of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd, from items he found in various publications, and anecdotes and links sent in by the many fans of the column.

February 2020

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