June 2025

Since the discovery of electromagnetic interference (EMI) in the early 1900s, the need for testing for radiated emissions continues to grow as products get more complicated. The time to test has also grown, and, in some cases, can take days to complete. The introduction of fast Fourier transform (FFT) technology into EMI receivers can greatly decrease the required testing time, but is it applicable for everyone?

Achieving a balance between effective cyber protection and free trade can present multiple challenges. In this article, we outline recent and upcoming cybersecurity protections that are being enacted in the U.S., Canada, the European Union (EU), and other jurisdictions.

The European Union’s 2024 Cyber Resilience Act makes complying with the cybersecurity standards in the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) mandatory. Your firmware developers may need a significant amount of time to implement the provisions, so if you have not already started securing your product to the new regulation, you need to do so now.

This is the first of seven articles devoted to the topic of shielding to prevent electromagnetic wave radiation. The results presented here are valid under the assumption of a uniform plane wave with normal (perpendicular) incidence on a boundary between two media.

A new version of Technical Report TR18.0-01-25 (TR18) on ESD Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Checks by the ESD Association’s Working Group 18 is about to be released. This article, divided into Part 1 and Part 2, provides guidelines for the EDA industry and the ESD design community for establishing a comprehensive ESD verification flow to address the ESD design challenges of modern ICs.