Sleeve Dipole Antenna Design and Build
This article describes a practical approach to the design and build of a sleeve dipole antenna mandated by a custom EMC standard.
Designing with Capacitive Touch for Commodity Applications
This article examines the different parts of capacitive touch design and provides a checklist of what to look for when designing a product.
IEC 62368-1 AC Mains Port Protection Component Requirements
This article describes the MOV circuit design sequence for the AC mains port overvoltage protection of pluggable type A equipment.
RC Snubber Design for SMPS Protection
Part I: Fundamentals of Inductive Switching and RC Snubber Impact
This is the first of the two articles devoted to the topic of an RC snubber design. In Part I we discuss the fundamentals of the inductive swit... Read More...
Impact of 3D IC Design on ESD Protection
What is 3D Integration and what is 3D IC?
If we rewind three decades, back in the 1980s, there were theoretical studies which suggested that significant reductions in signal delay and power consumption could... Read More...
S-parameters and EMI Filter Response
S-parameters are very useful to evaluate, understand, and optimize the response of your filters. If you are unfamiliar with this typical tool for RF engineers, this column is for you.
Latch-up Electronic Design Automation Checks
Circuit design reliability verification in Integrated Circuit (IC) design is extremely challenging.
Hidden Start-up Events
Whenever an electronic circuit is first energized, transients occur in current and voltage waveforms. These start-up transients can affect the electrical and thermal behavior of components and circuits with serious reliability, EMI, and random effects. Try to characterize how your circuits start and stop.
Conducted Emissions Bootcamp
This article offers an understanding of what conducted emissions are, their sources and paths, how to measure for them, and how to control them at different stages of design.
Introduction to “EM Engineering”
Achieving electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) compliance is now straightforward, quick, and easy – using the EM Engineering process that Keith Armstrong describes in this article.