Technical Tidbits Archives - In Compliance Magazine

Measuring Breakdown Voltage With an ESD Simulator

Special simulator characteristics are needed Measuring high voltage breakdown has many uses including tracking down the cause of equipment failure and ascertaining compliance to safety standards. Some ESD si... Read More...

Destroying Electronic Components from Across the Room With ESD

(Today’s sensitive components are really sensitive!) Electronic components are getting smaller and more sensitive every day, and with this comes a greater possibility of damage from electrical stresses in th... Read More...

Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Effects on Measurement Equipment – ESD Effects on Oscilloscopes

When debugging designs or making electrical measurements of noise, especially ESD, we often assume the only equipment in the room that works perfectly is our measurement equipment. This assumption can be wrong ... Read More...

Effect of High Voltage Pulses on Resistors – ESD and EFT

Carbon composition resistors work very well under pulsed conditions, but are getting difficult to obtain. Results of tests run on several modern film resistors using high voltage pulses are presented. For the c... Read More...

Measuring Breakdown Voltage with an ESD Simulator

Measuring high voltage breakdown has many uses including tracking down the cause of equipment failure and ascertaining compliance to safety standards. Some ESD simulators can be used to measure DC breakdown vol... Read More...

Measuring Capacitor Self-inductance and ESR

Technical Background The parasitic parameters of a capacitor, that is its equivalent series resistance (ESR) and its inductance, affect the way the capacitor performs in circuits. Some applications are very se... Read More...

Individuals in Engineering and Technology Recognized for STEM Achievements & Community Contributions

U.S. DoE to Provide Nearly $3 Billion for EV Battery Development, Manufacturing

Wirelessly Powering IoT With 5G Network

Polymer Film Can Limit Electromagnetic Interference

Using Nanomaterials to Create a Passive Dual-Mode Heating and Cooling Device

Gore Announces Enhanced Venting and Cooling Solutions for Improved Performance at CTIA 2013

France Bans iPhone 12s for SARS Non-Compliance

2023 Ig Nobel Prizes Announced

FDA Issues Final Guidance on ISO 10993-1 for Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices

Book Review: Power Integrity by Steven Sandler

Clock Duty Cycle Tuning for Desense Mitigation in Modulation‑Involved Cases

ESD Designers’ Headache with Multiple Automotive Test Requirements, Part I

Troubleshooting EMI Issues Caused by Structural Resonances

Energy Release Quantification for Li-Ion Battery Failures

EMC Management in Charging Applications

Common Mode Filter Design Guide

Simulation-Based Testing for Early Safety Validation of Robot Systems

(Re)Discovering the Lost Science of Near-Field Measurements, Part 3

Pre-Compliance EMI Testing

(Re)Discovering the Lost Science of Near-Field Measurements, Part 2

In-Situ Radiated Emission Testing of Large Systems Installations

(Re)Discovering the Lost Science of Near-Field Measurements – Part 1

Line Impedance Stabilization is in its Seventieth Year and Still Going Strong

New Edition of UL 943, Standard for Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupters

ANSC C63 Committee on EMC: A 2023 Status Report

An Overview of Aerospace Battery Compliance

The Future of Wi-Fi

Effects of Lightning on ICT Circuits: Induction and GCR

NASA Space Shuttle’s Return to Flight: The Untold Electromagnetic Backstory

Continuing Your Professional Education in 2022

A Recipe for Success: How to Grow from EMC Novice to EMC Expert

Capacitors: Theory and Application

Ohm’s Law Also Applies to ESD‑Induced Heat Pulses

RF Tech Tip: BNC Versus Threaded Connectors