Columns

The regular “Banana Skins” column was published in the EMC Journal, starting in January 1998.

This article describes a practical approach to the design and build of a sleeve dipole antenna mandated by a custom EMC standard.

Let’s look at some examples of potential model deficiencies.

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.

This article explains the operation of a balun that transforms an unbalanced antenna structure into a balanced one.

ESD models may be used for simulating on-chip integrated circuits or system (board) level circuits with discrete electronic components like diodes, TVS devices, and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs).

Between WEEE, RoHS, REACH and other environmental directives, regulatory compliance labels for handling and disposing of certain products is less intuitive than it seems.

We are proud to carry on the tradition of sharing Banana Skins for the purpose of promoting education for EMI/EMC engineers.

This article discusses CMOS inverter switching and shows the impact of a decoupling capacitor on the power rail signal integrity and radiated emissions.

TLP ideas are helpful in understanding CDE, but it is an imperfect analogy