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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 part II of the RC Snubber topic discusses the systematic and efficient design process and design verification through simulations and laboratory measurements

Crosstalk is a well-known problem for EMI/EMC and signal integrity designers. But, for non-specialist electronic designers, this problem can create unexpected and difficult to discover failures in electronic products.

The full application of ANSI/ESD S20.201 or IEC61340-5-12 coupled with a complete understanding of...

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

This is the first of two articles devoted to RC snubber design. In Part I, we discuss the fundamentals of inductive switching and the need for circuit protection.

The Role of ESD In ordinary circumstances, static electricity is little more than an...

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

This article investigates the impedance of the three standard passive circuit components (R, L, and C) as well as the frequency response of a PCB trace.