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ANSI/ESD STM11.11-2015 Surface Resistance Measurements of Static Dissipative Planar Materials

ANSI/ESD STM 11.11-2015 was developed to fulfil a need to measure static dissipative planar materials not provided for by existing ASTM resistivity measurement methods.

Banana Skins – April 2018 (#48-53)

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.

What Every Electronics Engineer Needs to Know About: Antennas

To the uninitiated, knowing what antenna to use for EMC radiated emissions and radiated...

Impact of a Trace Length on Capacitor Frequency Response

In this article we investigate the frequency behavior of a ceramic capacitor.

Banana Skins – March 2018 (#28-47)

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ESD Control in the World of IoT

The Industry 4.0 IoT platform automatically becomes a reliable and dependable venue for compliance verification, eliminating the traditional way of tedious predefined period manual checks.

The Useful Mirror Technique

The mirror technique is a very old technique to be used with PCBs when failing in radiated EMC tests. An easy solution to avoid changes in layout if the technique can be applied to your product.

What Every Electronics Engineer Needs to Know About: ESD Simulators

ESD simulators a.k.a. “ESD Guns” play an important role in product development and their proper selection and use are considered essential to any EMC test laboratory. The focus of this paper is on ESD simulators that perform testing of complete apparatus in accordance with IEC 61000-4-2 and other system level test standards.

Guard Trace Impact on Crosstalk Between PCB Traces

This article discusses the crosstalk reduction between PCB traces by utilizing a guard trace between the traces and investigating the effect of the guard trace grounding.

Harmonics in Clocks Creating EMI Problems

Clock signals from 1 to 100MHz are usually responsible for radiated EMC problems in HF/VHF range. Harmonics are the culprits, but think in current, not in voltage.
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