Editor’s note: This question was asked in response to Interference Technology’s recent webinar by Keith Armstrong. To view the webinar, click here.
Question: What books do you recommend for EMC design and mitigation?
Answer: Obviously, I’m going to recommend my own books (see below)!
But in all seriousness I do think my books very good for the practicing electronic design engineer, because they are based on the material I have developed over nearly 20 years of training design engineers worldwide.
All my courses have received approval ratings of at least 80% from the attendees, so I know they find my courses practical and useful, and I have received a lot of very positive feedback from designers when they put my training material into practice.
EMC Design Techniques for electronic engineers
Nutwood UK November 2010, ISBN: 978-0-9555118-4-4, full colour graphics throughout.
Order from www.emcacademy.org/books.asp
Covers all electronic applications, with a very practical approach to good design practices that will save time and cost, reduce time-to-market, and reduce warranty costs and financial risks.
(Chapter 2 of this book is the complete text of “The Physical Basis of EMC” (below), so don’t purchase both of them!)
EMC for Printed Circuit Boards – Basic and Advanced Design and Layout Techniques
Nutwood UK December 2010, ISBN 978-0-9555118-5-1, full colour graphics throughout.
(2nd Edition, identical to 1st Edition except for the book’s format)
Order from www.emcacademy.org/books.asp
Practical good-practice EMC design techniques for printed circuit board (PCB) design and layout, for designers of electronic circuits and PCB designers themselves. All application areas are covered, from household appliances, commercial and industrial equipment, through automotive to aerospace and military. This book is used by some University courses.
The Physical Basis of EMC
Nutwood UK October 2010, ISBN: 978-0-9555118-3-7, full colour graphics throughout.
Order from www.emcacademy.org/books.asp
Provides an understanding of electromagnetic phenomena, in a way that can be easily understood by practising electronic engineers.
(Chapter 2 of my book “EMC Design Techniques for electronic engineers” (above) is the complete text of this book, so don’t purchase both of them!)
My good friend Tim Williams also writes very practical books, so I can recommend his book:
“EMC for Product Designers, 4th Edition”
Newnes, December 2006, ISBN: 0-750-68170-5.
Tim’s book has received very good reviews and sold very many copies worldwide since its first edition was published in 1992 (I think), and is used to teach EMC in many Universities.
But all books are necessarily behind the times, and – given the fast pace of Integrated circuit silicon die-shrinks (see Q1 above) – if you want the latest good design practices you need an up-to-date training course.
-Keith Armstrong
