Effective Shielding prevents interference from entering or emanating from a cable. Don Dodge, Calmont Wire and cable, Inc., Santa Ana, California, USA HISTORY In the late 1800s, as the use of electricity was first being used for communications, interference reared its ugly head. The imperative for some form of mitigation became apparent. The first attempts involved wire … [Read more...]
Military
Smart and Reliable Assessment of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects on Ordnance
Become a successful HERO tester in four easy steps. Gaétan Duplain and Charles Leduc, Opsens, Inc., Quebec, Canada Hazards from Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO), the potential for electromagnetic radiation to pose an adverse effect on munitions, is a familiar problem first identified in the 1950s. Avoiding the unintended detonation or malfunction of electrically … [Read more...]
RF Shielding Materials: An Update on Selection and Cost Consideration
RF gasket selection must be a well-informed decision in the design process. Gary Fenical, Laird Technologies, St. Louis, MD, USA Advances in electronic components continue to occur at a rapid pace, and this ongoing rush means more and more wireless devices, increasing power levels, and higher frequencies. While consumers demand more advanced products with increased features … [Read more...]
Protection of Commercial Installations from the 'Triple Threat' of HEMP, IEMI and Severe Geomagentic Storms
With properly designed protection, commercial installations and buildings can be protected against each of these environments. William A. Radasky, Ph.D, P.E., Metatech Corporation, Goleta, California, USA Over the past five years, many publications have indicated that three unusual high-power electromagnetic threats pose significant danger to industry. These are: the … [Read more...]
Mitigation of EMP Effects Using Shielded Rooms and Enclosures
Performance and reliability of a shielding system is essential in times of emergency. Wayne D. Martin, ETS-Lindgren, Glendale Heights, Illinois, USA The most cursory assessment of news and events around the globe during this first decade of the Twenty-First Century leads to the inescapable conclusion that we live in perilous times. Around the globe, political, ethnic and … [Read more...]
RF Emission Reduction Techniques for ARM-Based Microcontroller Applications
A system's immunity can be enhanced without causing any functional drawbacks. Mart Coenen, EMCMCC bv, Eindhoven, the Netherlands INTRODUCTION With today’s digital designs and the time frame available for design-in, electrical system engineers and PCB designers are more or less forced to follow the application concepts provided by embedded device manufacturers. The … [Read more...]
IEEE and NATO Standardisation Agency Sign Technical Co-Operation Agreement
PISCATAWAY, N.J. & BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the NATO Standardisation Agency (NSA) have signed a Technical Co-operation Agreement (TCA) in order to share knowledge of each organization’s standards development activities and avoid duplication of technical standards whenever possible.Under the terms of the TCA, IEEE-SA and NSA … [Read more...]
Technical Program Co-Chairs’ Message
The 2009 Austin Technical Program has something for everyone — from the novice EMC engineer to the advanced practitioner. There are four components to the Technical Program; the regular sessions of technical papers, a series of Special Sessions and invited papers, an array of Workshops and Tutorials, and the Hardware Experiment Demonstrations and Computer Modeling & … [Read more...]
Technical Paper Sessions
Approximately 160 regular technical papers and approximately 30 Special Session papers are expected to be presented at EMC 2009 in Austin. The Technical Paper Sessions are aligned according to technical topic areas associated with the IEEE EMC Society Technical Committees.The greatest number of papers received was in the topic area of EMC Measurements (TC2). Over 40 papers are … [Read more...]
EMC Society Technical Committees
What is a technical committee? The technical committees play an important role in the overall success of the EMC Society by promoting activities in their fields and providing expert knowledge and assistance to generate and review technical papers, to organize and operate sessions at symposia, to generate and develop standardsn and to evaluate the “state of the art” in EMC … [Read more...]
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