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Form-in-Place Gaskets Feature Special, Silicone-Based Pastes

 

EMI Sentry™ from Laird Technologies is a new family of form-in-place gaskets consisting of SNK55-RXP, a silicone with silver/copper that cures at room temperature; SNK60-HXP, a silicone with silver/copper that cures in an oven; SNL60-RXP, a silicone with silver/aluminum that cures at room temperature; and SNL70-HXP, a silicone with silver/aluminum that cures in an oven. These … [Read more...]

Towards an EMC Technology Roadmap

 

A technology roadmap is a tool for attaining the optimum development within a sector of technology Marcel Van Doorn, Phillips Electromagnetics & Cooling Competence Center Eindhoven, the Netherlands Introduction This article expands earlier work on the concept of a technology roadmap for EMC technology.1 Just as a traditional terrestrial map helps insure that travelers … [Read more...]

Leader Tech Expands with a Global EMI Shielding Technology Center

 

Well-known EMI shielding manufacturer Leader Tech has announced the completion of its Phase II, Global EMI Shielding Technology Center. This most recent expansion, based in Tampa, Fl, includes the addition of three domestic sales representatives, a new regional sales engineer, and a dedicated 45-press manufacturing line. This enhanced manufacturing capacity will focus on … [Read more...]

Life Enhancing Medical Products Achieve EMC Compliance

 

Surface cleanliness is critical to good coating adhesion for any coating process Rocky R. Arnold, Ph.D. WaveZero, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Many medical product manufacturers achieve electromagnetic compliance (EMC) for their electronic devices by coating the inside of the plastic enclosures with a conductive material; for example, silver-copper particle loaded paint, electroplated … [Read more...]

Semi-Anechoic Chamber Expedites Avionic EMC Testing

 

A semi-anechoic chamber has been completed by ETS-Lindgren at Airbus in Hamburg, Germany. Valued at over €500,000, the chamber measures 12 x 6.7 x 6.5 meters and features an 8- x 4- x 2.9-meter control room. The chamber is to be used primarily for the EMC testing of electrical and electronic components and systems in aircraft. The new indoor, in-house test environment ensures … [Read more...]

Reducing Ground Noise Emissions in Critical Electronic Equipment and Facility Ground Systems to Help Prevent Conducted EMI Problems

 

Many EMI problems involve emissions that circulate through electrical conductors within a facility and within equipment Philip F. Keebler and Kermit O. Phipps EPRI Knoxville, Tennessee Background The electromagnetic environment includes the areas inside and outside electrical and electronic equipment. The areas inside equipment include unused air spaces, circuit boards, cables … [Read more...]

Gore Scores Prize as One of the Nation’s Best

 

Well-known for their EMI shielding and other products for the electronics sector, W.L. Gore has announced that it has earned a position on FORTUNE magazine’s annual list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for the 12th consecutive year. Gore is ranked No. 15. The full list and related stories appear in the February 2 issue of FORTUNE; it is available now on newsstands … [Read more...]

The Importance and Methods of Full Wave Simulation Validation

 

Regardless of the accuracy of the modeling tool, each modeling exercise requires some level of validation before simulation results can be trusted. Bruce Archambeault, Ph.D. and Samuel Connor IBM Research Triangle Park, NC The need to validate simulations and model results has never been more vital. Full-wave and quasi-static simulation tools using many different modeling … [Read more...]

Software Simulation Boosts the Efficacy of PCB Design

 

Adding an effective package to the design cycle can pinpoint areas critical to EMC compliance Dirk Müller, FlowCAD, Munich, GERMANY Ultimately, electromagnetic compatibility can be validated only in the measurement chamber with existing prototypes. Those tests are time consuming and expensive. There are various ideas for cutting the costs of testing with early software … [Read more...]

Laird Cuts Staffing and Closes Hungarian Plant

 

Laird plc., a global supplier of EMI shielding devices and antennas, is in the process of cutting its staff by around 5000 or 54 percent. The company is closing its manufacturing facility in Hungary, which has 500 employees, and will close or downsize three of its facilities in the U.S. Production from these sites will be transferred to Mexico and China. These steps will lead … [Read more...]

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