Title: EMC Society Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
Date: September 09 2014
Location: Harleysville, PA, USA
Description:
Meeting Topic: EMC Troubleshooting, Measurements and Common Problems
Many companies lack the resources or skills to properly design products for compliance in advance of the required testing – often failing multiple tests -and wondering what to do next. By performing simple pre-compliance testing ahead of compliance testing, the risk of test failure is greatly reduced. As an EMC consultant, I often see the very same product design issues repeated over and over. I’ll cover the most common issues I see, as well as a few that are unique. Some basic EMC theory will be included as a quick refresher. Then, we’ll launch into some low cost troubleshooting and pre-compliance tests that may be performed right on the workbench.
Biography: Kenneth Wyatt, Sr. EMC Engineer, Wyatt Technical Services, LLC, holds degrees in biology and electronic engineering and has worked as a product development engineer for 10 years for various aerospace firms on projects ranging from DC-DC power converters to RF and microwave systems for shipboard and space platforms. For over 20 years, he worked as a senior EMC engineer for Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies in Colorado Springs where he provided comprehensive EMC design and troubleshooting services. During that time, he developed and provided advanced EMC training and corporate leadership for EMC.A prolific author and presenter, he has written or presented topics including RF amplifier design, RF network analysis software, EMC design and troubleshooting of products and use of harmonic comb generators for predicting shielding effectiveness. His specialty is EMI troubleshooting and is a co-author of the popular “EMC Pocket Guide”. He recently coauthored the book with Patrick André, “EMI Troubleshooting Cookbook for Product Designers”, with forward by Henry Ott. He has been published in magazines such as, RF Design, Test & Measurement World, EMC Design & Test, Electronic Design, EDN, InCompliance, Interference Technology, Microwave Journal, HP Journal and several others. He currently authors The EMC Blog for EDN.com and manages the “EMC Troubleshooter’s” group on LinkedIn.Kenneth is a senior member of the IEEE and a long time member of the EMC Society where he served as their official photographer for 10 years. His comprehensive, yet practical, EMC design, measurement and troubleshooting seminars have been presented across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
