Millimeter Wave Applications and Promise
Imagine a radio frequency wavelength about the thickness of your pinky nail. This is a new area for technology applications. A growing area in spectrum development is exploding. For many decades, very...
View ArticleDesign for Compliance Essentials
INTRODUCTION While unrealistic to discuss all aspects of product design in a single article, I’ll try to describe the most common design issues I find in the hundreds of client products I’ve had a...
View ArticleAdvantages of Using a Pre-Certified Radio Frequency Module in an IoT Application
Learn the benefits of using a pre-certified radio frequency (RF) module in the design phase when building a new IoT application, and learn the implications in EMC and Radio certifications. The Internet...
View ArticleGuide to Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers: Definitions
This is Part 2 in a series of articles which review the basics of conventional swept versus real-time spectrum analyzers and highlight some of the recent advances and instrument form-factors. Read Part...
View ArticleUsing a TEM Cell for Radiated Emissions and Immunity Troubleshooting
Many companies would welcome a full EMC compliance test chamber if it weren’t for budget and real estate considerations. Yet, they would like the opportunity to develop a low-cost troubleshooting...
View ArticleStatic Control Resilient Flooring Qualification Procedures Ensure Space and...
Due to the rapid densification of ESD sensitive devices (ESDS), static control resilient flooring (ESD flooring) has found its way into FAA towers, operating room theatres, MRI/CT scan flooring...
View ArticleWhen Do You Need Low-Dk PCB Laminates?
Designers looking to build more advanced systems operating at higher data rates and bandwidths tend to rely on materials with low dielectric constant values, i.e., low-Dk materials. It has gotten to...
View ArticleStatic Control Resilient Flooring Qualification Procedures Ensure Space and...
This article is the second and final part of Static Control Resilient Flooring Qualification Procedures Ensure Space and Defense ESD Compliance. Read Part 1 here. ANSI/ESD STM97.2 This critical...
View ArticleDrag Races, a Cashless Society, and the Threat of EMP
About a month ago, my 12-year-old son and I made his first-ever trip to the NHRA Drag Races near our home. It’s something that I always did with my dad, and I have looked forward to taking him ever...
View ArticleCan 5G Sites Be Good Neighbors?
Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was notable for his skill on the field and was equally notable for many of his quotes. “Yogi-isms” were things he often said that were both amusing and insightful....
View ArticleGuide to Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers: Advantages of Swept Versus Real-Time...
This is Part 3 in a series of articles which review the basics of conventional swept versus real-time spectrum analyzers and highlight some of the recent advances and instrument form-factors. Read Part...
View ArticleGuide to Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers: Applications
This is Part 4 in a series of articles which review the basics of conventional swept versus real-time spectrum analyzers and highlight some of the recent advances and instrument form-factors. Read Part...
View ArticleEMI Basics and Board Level Shielding Design
Introduction In today’s world full of digital electronic devices, electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a major concern in both military and commercial marketplaces. Electrical equipment can become...
View ArticleSome of the Many Stories of Medical EMI
Introduction I have been collecting stories about EMI for a long time, publishing many of them in the ‘Banana Skins’ column of The EMC Journal, www.theemcjournal.com. Some come from official reports,...
View ArticleShielding Design Flow Chart
The flow chart in Table 1 will assist the designer in selecting the appropriate shielding options necessary to meet their shielding and environmental requirements. The shielding requirement flow chart...
View ArticleAntenna Factor Calculations and Deviations
Introduction In recent years, the use of a term call “Antenna Factor” in EMC and spectrum pollution work has become very important. There has been a great need for measuring field intensity and/or...
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Calculate a Microwave Wavelength in Inches
A colleague, Mike Stasiowski, and I came up with this quick GHz wavelength formula while designing quad ridge circular polarized jamming antennas for the military when working at Nurad. The textbook...
View ArticleNavigating Signal Integrity in Chiplet Designs
As the semiconductor industry embraces the chiplet design approach, electrical engineers are witnessing a significant shift in how performance, cost efficiency, and scalability are achieved. While this...
View ArticleSkip-Layer Routing for High Bandwidth Channels
As we have seen from discussions on chiplets and their routing standards in substrates, many of the routing techniques used in PCBs also apply in packaging. Microstrip and stripline structures can both...
View ArticleRegulatory Lunch Break: Alphabet Soup
Over several decades, the FCC, the US Trade Representative, Department of Commerce (NIST) and the Industry (TCB Council, ACIL, Private Labs, including WLL) have been involved with opening up regulatory...
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