There is no requirement within the EMC Directive or the implementing legislation for electrical or electronic products to be tested for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Why then 12 months ago were UK test houses giving lead times of 6 months plus...

Conducted emissions on DC supply lines are not covered by the EC EMC regulations; they are primarily concerned with mains borne interference. In this paper a method of testing DC supply lines......

One of the important considerations when making an EMC PCB design is to minimise signal loops. ...

Shielding is a fast way to comply with legal demands or to solve electro-magnetic interference. Even for small quantities shielding can be economically attractive, but also for larger quantities various options for shielding are available....

Once an OEM or Contract Manufacturer has selected CNC Routing as the best and most suitable depaneling method, the next step is to determine whether anticipated future requirements will be best satisfied by using a standalone manually loaded router o...

Today many user interaction between machine and people are supported by various ergonomical designs; flexible sound, and user-centered input and output devices for easy adaptation....

Circuit simulation is a necessary everyday tool to circuit designers who need to constantly verify and debug their circuits during the design process. As engineers face larger, more complex designs and tighter project schedules, fast SPICE simulation...

Over the past four years the Ball Grid Array package has transformed from a novel idea; to an alternative solution for high performance, high pin count applications; to a standard choice for medium to high pin count IC packaging...

Design iterations and prototype turns add a lot of time to electronic design project schedules. For projects with tight schedules, the cost of a prototype is much more than the cost of materials, equipment etc. needed to build the board: the true cos...

The procedures in this guidebook should be helpful to anyone who assembles, repairs or reworks bare circuit boards and circuit board assemblies. These IPC recommended step-by-step procedures should help guide operators and technicians through the maz...