Thursday February 23rd 2012

EMC basics

What is EMC?

What is EMC?

Almost all of us would have heard the term EMC in some way or the other. EMC, by itself stands for Electromagnetic Compatibility. The intention behind EMC is to make sure all Electrical equipment situated close to each other will work as designed without causing Electromagnetic disturbance to each other. All commercial, industrial and even [...]

Radiated Emissions

Radiated Emissions

Every electronic equipment uses power to operate. Power, as you know, is a function of voltage and current and so whenever there is power consumed, there is a current flow. Flow of current is always associated with Electromagnetic field and hence all electronics equipments have fields associated with them. In digital systems, when the circuits [...]

Conducted Emissions

Conducted Emissions

Like radiated emissions which is unhelpful for EMC compliance, conducted emissions are completely unwanted noise that get conducted through cables that connect to and from the DUT(Device Under Test). The term conducted emissions originates from the fact that electromagnetic energy that is generated / emitted from the device is not radiated out, [...]