- Terms & definitions
- EMI situations
- Modes of noise propagation
- Noise transmission paths
- Units of EMI measurement
- Radiated and conducted noise
- Electric & magnetic field sources
- Wave impedance and plane waves
- Common-mode vs differential
- Near-field vs far-field
- Narrowband and broadband noise
- Freq. vs wavelength relationship
- Transmission of signal energy
- Chassis as noise source, or sink?
- Considerations for grounding
- Grounding definitions
- Personnel safety objectives
- EMC grounding objectives
- Ground loop problems
- Single-point grounding -When?
- Multi-point grounding - Why?
- Audio-frequency grounding
- Digital / RF grounding
- Grounding according to noise level
- Ground as a return path
- Mutual inductance of ground path
- Common-mode coupling
- Ground reference for RF
- Basics of shielding process
- Reflection and multiple reflection
- Absorption loss computation
- Wave and characteristic impedance
- Computing reflection loss
- Total shielding effectiveness
- Effectiveness of Faraday Cage
- Induced noise and return path
- Shielding effectiveness of cables
- Capacitive coupling on cables
- Cable as a transmission line
- Reflections on a transmission line
- Ribbon vs round cable
- Isolation techniques for cables
- Power line filtering