Intensive 3-Day EMC Training for Design Engineers

Format: Face-to-face, with demonstrations and case studies

Pricing: Speak to our team to get a quotation. Email your business inquiry to info@mach1design.co.uk

Day 1 – Introducing EMI, EMC & Compliance

  • Understanding EMI – A field point of view with Demo
  • Learn the basic mechanisms of EMC
  • Understand the EMC requirements of EU EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and CE Marking
  • How to make a Declaration of Conformity
  • Identify relevant industry EMC standards
  • Understand the need for electromagnetic resilience for functional safety
  • Understand the purpose of EMC testing, test plans, test preparation and the content of test reports
  • Demystifying EMC tests – types and purposes with Demo
  • How to mange the EMC process in R&D to ensure pass the test the first time

Day 2

Session 1 – Essential PCB design

  • Basics – Transmission lines
  • Understand EMC design principles for PCB level
  • Understand the concept of grounding, mixed grounds, function, safety and RF grounds
  • Understand coupling mechanism, especially the near-field coupling
  • PCB layer stack up
  • Vias and routing techniques to minimise EMI
  • Design interfaces and filter layout
  • Demos and case studies

Session 2 – Cables and connectors design

  • Further discussion on transmission lines
  • Understand standing waveform and cable resonances
  • Understand EMC design principles for cables and connectors; twisted pair, ribbon, flexi-links, common and differential mode coupling
  • Screening and shielding
  • Demos and case studies

Session 3 – Shielding techniques

  • Understand EMC design principles for shielding
  • Theory and limitations
  • EMC gaskets, waveguide, windows, coatings
  • Partitioning

Day 3

Session 1 – Filter designs

  • Understand EMC design principles for filtering and suppression
  • Filter configuration
  • Common and differential mode filters
  • Capacitors, inductors, ferrites,
  • I/O and mains filters
  • Transient suppression
  • Using simulation tools for filter design

Session 2 – Essential EMC design for switched mode power and motor drive applications

  • Understand EMC design principles for power switching
  • Radiated and conducted emissions related to switching converters
  • Capacitive coupling
  • Transformers
  • Hot loop currents
  • Snubber circuit design
  • Resonant circuit – the 20 MHz hump
  • Demos and case studies

Session 3 – Essential EMC design for digital and analogue circuits

  • Understand EMC design principles for digital and analogue circuits
  • Logic families, clocks, digital circuit decoupling and immunity
  • Microprocessor watchdog
  • Analogue circuit immunity
  • Demos and case studies