Greetings All,
Many thanks to all those that responded. I believe I have enough to
information to get myself started on understanding the role heat sinks play
in radiated emissions.
Richard
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Richard Georgerian
Compliance Engineer
Carrier Access Corporation
5395 Pearl Parkway
Boulder, CO 80301
USA
Tele: 303-218-5748 Fax: 303-218-5503
mailto:[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Georgerian, Richard
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:58 AM
> To: 'IEEE emc-pstc'
> Subject: Heatsinks and EMI
>
> Greetings All,
>
> I sort of remember reading an article on heatsinks and radiated emissions
> within the past 12 months. In short, the article indicated that the fins
> of the heatsink should be considered an antenna regarding radiated
> emissions. Has anyone else remember seeing such an article? If so, can you
> send me where I might again find it. I have tried the archives of RF
> Design, Conformity, Evaluation Engineering and Power Electronics. Search
> on the web on 'heatsinks + emi" did not prove fruitful.
>
> Thanks in-advance.
>
> Richard Georgerian
> Compliance Engineer
> Carrier Access Corporation
> 5395 Pearl Parkway
> Boulder, CO 80301
> USA
>
> Tele: 303-218-5748 Fax: 303-218-5503
> mailto:[email protected]
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