Fred Townsend wrote: >> However any time you give design control over to vendors, even in small parameters, it can come back to bite you. If thieving is applied by the vendor, what happens when you change vendors? Undocumented ECO? <<
This issue did cause trouble at a former employer. During audit, we noted a 350 MHz emission more than 20 dB higher than before (and well over the radiated limit.) Probing showed it came from the processor board. CLOSE probing showed it was coming from a ring of copper thieving added without notice around the board edge. Cutting this into a number of smaller segments eliminated the problem, and subsequent processor boards were made that way. I don't know if the board fabricator paid for the rejected boards. Cortland Richmond KA5S - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
