The bus is differential and I don't see transformer coupling to it, so that
means the interface to the bus is differential as well, right?  I don't
understand in that context what is meant by grounding, other than the
shield(s).

Ken Javor
Phone: (256) 650-5261



> From: Brian O'Connell <oconne...@tamuracorp.com>
> Reply-To: Brian O'Connell <oconne...@tamuracorp.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:36:53 +0000
> To: <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>
> Conversation: [PSES] Automotive EMC question
> Subject: Re: [PSES] Automotive EMC question
> 
> CAN bus assumes a 'standard' 120 ohm termination for the ends of each CANL/H
> twisted pair. The ISO11898-x series talks about physical layer stuff, to
> include splitting the termination with caps (but have had problems with that).
> 
> LT or TI or ??? has some app notes on this subject. It emphasized that there
> must be only one grounding path for the nodes on the bus.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
> From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@woodjohn.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 2:53 PM
> To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: Re: [PSES] Automotive EMC question
> 
> I hope it also at least recommends that the grounding is at the sending end,
> so that the cable capacitance is charged from the low-impedance source.  I
> guess that, e.g. in the auto environment, the risk of large shield currents is
> too great to allow routine grounding at both ends. But I suppose that
> grounding via a capacitor at the receiving end is not banned. If possible,
> this capacitor should be of the lowest possible inductance, which is not
> difficult with SMD, and if several capacitors are disposed radially around the
> end of the shield and grounded at their outer ends on a metal ring, the
> grounding should be good up to at least 1 GHz.
> John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only
> J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk
> Rayleigh, Essex UK
> On 2018-06-12 22:41, Ken Javor wrote:
> The CAN bus spec says that shield(s) are to be grounded at one end only. How
> does this work vs. meeting stringent rf RE and RS requirements at frequencies
> where cables are electrically long?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ken Javor
> Phone: (256) 650-5261
> 
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