SANS222 CISPR22

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Hi Group, Does anyone know of any differences between 'SABS CISPR22' and 'CISPR22' if there are any? Thankyou. IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright

RE: Multi ground plane bonding -

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
All the ground layers should be tied together. This board is probably dense enough that the normal ground vias will take care of it but you will need to check and see if more need to be added. The decoupling caps should take care of current paths that pass from the power to ground layer. Like

RE: Wi-Fi propagation

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
RF propagation in different environments is being studied at NIST in Boulder Colorado. One scientist involved in this is a Dr Chris Holloway. I am sure he can answer all your questions. Best Regards Charles Grasso Senior Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications Corp. Tel: 303-706-5467 Fax:

Re: Wi-Fi propagation

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Robert, just a partial answer: Wood will strongly reflect 2.5 GHz and higher frequencies. Grain orientation relative to field polarization has an effect too. Neven Do some of you have a good feel for the propagation characteristics of 2.5 and 5 GHz radiation? I am curious about how they

RE: Multi ground plane bonding -

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Chris, the return current (CMOS) will START at either power or ground (very inappropriate term), depending on the transition. However, the return current will flow in the adjacent plane under the trace. The question is: If it starts flowing in power at one end of the line, how does it get to GND

RE: Conducted emission allowances for in house BPL modems

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Eric Ken, Thank you for your reply on this matter. These items are of a business and a personal interest. Since I don't work in Diagnostic Ultrasound these days these modems probably don't don't effect the product I work on these days. (That aught to tell you something.) Our business needs

RE: Semi-anechoic chamber a preselector

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Ralph, I have never found a preselector to be particularly useful for my applications. My measurements have at times required filtering, however. When I am measuring harmonics of a transmitter I need a high pass filter or notch filter specific to that carrier frequency. If I need a lower noise

Wi-Fi propagation

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Do some of you have a good feel for the propagation characteristics of 2.5 and 5 GHz radiation? I am curious about how they interact with typical environmental materials like walls, earth, furniture, plumbing, wiring, foliage, etc. What materials are transparent, reflective, attenuating? Is

RE: Multi ground plane bonding -

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Chris, and here is another 10-layer stack-up, if you can give up two of the four fast signal layers. The improvement here is an extra power plane and the power planes are close to the top and bottom of the board. SIG SLOW, GND POUR GND PWR GND SIG FAST spaceX space SIG FAST GND

RE: Multi ground plane bonding -

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Chris, your stack-up is good I think it could be improved. The central PWR-GND is far from the top and the bottom. You will therefore have more via inductance than placing the PWR-GND near the top or the bottom. Figure 10 pH/mil- that gives about 1/4 nH to get from the center to the top or

RE: Multi ground plane bonding -

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Chris Return currents will flow in both the ground and power planes - depending on whether the driver output is switching low or high, and where you have multiple ground planes, return currents will want to flow along the path offering least resistance - typically the adjacent plane. Have a

Re: Measuring Current Inrush and Startup Current

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
I read in !emc-pstc that brian_ku...@leco.com wrote (in tfsdo...@leco.com) about 'Measuring Current Inrush and Startup Current' on Tue, 30 Mar 2004: 1. Is there a standard that shows how to properly measure Inrush Current? How about Startup Currents from large motor devices? IEC/EN 61000-3-3

Re: Shielded Loop Antenna for HF - Thanks

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
List Members: I extend my appreciation, and admiration, for the many helpful responses to my posting. These included not only postings, but also telephone calls which were equally helpful. While some responses concentrated on the loop antenna question, others addressed the use that I have,

Measuring Current Inrush and Startup Current

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Greetings, 1. Is there a standard that shows how to properly measure Inrush Current? How about Startup Currents from large motor devices? 2. For products that have a complex current draw over long cycles (maybe 2 hours long), is there a measuring device that will simply monitor the AC line and

Reminder: IEEE Symposium on Product Safety Engineering -- Call for Papers

2004-03-30 Thread Jim Bacher
Reminder: The Intent to present and topic for your paper to be presented at the 2004 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON PRODUCT SAFETY ENGINEERING is to be e-mailed by April 1, 2004, so time is running out. You have only a few days left to come up with a topic and let us know your desire to present it. See

Multi ground plane bonding -

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
I have a 10 layer board with a stack up similar to that of Henry Otts articles http://www.hottconsultants.com/techtips/pcb-stack-up-1.html http://www.hottconsultants.com/techtips/pcb-stack-up-5.html The stack up is Signal (low-speed signals) Gnd.

Re: What is in the position of the ferrite core?

2004-03-30 Thread John Woodgate
Brent DeWitt bdew...@ix.netcom.com wrote (in JFEKIIBLAHFLFLAPJDMDKENK egaa.bdew...@ix.netcom.com) about 'What is in the position of the ferrite core?', on Tue, 30 Mar 2004: I just wanted to pitch in that Don's rather complete explanation of the reality of ferrites on cables can also be viewed as

Re: Safety EMC - which 1st?

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Bill et al, IMO there is no easy answer to the problem of one area of test provoking design changes affecting another area of test. A diverse product line, such as individually sold PC cards and a line of complete systems, would call for a different approach as needs demand (often cost

RE: Safety EMC - which 1st?

2004-03-30 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Always do all Emissions testing first. Followed by EMC testing. Then Safety is last. Regards, Doug McKean _ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar – FREE! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/