EMC

Efficiency and effectiveness comparison of various EMI filter options available to designers. A general recap of EMI sources and a brief recap of PCB layout and optimization rules.

By definition EMC is ability of electronic equipment to operate as designed in its intended electromagnetic environment without either causing interference to other equipment or suffering interference from other equipment.

As systems shrink in size, become more portable, and more networked/interconnected, EMC is of huge concern to overall system performance. A system that has poor EMC capability can easily become ‘locked up’ or even worse can experience flipped bits thereby generating an erroneous output.