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EMI
and Self-Interference Engineering Classes
SILENT workshops are for design engineers interested in a
practical, hands-on approach to EMC design, troubleshooting, and
the special field concerned with Circuit-to-Circuit Interference.
Engineers working for manufacturers whose products target commercial
and industrial environments will find this training extraordinarily
useful. The curriculum is rich in detail, easy-to-understand and
does not require advanced math or science. In fact, worldwide organizations
such as Agilent Technologies and General Motors have used our course
materials. All courses may be taken individually through public "open-enrollment" events,
or as a group event for your staff at a location convenient to
your facility.
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Electronic
Product Design and Retrofit for EMC
This two-day class gives
engineering professionals the ability to successfully recognize,
solve and avoid common EMI problems. Demonstrations using working
hardware illustrate concepts such as radiated emissions, high
frequency antennas, radiated and conducted immunity, and crosstalk
in connectors, cables and IC packages. This class is appropriate
for experienced circuit and system design engineers, EMC engineers,
as well as those who are new to EMI problem solving. Engineers
with time-to-market projects will find this workshop extremely
useful.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
EMC – Printed
Circuit Board Design
This one-day class provides technical training intended
for electrical and EMC engineers interested only in PC board
design. It is an excellent follow-up class for students who have
recently completed our two or three-day EMC class. Course topics
include component placement, signal routing and stackup, power
bus decoupling, signal theory and signal integrity, "ground" splits,
and a critique of bad applications notes from IC vendors. Students
will examine good and bad design techniques using hardware demonstrations,
schematic reviews, and sample PCB layouts.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
Circuit-to-Circuit
Interference
This unique class is for electrical design engineers
at all levels challenged by electrical noise problems in products
containing RF (wireless), analog, switching power supply and
digital electronics. Through a unique combination of lecture
and hands-on experiments, class participants will master the
ability to anticipate, solve and avoid electrical noise problems
that can inhibit functionality in new product designs. By participating
in this class, design engineers will be able to accelerate time-to-market
design.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
Mechanical
Design for EMC
Unique to the industry, this one-day class provides
clear applications, theory and demonstrations for the successful
design of mechanical enclosures for good system emissions and
immunity performance. Key topics include grounding at the PCB
and enclosure, system ground maps, PCB component placement and
control drawings, enclosure and cable shielding, PCB device "cans",
resonant slots and enclosures, heatsinks, unintentional antennas,
as well as connector, screw, and conductive gasket spacing.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
Grounding
for EMC, Signal Integrity and Instrumentation
Theory, applications and hardware demonstrations
in this one-day class describe effective design and troubleshooting
techniques. The real-time demonstrations use a spectrum
analyzer, oscilloscope and signal generators to illustrate
inductance, common-impedance coupling, and ground loops. Specific
examples of single-point, multi-point, "good" and "bad" grounds
will be discussed.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
EMC Troubleshooting and Pre-Compliance Testing
Our newest one-day class illustrates how you can use practical hands-on techniques to measure and troubleshoot EMI problems before shipping your product (and design staff) to the EMI test laboratory. We’ll review our list of “Top 10 EMC Problems” that we have seen in electronic products and discuss how to select, purchase and/or build your own near-field probes. Along with the practical aspects of building and using probes, the course also includes discussions of EMC troubleshooting techniques, demonstrations of workbench measurements and analysis of actual product design problems and solutions.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
Universities
and Technical Conferences
The workshops are given at several venues during
the year including the University of California at Berkeley,
PCB West, Oxford University (England), and our Engineering Workshops
in the Boston area. Moreover, these classes can be customized
to be industry-specific and delivered on-site to your associates
at your facility. Check our calendar page for currently scheduled
classes and locations.
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May, 2009
Workshops were recently held the week of May 4-11, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel, Chelmsford, MA. This program
was held over six days.
Our course schedule:
May 4 - Circuit-to-Circuit Lab
May 5+6 - 2-Day Design & Retrofit
May 5+7 - 2-Day PCB Design
May 5+8 - 2-Day Mechanical Design
May 11 - EMC Troubleshooting
2009 Workshops Brochure - download here.
Check back for our 2010 dates.
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