Course Description

Course Name:	Essential Grounding and Shielding Concepts for System Design
Time & Date:	9AM - 5PM; Thursday, October 22
Location:	Holiday Inn Select Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Rd, Woburn, MA
Speakers:	Prof. Todd Hubing, Clemson University

Overview:

Well designed electronic systems operate reliably in their intended electromagnetic environment. They are not affected by voltage spikes on their power or signal lines; they function normally in the presence of strong electric or magnetic fields; and the systems’ own fields do not interfere with other systems nearby. In a well designed system, the cost of grounding, shielding and filtering is usually a negligible percentage of the overall system component costs. Unfortunately, many electronic systems are not well designed. It is not unusual for a company to spend millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours attempting to track down and correct system malfunctions that are the direct result of improper grounding and shielding. This course reviews the fundamental grounding, filtering and shielding concepts that all engineers need to be familiar with in order to ensure the safety and reliability of their products at the lowest possible cost.

Target Audience:

Technical and Engineering personnel with a desire to understand proper Shielding and Grounding Techniques for System Design

Benefits of Attending:

This training session covers proper grounding, filtering and shielding techniques for electronic systems. Students completing the course will be able to develop effective strategies for ensuring the electromagnetic compatibility of new products as well as troubleshoot and fix many problems occurring in existing systems.

Outline:

Introduction

Overview of Electromagnetic Compatibility Failure Mechanisms

Examples of Good and Bad System Designs

Current Flow in Systems

Tracing Current Paths

Concept of Least Impedance

Coupling Mechanisms

Common-Impedance Coupling

Electric Field Coupling Magnetic Field Coupling

Radiated Coupling

Grounding

Ground vs. Signal Return

Isolated Grounds

Grounding Strategies for Large Systems

Grounding Strategies for Black Boxes

Shielding

Shielding Theory

Electric Field Shielding

Magnetic Field Shielding

Shielded Enclosures

Cable Shields

Filtering

High-Frequency Behavior of Components

Power Line Filtering

High-Frequency Filtering

Troubleshooting System-Level EMC Problems

Identifying the Source

Identifying the Coupling Mechanism

EMC Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques

Speaker Bio:

Todd Hubing has been helping design engineers to meet electromagnetic compatibility requirements for the past 27 years. He has been directly involved in the design, test or troubleshooting of more than 100 products. Several hundred students have successfully completed his college-level courses in grounding and shielding, for which he has received numerous teaching awards. His numerous short courses and video courses on this topic have also received high ratings.

Prof. Hubing is currently the Michelin Professor for Vehicle Electronic Systems Integration at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville, SC, USA. There his research focuses on the reliable integration of low-cost, safety-critical electronics in an electromagnetically harsh environment. He is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society.

Dr. Hubing holds a BSEE degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MSEE degree from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Before coming to Clemson in 2006, he worked for IBM in Research Triangle Park NC (7 years) and the University of Missouri-Rolla (17 years). He is a past president of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society and currently serves the society as the Vice President for Communication Services.

Course notes and coffee breaks are supplied as part of your course registration fee.

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Courses is Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Payment received by Oct. 12: IEEE Members $165

Payment received by Oct. 12: Non-members $185

Payment received after Oct. 12: IEEE Members $185

Payment received after Oct. 12: Non-members $200

On-line registration to this course is closed. You may register for this course between 8:30AM - 9:00AM on Thursday, October 22nd at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA or by calling the IEEE Boston Section Office at 781-245-5405.