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EMI Troubleshooting Techniques

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This book is by no means the definitive guide to EMC. The advance reader seeking such a book should consult Clayton's R. Paul book (Intro {yea right} to EMC). Nonetheless, for what it is, it is outstanding. The author covers in a general and simplified format a wide array of topics. What I most liked about the book was that the author address installations and other non-PCB related EMI issues. Basically, issues not covered by similar books that have a tendency to address only the PCB and its related IO.

I have a library of books on EMI/EMC, and yet Mardiguian's book fills an important niche - that being practical EMC troubleshooting techniques and associated fixes.

The book introduces nearly all the fixes possible, including using capacitors, inductors, power line filters, chokes, isolation transformers, transient suppressors, impedance reduction, shielding, gaskets, etc. If you are trying to solve an EMI problem, Mardiguian's book is a great place to start. It does not offer the underlying theory that other books do, rather focusing on the "how to's" of fixing EMI. Also, his presentation of material as Indications, Prescriptions, and Contradictions/Warnings is a bit hard to follow at times. But that said, I still think the book is quite valuable as an introduction to EMI fixes.

If you can get only three EMC books, I would recommend Clayton Paul's Intro to EMC, Michel Mardiguian's EMI Troubleshooting Techniques, and William's EMC for Product Designers. They all come from different angles (academic, design, and troubleshooting), but together they serve as a good foundation.

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Written by Arthur Bradley, author of "Process of Elimination" - a thriller that pits a martial artist against a world-class sniper out to shape the presidential election.

This is a great, practical guide to EMI testing and troubleshooting. Includes basic fixes, utility of those fixes to resolve observed issue(s), and estimates regarding the improvement those fixes might provide. It also includes a section on in-house, "confidence" testing (without shelling out for test chamber and all of the expensive test equipment... though you'll still need some)

My background - BSEE, 15 yrs commercial and military experience. I think the text would be especially useful for Test, EMI and project engineers. It avoids deep derivation of formulae and would be useful to technicians and designers as well.

Dealing with an unbelievable 120 mega-watt/sec discharge - even though its only 250 nSEC wide - generates EMI issues way beyond anything I have ever had to deal with. As a result I have looked for technical help anywhere I can find it. The "EMI Troubleshooting Techniques" book is written in a very easy to understand and apply hands on format, much more for practical application than theoritical. It contains sound ideas and methods and is a useful book when working on EMI/RFI problems. I would buy it again, even though it doesn't have a chapter on 120 mega-watt noise sources (LOL)

If you're in my situation, I do not recommend this book. I have been in electronics for about 10 years, but never had to deal with EMI issues. I switched jobs and had to (and still have to) learn EMI in a hurry.

I found the drawings hard to understand and the tables lacking explanation. I can't expand much because I typically got lost early in each chapter. I learned more on how solve my immediate problem from the Fair-Rite web site.

After struggling through the book, I realize that I need more of an introductory book to EMI with practical solutions. Any suggestions are welcome.