Emc & the Printed Circuit Board: Design, Theory, & Layout Made Simple [Hardcover]

Mark I. Montrose (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 078034703X | ISBN-13: 978-0780347038 | Publication Date: August 31, 1998 | Edition: 1

This accessible, new reference work shows how and why RF energy is created within a printed circuit board and the manner in which propagation occurs. With lucid explanations, this book enables engineers to grasp both the fundamentals of EMC theory and signal integrity and the mitigation process needed to prevent an EMC event. Author Montrose also shows the relationship between time and frequency domains to help you meet mandatory compliance requirements placed on printed circuit boards.

Using real-world examples the book features:

• Clear discussions, without complex mathematical analysis, of flux minimization concepts
• Extensive analysis of capacitor usage for various applications
• Detailed examination of components characteristics with various grounding methodologies, including implementation techniques
• An in-depth study of transmission line theory
• A careful look at signal integrity, crosstalk, and termination

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From the Back Cover

Electrical Engineering EMC and the Printed Circuit Board Design, Theory, and Layout Made Simple Mark I. Montrose, author of the best-selling book Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Compliance, now brings you his newest book, EMC and the Printed Circuit Board: Design, Theory, and Layout Made Simple. This reference text shows how and why RF energy is created within a printed circuit board, and the manner in which propagation occurs. With thorough explanations, this book enables engineers to grasp both the fundamentals of EMC theory and signal integrity, along with the mitigation process needed to prevent an EMC event while maintaining optimal functionality for low - and high-technology products. Mr. Montrose also shows the relationship between time and frequency domains, helping one meet mandatory compliance requirements. Using real-world examples, this book features:
* Fundamental theory on how printed circuit boards function in both the time and frequency domains
* Clear discussions, without complex mathematical analysis of flux minimization concepts
* Detailed examination of the hidden characteristics of components
* Extensive analysis of capacitor usage and selection for various applications
* Various grounding methodologies, including implementation techniques
* An in-depth study of transmission line theory
* A thorough look at signal integrity, crosstalk, and termination

About the Author

About the Author...
Mark I. Montrose is principal consultant of Montrose Compliance Services, Inc., a full-service regulatory compliacne firm specializing in electromagnetic compatibility and product safety. His work experience includes the design, test, and certification of information technology, along with industrial, scientific, and medical equipment. His background includes systems design and product, manufacturing, and component engineering.
Mr. Montrose is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE EMC Society. In addition, he is a member of TC-8, the Product Safety Technical Committee of the IEEE EMC Society and dB Society. Mr. Montrose also provides accredited PCB design and layout seminars to corporate clients worldwide and is the author of Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Compliance (IEEE Press, 1996).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 325 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition (August 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078034703X
• ISBN-13: 978-0780347038
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.8 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,246,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good reference book for PCB designers, May 28, 2008

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Frank Rose (Lake Forest, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emc & the Printed Circuit Board: Design, Theory, & Layout Made Simple (Hardcover)

There are two basic approaches to designing a system for low EMI emissions and EM compatability: One is to build the system and put it inside an enclosure with lots of shielding to contain the EMI. Another approach is to design the PCB so that it has low EMI and does not require very much shielding from the enclosure. Mark Montroses' book provides lots of detailed information on just how to design PCBs with low EMI. Unlike many books that give general coverage of EMI and EMC problems, this book focuses exclusively on PCB layout and design techniques for EMC.

Chapter 5 (Bypassing and Decoupling) is especially interesting. It used to be enough to simply place one 0.1uF capacitor next to each IC on a PCB. But with todays high speed circuits, this doesn't always work anymore. In fact, simply putting .1uF caps next to each chip can actually cause the system to fail if the resonant frequency of the bypass network happens to match the system clock frequency (or a harmonic of it).
Instead, you must consider the resonant frequency of the bypass capacitors and build a network of different valued capacitors for an effective bypass network. Marks book does a good job of explaining why this is true and what to do about it.

Chapter 4 (Image Planes) is also interesting. Understanding what image planes are and how they work is one of the keys to designing a PCB for low EMI.

This is a good reference book that should be in every high speed PCB designers library.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars reduce your EMI, March 6, 2006

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This review is from: Emc & the Printed Circuit Board: Design, Theory, & Layout Made Simple (Hardcover)

If you are a circuit designer building a commercial product, then it is necessary to minimise the RF emissions. But many texts on circuitry gloss over the details of how to do this. Perhaps considered too uninteresting.

Montrose offers a detailed contrast. But readily accessible to anyone with an electrical engineering degree. Hence you can read tips on how to reduce the loop area on a PCB. Indeed, he suggests that you can use surface mount components, since they usually possess smaller loop area.

There are also recent innovations. Like grounding a heatsink for a microprocessor. The latest CPUs often dissipate enormous amounts of heat. But hitherto, little attention was often paid to actually grounding the requisite heatsink.

The book also devotes an entire chapter to the crucial idea of an image plane. It points out possible problems with an implementation, and how to solve these.

17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading, March 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Emc & the Printed Circuit Board: Design, Theory, & Layout Made Simple (Hardcover)

This book is well oganized and easy to use, but the information is often incorrect. We have found it to cause more problems than solve. Paul Clayton's book come much more highly recommended.