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Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)

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Starting first with the negatives, of which they are four. First, do not be fooled by the title word "introduction." This is NOT a book for beginners, but rather senior engineers. If you are new to EMC this is not the book for you. Second, information relative to FCC/CE requirements is dated. Also, some tests relative to CE compliance are not covered. Third, though there are many diagrams, there are almost no pictures. In many cases I found a picture, as opposed to a diagram would have been far more explanatory. Lastly (though it does not bother me in the least, but I thought you would like to know), the book has numerous typos through out its 752 pages.

Ahhhhhh, but what the book is, IS ABSOLUTLY WONDERFUL! As an experienced design consultant, I found information in this book that I have not, and could not find anywhere else. The author has A COMMAND of the subject and it shows. Compared to my peers, I consider myself fairly well versed in the subject of EMC as it pertains to design and debug, but I took a back seat when reading. It was useful even re-reading the things I already knew. The author always offered a new insight. Funny, but after I finished (and it took a while to read) my first thought was "I would really like to meet this guy - to personally request a sequel." For what it is, THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT, well worth the asking price.

This book is excellent. The author has the unique ability to cover the subject in great detail including all the theory, but yet make the reading very easy and enjoyable. I was amazed that I could read 750 pages of advanced and new material in a few weeks. The book unfortunately has many errors and typos which prevents me from giving it 5 stars.

I have a library of books on EMI/EMC, and Paul's book is recognized by many as gold standard. It offers excellent discussions of nearly every EMC topic, with relevant models and equations, PSPICE simulations, examples, and review exercises.

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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So the main focus of this book is purportedly EMC, but I find that it really is more of a general electromagnetics book than one dedicated to EMC. I actually find that I reach for this book more often than my other electromagnetics books when I have a question that I need answered, since it seems to have the working engineer in mind instead of those just learning electromagnetics for the first time (ie less focus solving various wave equations and more emphasis getting the job done). However, the portions which are dedicated to EMC are still very good.

In general the order of information that is presented is very good. Seldom does he introduce material in an order that requires you to look a few chapters ahead. It is a very organized approach which leads up to the last chapter which is dedicated to EMC design and issues. For example
he has one chapter (ch.2) dedicated to strictly to EMC requirements in the US, EU, and MIL-STD and how they compare. He then uses this information throughout when discussing techniques used in reducing EM fields when getting a product designed for release.

Another strong point of this book is that he has plenty of examples showing the steps. Also at the end of the chapters he has questions and has an answer for nearly every question.

I cannot recommend this book enough. If you want to learn about EMC, are in anyway developing circuit boards for production, or just want a good practical electromagnetics book, then you will not be disappointed with this purchase.

This book is excellent. The author has the unique ability to cover the subject in great detail including all the theory, but yet make the reading very easy and enjoyable. I was amazed that I could read 750 pages of advanced and new material in a few weeks.

The 130 page! chapter on crosstalk is a Masterpiece. It is the crowning chapter of the book. There is nothing like it anywhere else. Almost everything the author covers is done better than in any other place. For example, signal spectra is covered in hundreds of books, yet the author has an original way of calculating spectra based on Dirac delta functions which I have never seen before; he covers the tricky subject of partial inductance beautifully, etc.

I feel like the other reviewer who wants to shake the author's hand if he meets him.

This review is a partial repeat of an old review under the name "reader". It was for the first edition. I assume the typos are corrected.

This book makes learning EMC as easy as counting one to three. Very logical, easy to understand, and makes you to think how EMC can be fun and challenging. A very good reference book, easpcially if you love to see things simplified mathimatically.

I consider that this book is a very good start point to introduce oneself into the EMC topic. Clear and pedagogic with a lot of numerical examples and well chosen exercises.