EMC/Signal Integrity subject matter summary:

  • Terminology and Signal Integrity vs. EMC

  • Electromagnetic Spectrum- frequencies of interest for SI/EMC

  • Signal Types Signal Integrity Basics

  • EMC Basics (concepts of egress/ingress and aggressor/victim)

  • Grounding (as it were)

  • Characteristic Impedance including PCB Layers/routing

  • Skin Effect

  • Conductor Losses and Surface Roughness including PCB traces

  • Electric Field Basics

  • Physical Capacitance

  • Parasitic Capacitance

  • PCB and other Dielectric Losses

  • Magnetic Field Basics

  • Inductance

  • PCB Transmission Lines Introduction

  • Noise Sources and Paths in a PCB

  • Crosstalk/rise time Jitter and Eye Diagrams

  • Even/Odd Mode

  • Common mode vs. transverse mode noise in a PCB

  • PCB Manuf. Issues

  • Egress/Ingress  re  a PCB and attached cables

  • ESD
  • Ferrites

  • Coupling 

  • Antennas

  • PCB Layers ; Determination and Design

  • PCB Parts Placement Strategy and decoupling

  • PCB routing strategies (manual vs. auto)

  • Routing transmission lines on PCB layers

  • Planes in PCBs

  •  Split Planes and grounding strategy in PCBs

  • Vias

  • Loop area and return current paths associated with components

  • Review of coupling paths

  • Decoupling caps in PCBs

  • Common mode currents causes in PCBs

  • Mode Conversion

  • High density pin outs chips

  • Some PCB EMC Rules of Thumb

  • PCB Debugging and problem solving techniques

  • Real world PCB examples

  • Problem  Mitigations and Remedies