Seminar: EMC Is Not Black Magic
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March 10th, 2025 | 9 AM to 4 PM PT
PRICE: $265
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26
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22
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10
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22
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Karen Burnham
President and Chief Engineer of EMC United
Online via Zoom
Following this event, you will receive:
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Presentation slides
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Recording available for 2 weeks
Seminar abstract:
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineer has long had a reputation as being Black Magic, mysterious except to an arcane few. It’s easy to see how people get that idea: any time that we wiggle a cable and go from failing a test to passing; or when you add shielding and the problem gets worse; or designs that always worked before now fail radiated emissions by huge margins.
I maintain that EMC is not Black Magic–it is physics and electrical engineering interacting in counter-intuitive ways. EMC seems to live in those places where our intuition about electrical designs breaks down. This webinar aims to highlight exactly those topics and explain where our gut feelings tend to lead us astray.
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By the end you should have a better understanding of exactly what parts of a design are critical to preventing EMC issues and where to focus your attention.
So many products fail EMC testing the first time (between 50 – 90%, depending on who you ask). The issues discussed in this course should give you a better chance of beating those odds.
Seminar agenda:
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Current doesn't always flow in circles
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Shields do not act like mirrors
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Current does not flow equally through all parts of a conductor
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Switching DC power on and off produces AC noise
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Most EEs work with voltage and live in the time domain; most EMC problems are caused by currents and live in the frequency domain
About Karen Burnham
Karen Burnham has worked in and around the aerospace, defense, automotive, and broader consulting world since 1996. She has a BS in Physics, an MS in Electrical Engineering, and a talent for translating EMC to English. She has managed requirements and test planning for NASA and the Dream Chaser spaceship and others. She has done troubleshooting on electric vehicles for Ford Motor Company and others. She has initiated innovative SBIRs and STTRs through government centers and worked on classified programs. She has consulted on projects across a wide swath of industries and sits on multiple international standards committees, landing her in her current role of Vice President of Standards for the IEEE EMC Society. Ms. Burnham founded EMC United, Inc. in 2024 in order to focus on helping companies and hardware designers solve EMC problems, ideally before they even start. She believes that, far from being black magic, EMC can be understandable (and even fun!), and she hopes to spread that passion more widely.
