Mini EMC Symposium at FTF Austin

We at Freescale are excited to present another EMC and signal integrity training track within FTF 2015 in Austin, TX. The following courses will be among the many interesting and informative technical sessions for you to choose from.  Featuring Dr. Todd Hubing of Clemson and Doug Smith of Oxford, along with myself, Daniel Beeker, this series of 5 sessions will focus on electromagnetic field basics and practical solutions for designing electronic control systems in today's environment.  Register early as these sessions fill up fast!

FTF-DES-F1192  Electrical Resonances in Physical Structures (4 hours)  Doug Smith of the University of Oxford brings his vast knowledge and experience to bear on a unique approach to EMC. Many system design problems result from electrical resonances in the physical structures of the system, such as PCB construction and mounting, heat sink construction and mounting, chassis construction, unintended resonances of system antennas, and system cables, both internal and external. If these problems are thought of in terms of resonances (LC and transmission lines), the problems are often more easily found and solved. Techniques for finding, characterizing, determining if a specific resonance is a problem or is harmless and fixing those resonances that are causing problems are presented. Doug Smith will present practical (as opposed to theoretical) solutions, and no head-scratching math will be needed. Results will be presented from various types of systems.

FTF-DES-F1304  EMI/EMC Design for Automotive and Industrial Controls      (4 hours)  Dr. Todd Hubing of Clemson University shares his vast expertise regarding the impact of transmission line design on EMC performance of electronic control systems. In automotive systems, the wiring harnesses play a key role in coupling electronic noise to and from the components. Shielding and filtering the wiring harness and connector generally are not viable options, so it is important to address cable coupling issues with proper board-level design practices. This session will cover various cable-coupling mechanisms and grounding strategies. It also will include the options available at the board level for ensuring automotive components don't put excessive noise on the harness and that noise on the harness doesn't affect the proper operation of the component circuitry. 

FTF-DES-F1305  Electromagnetic Fields for Normal Folks: Show Me the Pictures and Hold the Equations, Please (1 hour)  Daniel Beeker, SMTS at Freescale, will bring a unique perspective which will be focused on the basic principles of the physics of electromagnetic energy, presented in easy to understand language with plenty of diagrams. Attendees will discover how understanding the behavior of EM fields can help to design PCBs that will be more robust and have better EMC performance. This is not rocket science, but an easy way to understand the impact of PCB geometry on system behavior.

FTF-DES-F1306  Power Distribution Made Easy (1 hour)  Also presented by Daniel Beeker, this session will present a simple EM physics and geometry based approach to designing power distribution networks on PCBs. From input power connection to the IC die, the simple rules discussed can be used to reduce power supply noise and improve EMC.

FTF-DES-F1307  PCB Design Techniques to Improve ESD Robustness           (1 hour)  Daniel Beeker will give some simple definitions for ESD/EOS, and describe the important differences in the energy involved and the type of damage that can result. PCB design techniques for improving system robustness will be presented.