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EMI
and Self-Interference Engineering Classes
SILENT workshops are for design engineers interested in a
practical, hands-on approach to EMC design, troubleshooting, and
the special field concerned with Circuit-to-Circuit Interference.
Engineers working for manufacturers whose products target commercial
and industrial environments will find this training extraordinarily
useful. The curriculum is rich in detail, easy-to-understand and
does not require advanced math or science. In fact, worldwide organizations
such as Agilent Technologies and General Motors have used our course
materials. All courses may be taken individually through public "open-enrollment" events,
or as a group event for your staff at a location convenient to
your facility.
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Electronic
Product Design and Retrofit for EMC
This two-day class gives
engineering professionals the ability to successfully recognize,
solve and avoid common EMI problems. Demonstrations using working
hardware illustrate concepts such as radiated emissions, high
frequency antennas, radiated and conducted immunity, and crosstalk
in connectors, cables and IC packages. This class is appropriate
for experienced circuit and system design engineers, EMC engineers,
as well as those who are new to EMI problem solving. Engineers
with time-to-market projects will find this workshop extremely
useful.
Next course is scheduled for October, 2010. Click
here to register or contact Diane
Querze for more information |
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EMC – Printed
Circuit Board Design
This one-day class provides technical training intended
for electrical and EMC engineers interested only in PC board
design. It is an excellent follow-up class for students who have
recently completed our two or three-day EMC class. Course topics
include component placement, signal routing and stackup, power
bus decoupling, signal theory and signal integrity, "ground" splits,
and a critique of bad applications notes from IC vendors. Students
will examine good and bad design techniques using hardware demonstrations,
schematic reviews, and sample PCB layouts.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
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Circuit-to-Circuit
Interference
>This unique class is for electrical design engineers
at all levels challenged by electrical noise problems in products
containing RF (wireless), analog, switching power supply and
digital electronics. Through a unique combination of lecture
and hands-on experiments, class participants will master the
ability to anticipate, solve and avoid electrical noise problems
that can inhibit functionality in new product designs. By participating
in this class, design engineers will be able to accelerate time-to-market
design.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
| Mechanical
Design for EMC
Unique to the industry, this one-day class provides
clear applications, theory and demonstrations for the successful
design of mechanical enclosures for good system emissions and
immunity performance. Key topics include grounding at the PCB
and enclosure, system ground maps, PCB component placement and
control drawings, enclosure and cable shielding, PCB device "cans",
resonant slots and enclosures, heatsinks, unintentional antennas,
as well as connector, screw, and conductive gasket spacing.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
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Grounding
for EMC, Signal Integrity and Instrumentation
Theory, applications and hardware demonstrations
in this one-day class describe effective design and troubleshooting
techniques. The real-time demonstrations use a spectrum
analyzer, oscilloscope and signal generators to illustrate
inductance, common-impedance coupling, and ground loops. Specific
examples of single-point, multi-point, "good" and "bad" grounds
will be discussed.
Contact Diane
Querze for more information |
Drive
a Spectrum Analyzer Like an Expert
for EMC Test and Troubleshooting
SILENT’s newest class is packed
with practical tips, applications, and demonstrations to help
make it easy for you to pick up a spectrum analyzer and start
measuring and troubleshooting electrical noise and EMC problems.
We will have a minimum of 3 different spectrum analyzers in
class to help explain and demonstrate operating techniques
that we have honed over the last twenty years, including:
- near field probing
- distinguishing narrowband and broadband
signals
- finding the optimum resolution bandwidth
- settings to achieve
maximum dynamic range
- conducted & radiated emissions
testing
- parasitic resonance identification
- real time quasi-peak
measurements
- quirks, strengths, and weaknesses of specific
spectrum analyzers
- how to get the most repeatable, accurate
measurements
- “must have” accessories and options
for specific instruments
Our unique combinations of digital, RF and EMC design troubleshooting,
and training experience combined with our graduate education
from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T)
ensures that our classes have the right balance of technical
rigor, instruction excellence, and training that is relevant
to your job. Taught by Lee Hill.
Next course is scheduled for October, 2010. Click
here to register or contact Diane
Querze for more information |
Universities
and Technical Conferences
The workshops are given at several venues during
the year including the University of California at Berkeley,
PCB West, Oxford University (England), and our Engineering Workshops
in the Boston area. Moreover, these classes can be customized
to be industry-specific and delivered on-site to your associates
at your facility. Check our calendar page for currently scheduled
classes and locations.
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October, 2010
Workshops will be scheduled in October, 2010 at the Radisson Hotel, Chelmsford, MA. Check back for confirmed dates.
Our course schedule:
2-Day Design & Retrofit
Spectrum Analyzer
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