The second article of the Altium® Mastering EMI Control in PCB Design  series is now live! In this installment, I cover Component...

One of the most rewarding things you can do as a PCB designer is to specialize in EMI. Some people say that you're either cut out for it...

In fact, I bet you already have a lot of knowledge on the topic, but what I see people struggling with the most is putting things...

Here are 5 simple steps to find EMI issues early in your PCB design process: 1. Check the stackup. The stackup is the foundation of...

Routing over a split in the return reference plane is one of the surest recipes for EMI failure. It took me some time to understand this....

Many of us approach printed circuit board design as if we are plumbers. We’re still stuck with the idea that electromagnetism in a PCB...

As simple as this phrase is, it’s one of my favorites from one of my favorite EMI engineers, Bruce Archambeault. It also touches on one...

Most of us get this wrong when we first hear about EMI. They tell us that filters and shields are the key to solving EMI issues and that...

When I first started with PCB design, I thought a PCB designer’s job was simply to take electrical schematics and replicate them exactly...

In cooperation with Altium Designer, we started a new EMI series: Mastering EMI Control in PCB Design. In this first article, I dive...

One of the misconceptions I had about designing a schematic when I started in this field was that the schematic is only a representation...

Indeed, they can be! Especially if your goal is to certify your electronic product, and EMC keeps failing test after test. I think this...

What classical circuit theory fails to teach you about designing Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) is that it’s not about electrons moving...

In the realm of printed circuit board (PCB) design, certain guidelines have become deeply ingrained, often passed down through...

In this and the next article, we're digging into the basics of high-voltage PCB design, with a focus on two crucial concepts: Clearance...

If current always flows in loops, how can we visualize the current loop during signal propagations in a PCB? A lot can be said in one...

Are you designing two-layer PCBs? Then you need to read this further… While reviewing hardware designs for clients, one of the most...

Often when dealing with EMC issues, we hear the common phrase: just add a filtering capacitor for the high frequency and the problem is...

EMI failures can happen due to small, innocent mistakes. One specific issue, as shown in the picture, is the lack of return reference...

This picture helped me bridge the gap between electronic theory and PCB design for EMC in practice. One of the hardest things I found...

Switched Mode Power Supply - EMI will catch you when you least expect it! It's always about them: Common-mode current! They always find a...

One of the final tests for your electronic design before it becomes available on the market will be the conducted emissions test....

Here are several issues that can arise in your PCB Design if these things are not well taken care of. My hope is to help you see these...

This is why many PCB designs and electronic products fail EMC tests! Oversimplified? Maybe not. In the majority of cases, the problem is...