Distance and Continuing Education

Missouri University of 

Science and Technology

300 W 12th Street

216 Centennial Hall

Rolla, MO 65409-1560

Phone: 573-341-6222

Fax: 573-341-4992

dce@mst.edu

Electromagnetic Compatibility Principles 2nd Ed.

About the course

EMC Principles 2nd Ed. consists of 36 fifty-minute video-taped lectures (total of 9 DVDs), addressing the subject matter listed at the right.

The objectives of the course are to:

  • Introduce fundamental EMC concepts
  • Encourage good EMC design techniques
  • Develop an ability to diagnose and solve EMC problems
  • Review methods and tools available to help design compliant products

A final exam will be used to evaluate performance. Two practice exams and several problem assignments are included in the course. These will be discussed by the instructor during the course, but they will not be turned in or graded.

Course Topics

  • Introduce fundamental EMC concepts.
  • Encourage good EMC design techniques.
  • Develop an ability to diagnose and solve EMC problems.
  • Review methods and tools available to help design compliant products.
  • Protection Association 1123, 1124 and 1126 regulations


This program is open to anyone who wants to improve their understanding of EMC. The program is designed for engineers with a Bachelor of Science degree or technicians with a four-year degree.

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EMC Principles Course Outline

1. Introduction, Definitions and History
2. EMC Regulations, EMC Testing
3. Resistance, Capacitance
4. Inductance, Mutual Inductance
5. Parasitics, HF Component Modeling
6. Common impedance coupling
7. Capacitive coupling
8. Faraday's Law
9. Lab Review
10. Inductive Coupling
11. Grounding (T. Van Doren)
12. HF Crosstalk
13. Review - Exam # 1
14. Frequency Domain, Time Domain
15. Spectrum/Network Analyzers
16. EM Radiation, Propagation
17. Radiation from Circuits
18. Review
19. Introduction to Shielding Theory
20. Practical EMI Shielding
21. Current Paths
22. Signal Routing
23. PCB EMC Design
24. PCB EMC Design
25. PCB Grounding and Filtering
26. PCB Decoupling
27. PCB Decoupling Strategies
28. Review - Exam # 2
29. Circuit & System Ground
30. Conducted EMI
31. Shielding (T. Van Doren)
32. Shielding (T. Van Doren)
33. ESD Design & Modeling
34. Lightning
35. Transient Protection
36. Course Review--Sample Final Exam

The topics and order of presentation may change.