It is possible to get noise induced on all cabling at the same time. In this case it will be also be present on the ground lead. To reduce this noise "ground chokes" are used. It is also extra attenuation for common mode currents.
Bob Heller Senior EMC Engineer 3M Company ============================================================= (Embedded image moved Muriel Bittencourt de Liz <mur...@inep.ufsc.br> to file: 12/03/98 10:59 AM pic11332.pcx) Please respond to Muriel Bittencourt de Liz <mur...@inep.ufsc.br> To: Lista de EMC da IEEE <emc-p...@ieee.org> cc: (bcc: Robert E. Heller/US-Corporate/3M/US) Subject: Doubt on LISN utilization Hello All, I have a LISN from EMCO and it has a "Ground Choke". What's the goal of this Ground Choke? Is it really needed in the conducted measurements? Could somebody make this clear to me? Thanks in advance Muriel -- ================================================== Muriel Bittencourt de Liz INEP - Instituto de Eletronica de Potencia Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Caixa Postal - 5119 88.040-970 - Florianopolis - SC - BRASIL Phone: +55.48.331.9204 - Fax: +55.48.234.5422 e-mail: mur...@inep.ufsc.br Homepage: http://www.inep.ufsc.br ================================================== --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
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