Hi Marko, I'm curious what measures you and others take to protect against ESD, Lightning, etc when implementing a multi-point bonding scheme of signal ground to frame/chassis ground. I can definitely see the advantages for EMI.
Thx, Joe -----Original Message----- From: Marko Radojicic [mailto:marko.radoji...@mapleoptical.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:22 PM To: 'Joe Finlayson'; 'John Juhasz'; 'Dorin' Cc: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: Grounding architectures for COs Greetings, Bonding of the different system grounds is, surprisingly, a very involved topic. Historically, CO equipment in North America (NA) has been Star-IBN (Isolated Bonding Network) sometimes referred to as ISG (Isolated Signal Ground). (I won't go into all the reasons behind it.) In Europe (EU), a Mesh-IBN, sometimes referred to as Common Bonding Network (CBN), is used. Battery Return is also problematic. In NA, it *must* be held isolated from CG/FG. In the EU, it *must* be bonded to the CG/FG! Both can be effectively deployed but the EU version is more robust to violations. In terms of pros and cons, multi-point bonding the signal ground (SG) and chassis ground (CG) is, by far, the most effective architecture for EMC applications as it offers EMI currents a lower impedance path back to the source. For all my high-speed, high-power designs, we've implemented this multi-point SG to CG architecture. The downside to this strategy is that you can no longer be Star-IBN *compliant* however you will be Star-IBN *compatible*. NA ILECs (Verizon included) have been accepting this grounding architecture for over a decade now so there is no new ground that you'll have to turn over. Hopefully this explanation has cleared up the situation a little. For further reading, I'd recommend ITU (formerly CCITT) K.27 (the granddaddy of grounding documents - Figure 1 is invaluable) as well as ETS 300 253 (Earthing and Bonding for Telecom). Cheers, Marko -----Original Message----- From: Joe Finlayson [mailto:jfinlay...@telica.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:03 AM To: 'John Juhasz'; 'Dorin' Cc: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: RE: Inrush and EN61000-3-3 John & Dorin, Please clarify as I am not aware of a requirement to isolate Signal Ground from Frame Ground. Please reference GR-1089-CORE, Section 9.6.2 as well. Thx, Joe -----Original Message----- From: John Juhasz [mailto:john.juh...@ge-interlogix.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:12 AM To: 'Dorin' Cc: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: RE: Inrush and EN61000-3-3 Be careful Dorin. For Central Offices, they need to be isolated. John A. Juhasz GE Interlogix Fiber Options Div. Bohemia, NY -----Original Message----- From: Dorin [mailto:dorin.op...@alcatel.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:12 AM Cc: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: Re: Inrush and EN61000-3-3 Hi, I am looking for a comparison, pros and cons, on the signal ground connected versus not connected to the chassis in a telecom system. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Dorin ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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