Hi All, I have posted my new Technical Tidbit for January, 2003 on http://emcesd.com titled "Crossing Ground Plane Breaks - Part 2 Tracing Current Paths." The abstract is:
Abstract: EMC and signal integrity engineers know that a signal crossing over a break in a ground plane often causes reflections as well as immunity and EMC problems. In this Technical Tidbit, a method is shown to determine where signal currents flow when a signal path crosses a break in a ground plane. Scope waveforms are included to show typical results. The results clearly show the loop (antenna) that is formed by the signal and its return path in the ground plane. The link to the article is the picture at the bottom of the home page showing a loop held up to a circuit board. Happy reading! Doug -- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: d...@dsmith.org \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"