Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering Handbook

Stop memorizing EMC rules of thumb. Start understanding why they work. Every design engineer has heard the folklore: keep traces short, add a ground plane, try a bigger capacitor, clip on a ferrite. It works, until it doesn't, and you're staring down a failed compliance test with no idea why the "standard fix" didn't fix anything.
The Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering Handbook takes a different approach. Instead of eighteen disconnected topics and a grab-bag of tricks, it builds EMC from Maxwell's equations up, and shows you, chapter after chapter, that shielding effectiveness, filter insertion loss, cable coupling, and immunity performance are all the same physics, just applied at a different scale. Understand the principle once, and you can diagnose the problem you've never seen before, not just the one from the textbook.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage from circuit-level noise and PCB layout through shielding, filtering, grounding, and cable and connector design. Conducted and radiated emissions measurement theory, including LISN design, antenna factor, and detector types, explained well enough to actually troubleshoot a failed test rather than just pass a certification checklist. A full immunity treatment covering ESD, EFT, surge, RF immunity, magnetic fields, and voltage dips, with real protection circuit design including TVS selection, layered protection, and PCB placement. System-level and high-speed digital EMC, including SerDes channel budgeting, clock distribution, multi-board interconnect, and system-level emissions budgets. Dedicated chapters on automotive EMC, covering CISPR 25, ISO 7637, ISO 11452, load dump, and EV and hybrid powertrains, plus military and aerospace EMC, covering MIL-STD-461/464, HIRF, lightning, and composite airframe shielding. And a complete compliance strategy chapter covering pre-compliance program design, test planning, standards cross-referencing, and failed-test troubleshooting.

Every chapter pairs first-principles derivation with fully worked numerical examples using realistic component values, not toy problems, plus common misconceptions, an extended FAQ, a formula quick-reference, and practice problems with worked answers. Read it cover to cover as a course, or jump straight to the section that solves today's problem. The back matter includes a full glossary, symbol list, formula appendix, standards cross-reference table, and a troubleshooting checklist you'll actually keep open on your second monitor during a debug session.

Whether you're a practicing design engineer, an EMC or compliance specialist, or a student encountering electromagnetic compatibility for the first time, this handbook gives you the one thing rules of thumb never can: the ability to reason your way through a problem no one has written a rule for yet.

Scroll up and grab your copy today, and start designing with confidence instead of guesswork.