Widely regarded as the standard text on EMC, Tim Williams' book
provides all the information necessary to meet the requirements of
the EMC Directive. Most importantly, it shows how to
incorporate EMC design principles into products, avoiding cost and
performance penalties, meeting the needs of specific standards and
resulting in a better overall product.
This fourth edition includes the latest developments which are essential for anyone complying with the regulations. In particular the basic, generic and product-specific test standards, new standards on measurement methods and revisions to existing standards, and changes to the standards generating process are covered. New measurement techniques are described and there is a whole new chapter on test planning.
Beyond the complete revision of the chapter on the EMCD to cover the new edition (2004/108/EC), coverage has been considerably expanded to include the R&TTE and Automotive EMC Directives, as well as reference to the main automotive, military and aerospace standards.
The final part of the book looks at design principles for electronic products, including a review of interference coupling mechanisms, and chapters on equipment and PCB layout, circuit design, and the EMC-specific techniques of interface control, filtering and shielding. A chapter deals with EMC Management: discussion of management requirements, company policy, QA needs, and the role of the EMC co-ordinator, including control plans. A new chapter on systems EMC is included, while short case studies demonstrate how EMC product design is put into practice.
Tim Williams has worked for a variety of companies as an electronic design engineer over the last 20 years. He has monitored the progress of the EMC Directive and its associated standards since it was first made public. He now runs his own consultancy, specialising in EMC design reviews, testing and training. He is also the author of 'The Circuit Designer's Companion', and with Keith Armstrong, 'EMC for Systems and Installations', both published by Elsevier.
CONTENTS: Introduction to EMC; the EMC Directive; the R&TTE Directive; Commercial Standards; Other Standards and Legislation; RF Emissions measurements; Immunity tests; Low Frequency tests; Test Planning; Interference coupling mechanisms; Layout and grounding; Digital and analogue circuit design; Interfaces and filtering; Shielding; Systems EMC; EMC Management; Appendices for Design checklist, CAD for EMC, Case studies, Useful tables and formulae, The EU and EEA countries. There is also a Glossary, Bibliography and Index.
READERSHIP: Electronics engineers, EMC test engineers and circuit designers; design and project managers; secondary students and academics in electronics.
Reviews of earlier editions:
The title could equally well have been 'EMC Handbook' since the book contains a wealth of reference material on the directive, the standards, measurements and the methods which can, and should, be used to achieve compliance (IEE Review)
The writing is exceptionally clear. Even those who remain uncertain about CE marking of products should feel confident discussing it after reading this book... this book is worth the cover price for the first section alone, which is far easier to understand than much of the advice published by the Department of Trade and Industry... (Electrical Review)
"This book is not a prof's wet dream; it's for working engineers" (Comment on Usenet:sci.engr.electrical.compliance)
0-7506-8170-5 498pp December 2006 £34.99
Available from these sources:
Fourth edition: |Elsevier | Amazon.co.uk |
Third edition: |RS Components (stock no 919-421) | Amazon.co.uk |
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French title: Compatibilité Electromagnétique De la conception à l'homologation Publisher: Publitronic/Elektor
2-86661-106-3 339pp 1999 |
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Dutch title: EMC en Productontwikkeling voldoen aan de Europese EMC-richtlijn Publisher: Elektuur
90-5381-107-9 319pp 1999 |
The Dutch front cover is very similar to the French version, except that "EMC" isn't spelt backwards... |
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Spanish title: EMC: Control y Limitación de Energía Electromagnética: Guía práctica de aplicación de la Normativa Comunitaria Publisher: Paraninfo, International Thomson Publishing
84-283-2396-8 394pp 1997 |
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Korean title:
Sorry, I can't transliterate the Korean title here. It's the second edition. Publisher: www.gijeon.co.kr
89-336-0549-5 344pp |
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Russian title:
EMC dlya Rasrabotchikov Productsii, third edition. Publisher: Publishing House "Technologies"
5-94833-003-6 540pp |
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Updated 10th December 2006