ECE 477 - Electromagnetic Compatibility

Fall 2026

Calendar

Lecture Date Topic
1 8/24 Course Introduction and EMC Fundamentals
2 8/26 EMC Fundamentals
3 8/28 EMC Coupling
4 8/31 EMC Coupling
5 9/2 Spectrum of Digital Waveforms
6 9/4 Spectrum of Digital Waveforms
9/7 NO CLASS – Labor Day (all-campus holiday)
7 9/9 Transmission-Line Basics
8 9/11 Transmission-Line Basics and Losses
9 9/14 Transmission-Line Losses
10 9/16 Transmission-Line Design Examples
11 9/18 Transmission-Line Design Examples
12 9/21 Transient Response of Transmission Lines
13 9/23 Reflections and Bounce Diagrams
14 9/25 Transient Response
15 9/28 Transmission-Line Terminations
16 9/30 Ideal components
17 10/2 Nonideal Wires and Conductors
18 10/5 Ferrite Beads and Common Mode Chokes
19 10/7 Conducted Emissions Measurement and LISN
20 10/9 Conducted Emissions Power Supply Filters
21 10/12 Line Filters for Conducted Emissions and Filter Design
10/12 Midterm Exam 1 (night exam)
22 10/14 EMC Antennas Introduction
23 10/16 EMC Antennas Parameters
24 10/19 Broadband Measurement Antennas
25 10/21 Radiated Emissions
10/23 NO CLASS
26 10/26 Radiated Emissions and Susceptibility
27 10/28 Radiated Susceptibility
28 10/30 Crosstalk Models
29 11/2 Near End and Far End Crosstalk Models
30 11/4 Pigtails, Twisted Wires, and Shielding
31 11/6 NO CLASS
32 11/9 Shielding Effectiveness
33 11/11 Magnetic Field Shielding and Apertures
34 11/13 Grounding
35 11/16 Grounding Techniques
11/16 Midterm Exam 2 (night exam)
36 11/18 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
11/20 NO CLASS
11/21-11/29 NO CLASS – Fall Break
37 11/30 ESD Prevention
38 12/2 System-Level EMC Design
39 12/4 System-Level EMC Design
40 12/7 Final Exam Review
41 12/9 EMC Jeopardy and Course Wrap-Up – Last Day of Instruction
12/10 Reading Day – no classes or final examinations
TBD Final Exam

The course schedule is tentative and may be adjusted as needed during the semester.