ECE 498 - Fall 2024 - Calendar

 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Aug. 26
Aug. 27
Introduction to EMC
Aug. 28
Aug. 29
Coupling mechanisms
Aug. 30
Sept. 2

Labor Day
Sept. 3
Transmission line loss
Sept. 4
Sept. 5
Non-ideal ground
Sept. 6
Sept. 9
Sept. 10
EMC problems on PCBs
Sept. 11
Sept. 12
Transient response of transmission line
Sept. 13
Sept. 16
Sept. 17
Bounce diagram and discontinuities
Sept. 18
Sept. 19
Terminations and Time-domain reflectometry (TDR)
Sept. 20
Sept. 23
Sept. 24
Non-ideal wires 
Sept. 25
Sept. 26
Non-ideal component leads, R, L, and C
Sept. 27
Sept. 30
Oct. 1
Conducted emissions
Oct. 2
Oct. 3
In-class midterm 1 (Chapter 1-3) 
Oct. 4
Oct. 7
Oct. 8
Conducted susceptibility
Oct. 9
Oct. 10
EMC antenna parameters
Oct. 11
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Antenna and antenna arrays
Oct. 16
Oct. 17
Radiated emission models
Oct. 18
Oct. 21
Oct. 22
Radiated susceptibility models
Oct. 23
Oct. 24
Crosstalk models
Oct. 25
Oct. 28
Oct. 29
Even and odd mode transmission
Oct. 30
Oct. 31
Reducing crosstalk noise
Nov. 1
Nov. 4
Nov. 5
Shielded wires and twisted pair
Nov. 6
Nov. 7
In-class Midterm 2 (Chapter 4-7)
Nov. 8
Nov. 11
Nov. 12
Mitigation strategies and practical considerations
Nov. 13
Nov. 14
Shielding effectiveness
Nov. 15
Nov. 18
Nov. 19
Safety ground and signal ground
Nov. 20
Nov. 21
Ground bounce and ground loops
Nov. 22
Nov. 25
Nov. 26
Thanksgiving
Nov. 27
Nov. 28
Thanksgiving
Nov. 29
Dec. 2
Dec. 3
ESD
Dec. 4
Dec. 5
Hardware immunity to ESD
Dec. 6
Dec. 9
Dec. 10
General EMC design guidelines
Dec. 11
Dec. 12
Reading day
Dec. 13
Dec. 16

Final Exam (Time TBD)