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Last updated January 11, 2003

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BOOKS

DESIGN BOOKS

 “EMI Suppression Handbook,”  William D Kimmel and Daryl D Gerke, Seven Mountains Scientific, 1998, PO Box 650, Boalsburg, PA 16827, 814-466-6559.  A collection of articles which originally appeared in ENR.  Includes a variety of topics for the EMC designer and troubleshooter, including case studies. 

“Electromagnetic Compatibility in Medical Equipment,” William D Kimmel and Daryl D Gerke, Interpharm Press/IEEE Press, 1995. Written by yours truly for the medical device industry, but should be of interest for any EMI discipline. Practical nuts and bolts treatment for designers and installers of medical electronics equipment. ISBN 0780311604 or 0935184805. 

“EDN's Designer's Guide to Electromagnetic Compatibility,” Daryl D Gerke and William D Kimmel, formerly printed by Cahners Publications, 2001, we now have the printing rights. Written by yours truly as a basic EMC design guide, it is available from  our web site - follow the link on our front page.  

“Controlling Radiated Emissions by Design,” Michel Mardiguian, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. Informative and fairly easy to read. ISBN0442009496. 

“Digital design for Interference Specifications,” David Terrell and Kenneth Keenan, The Keenan Corporation, 1997.  Circuit board approach for interference control. 

“Electrostatic Discharge,” Michel Mardiguian, Interference Control Technologies, Inc, 1986. Good treatment on ESD design. Recommended for a first book. ISBN 09322632275. 

“Electrostatic Discharge and Electronic Equipment,” Warren Boxleitner, IEEE Press, 1989. Very good treatment of ESD, very simply written. Recommended for a first book. ISBN 087942240.  

"EMI Troubleshooting Techniques," Michel Mardiguian, McGraw Hill, 2000. Aimed at the person faced with solving an existing EMI problem, in the field or test floor.  Includes fix-it techniques and components and instruments needed.The only book we know of that has this focus. ISBN 0071344187.

 “EMC and the Printed Circuit Board,”  Mark Montrose, IEEE Press, 1999.  Concentrates on EMC techniques for the circuit board.  An in-depth engineering level treatment. 

“EMC for Product Designers,” Tim Williams, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1992. This is part of the EDN series for design engineers. An introduction to EMC with a strong European regulation viewpoint. Easy reading, quite basic. ISBN 0750624663.

 “High Frequency Measurements and Noise in Electronic Circuits,” D Smith, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. Chock full of tips for measurement of components, shielding, etc., in the engineering laboratory. We know of no comparable book on the market. ISBN 0442006365.

 “High-Speed Digital Design,” Howard W Johnson and Martin Graham, PTR Prentice Hall, 1993. Concentrates on maintaining signal integrity on circuit boards and cables. Not specifically an EMI book, but it still has very useful information. Recommended for all circuit and logic designers. ISBN 0133957241. 

“Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility,” Clayton Paul, John Wiley & Sons, 1992. Written as a college text, it is quite analytical but very readable. ISBN 0471549274. 

“Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems,” Henry W. Ott, John Wiley & Sons, 1988. Good, quite readable. General overview, strongest in analog electronics. Recommended for a first book. ISBN 0471850683.

 “Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Compliance, 2nd Edition” Mark Montrose, IEEE Press, 2000. First edition owners will find plenty of new information and updates in this edition.  An in-depth treatment on printed circuit board design. Nuts and bolts information, quantitative guidelines. Targeted at the technician and circuit board designer, but has good information for design engineers, as well.  ISBN 0780353765. 

“Troubleshooting Analog Circuits,” Robert Pease, Butterworth Heinemann, 1991.   Not specifically written for EMI, but has lots of information related to EMI.   We like it for its unique viewpoint on troubleshooting, whether for analog or digital. ISBN 0750694998. 

SYSTEMS BOOKS 

“Grounding and Shielding Techniques in Instrumentation,” Ralph Morrison, John Wiley & Sons, 1986. A must for instrumentation applications where low level analog signals are involved. A little bit hard to read. ISBN 0471838066 (next edition due out in 1998, ISBN 0471245186).

"Grounding an Shielding in Facilities," Ralph Morrison and Warren Lewis, Wiley Interscience, 1990. A solid treatment of faciities issues, with an emphasis on power safety issues. ISBN 0471838071.

"Architectural Electromagnetic Shielding Handbook," Leland Hemming, IEEE Press, 1992. A design and specification guide for shielded rooms and enclosures. Very thorough. ISBN 0879422874.

INDUSTRY STANDARDS 

'"IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Sensitive Electronic Equipment," IEEE Standard 1100-1992, AKA "Emerald Book." One of the "Color Books" sponsored by the IEEE Power Engineering Society. Emphasis on "power quality" for electronic systems. Strongly recommended if you are doing systems. ISBN 1559372311.

"IEEE Recommended Practice for Emergency and Standby Power Systems for Industrial and Commercial Applications," IEEE Standard 446-1987, AKA "Orange Book." One of the "Color Books" sponsored by the IEEE Power Engineering Society. Emphasis on safe installations of UPS and related equipment.

'"IEEE Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems," IEEE Standard 142-1991, AKA "Green Book." One of the "Color Books" sponsored by the IEEE Power Engineering Society. Emphasis on equipment safety, both power and lightning protection.

"IEEE Guide for the Installation of Electrical Equipment to Minimize Electrical Noise Inputs to Controllers from External Sources," IEEE Standard 518-1982. Sponsored by the Industrial Control Committee of the IEEE Industrial Applications Society (IAS). A bit dated, but still contains a lot of solid practical information. ISBN 0471893595.

IEEE C62.41, "IEEE Guide for Surge Voltages in Low Voltage Power AC Power Circuits," IEEE, New York, NY, 1980

NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code 1999 Edition, National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269. The "Bible" on electrical wiring practices.

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PERIODICALS

“KGB Newsletter,” Kimmel Gerke Associates Ltd (Of Course!). Authoritative newsletter by industry leaders, published several times a year. Free. Downloads of back issues available from web site. 

“Conformity,” Curtis- Strauss, 527 Great Rd, Littleton, MA 01460, 978-486-8880.   Monthly newsletter on EMC regulatory issues.   Free. 

“EC&M,” Intertec Publishing, 9800 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66212, 913-341-1300.  Magazine focussed on electrical construction.  Power Quality Assurance, a sister publication has ceased publication - the relevent articles will now be found in EC&M. Free. 

“ENR (Electromagnetic News Report),” Seven Mountains Scientific, PO Box 650, Boalsburg, PA 16827, 814-466-6559. Bi-monthly. Newsletter on EMC issues, with strong flavor on international regulatory issues. Subscription, about $70/year. 

“I&CS,” Penwell Publishing, 2002 Sproul Rd, Ste 302, Broomall, PA 19008, 610-527-8224.  Magazine focussed on instrumentation and control electronics. Free. Has an EMI supplement that we contributed to for a modest charge. 

“IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility,” IEEE. Monthly. Highly analytical. Subscription with IEEE EMC Society membership. We actually find more practical articles on EMI in Industry Applications Society Transactions. Subscription inexpensive to IEEE members. 

“Interference Technology (formerly ITEM),” R&B Enterprises, 20 Clipper Rd, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 215-825-1960. Annual Reference Guide plus quarterly updates. Reference material for design and regulatory requirements. Free.

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VENDOR REFERENCE MATERIAL

“Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Test Handbook,” and “The Pulsed EMI Handbook,” KeyTek instrument Corporation, 260 Fordham Road, Wilmington, MA 01887.  

“EMI Shielding Engineering Handbook,” Chomerics Div Parker Hannefin, 77 Dragon Court, Woburn, MA 01888, 800-225-1936. Reference on shielding and gasketing.  

“Product Design & Shielding Selection Guide,” Laird Corporation, PO Box A, Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327, 717-424-8510.  Reference on shielding and gasketing.  

“Fair-Rite Linear Ferrites Catalog,” Fair-Rite Products Corp, PO Box J, 1 Commercial Row, Wallkill, NY 12589, 914-895-2055. Reference on ferrite applications. 

“Steward Suppression Ferrites, Product and Applications Guide,” DM Steward (a unit of Laird), PO Box 510, Chattanooga, TN 37401, 615-867-4100. Reference on ferrite applications. 

"Grounds for Lightning and EMP Protection", Roger Block, Poly Phaser Corporation, 1993. Emphasisis on radio communications facilities, a very comprehensive and easy to read guide for lightning protection. Order direct from Poly Phaser, PO Box 9000, Minden, NV 89423 (www.polyphaser.com) 

Semiconductor houses have some good material on EMC. Look for the application notes, too. ON’s “MECL System Design Handbook” and National “FACT Advanced CMOS Logic Databook” are good, and Intel has some good application notes.

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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

AFSC DH1-4, 1984: Air Force Systems Command Design Handbook. Good Reference. Hard to navigate through the document, however.  

MIL-HDBK-241B, 1983: Design Guide for Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Reduction in Power Supplies. Very good for circuit design and shielding of power supplies.  

MIL-HDBK-419A, Military Handbook: Grounding, Bonding and Shielding for Electronic Equipment and Facilities. Lots of grounding and shielding design information. Very good reference. Volume 1 - Basic Theory, Volume 2, facilities.  Most design information is in Volume 1, facilities in Volume 2. 

MIL-STD-461F (2007).  Requirements for the Control of Electromagnetic Interference Emissions and Susceptibility.  MIL-STD-462 has been combined with MIL-STD-461 in the most recent revision. 

MIL-STD-464A (2002).  Systems EMC. Replaces MIL-STD-6051. 

Most military documents may be downloaded from the web, www.jsc.mil or www.dsp.dla.mil. They can also be ordered from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Washington DC, 1-800-553-6847, 703-605-6000. You need not be a government contractor to get most documents.   Visa/Master Card/American Express accepted.   The document sources listed below also carry these documents. 

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USEFUL WEB SITES

 http://www.emiguru.com.  Kimmel Gerke web site, general EMC information, including back issues of KGB.

 http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/home/index.html.  Bibliography of IEEE Publications.