The EMC Blog
Dr. Hubing's take on various topics that (mostly) only matter to EMC engineers.
Misleading (but Often-Repeated) EMC Phrases
Perhaps I've become somewhat of an EMC curmudgeon, but it really bothers me when somebody says their microcontroller is "radiating." I have the same response if they say a trace is radiating, or that a gap in a return plane behaves like a slot antenna...
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What People (and AI Agents) Get Wrong about Common-mode Filtering
If you ask ChatGPT how to design a filter to reduce common-mode emissions from your product, you are likely to get some very bad advice. This is equally true if you seek guidance from the website or application notes of a filter component manufacturer....
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What People (and AI Agents) Get Wrong about Printed Circuit Board Decoupling
Want to get a lot of reactions for your LinkedIn post? Just post some advice telling people how to do their printed circuit board decoupling. It doesn’t really matter what you say ....
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Why Social Media is such a Terrible Source of EMC Information
scheduled for August 2026
Yes, the Energy is in the Spaces, not the Traces: But!
scheduled for September 2026
What's the Best Layer Stackup?
scheduled for October 2026
The Water Pipe Analogy for Electrical Circuits
scheduled for November 2026
The greatest advancement in EMC modeling of the century (so far)
scheduled for December 2026