Laboratory Exercises to Accompany Chapters 4-6
These demonstrations and laboratory exercises illustrate concepts described in Electromagnetic Compatibility Course Notes.
Chapter 4: Spectrum Analyzer Measurements
This exercise gives students an opportunity to explore signal behavior in the time and frequency domains. It also helps them to understand how displayed signal is affected by various spectrum analyzer settings.
Exercise 4-1
Chapter 4: Spectrum Analyzer Measurements of Impulsive Noise
This exercise demonstrates how impulsive noise and transients affect spectrum analyzer measurements.
Exercise 4-2
Chapter 4: Measuring Harmonics of a Trapezoidal Waveform
The trapezoidal waveform plays a very important role in modeling the behavior of digital signals. It's important for EMC and signal integrity engineers to be well-acquainted with these waveforms in both the time and frequency domains.
Exercise 4-3
Chapter 5: Measuring Characteristic Impedance and Propagation Velocity (Method 1)
The characteristic impedance and propagation velocity of a transmission line can be determined from measurements of the capacitance and inductance per unit length.
Exercise 5-1
Chapter 5: Measuring Characteristic Impedance and Propagation Velocity (Method 2)
The characteristic impedance and propagation velocity of a transmission line can be determined from the step response measured at the transmission line's input.
Exercise 5-2
Chapter 6: Measuring Crosstalk between Microstrip Traces
This exercise demonstrates how to make measurements of the near-end and far-end crosstalk between microstrip circuit board traces.
Exercise 6-1
Chapter 6: Measuring Crosstalk in Cables
This exercise demonstrates how to make measurements of the near-end and far-end crosstalk between signal conductors in a wire harness.
Exercise 6-2