Friday Afternoon Session I (1:15 - 2:45 pm)
Alternative Paths of the Return Current
- Alternative paths of the low and high-frequency return currents
- Return path discontinuities and radiation
- Split power/ground planes, slots in power/ground planes
- Measurement - Return current and impact of discontinuities
Reference Plane Current Distribution
- Microstrip configuration
- Symmetric and asymmetric stripline configuration
- PCB configurations
- Simulation results - PCB current distributions
Differential - and Common-Mode Currents and Radiation
- Differential-mode vs common-mode currents
- Common mode creation
- Common-mode choke
- Measurement - Differential and common-mode currents emitted by a SMPS