Cable Shielding for Electromagnetic Compatibility

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- 1. Electronic Cable in an Emi Environment.- 1.1 Introduction to System EMI and EMC.- 1.1.1 System EMI: A Necessary Evil.- 1.1.2 EMC-The Science Of Electronic System Coexistence.- 1.1.3 Electronic System EMI Synthesis and Analysis.- 1.2 Cable EMI Controlling Factors.- 1.2.1 Cable Contribution to System EMI.- 1.2.2 Cable EMI Radiators.- 1.2.3 Cable EMI Generators.- 1.3 Defining and Modeling EMC Performance of Electronic Cable.- 1.3.1 Electronic Cable EMC Performance Parameters.- 1.3.2 Modeling Electronic Cable EMC Performance.- 1.3.3 Electronic Cables as Antennas.- 2. Understanding Cable Shielding.- 2.1 Effects and Problems of Cable Shielding.- 2.1.1 Cable Shielding as an EMI Mitigation Technique.- 2.1.2 A Shield Is a Shield Is a Shield.- 2.1.3 This Confusing World of Cable Shielding.- 2.1.4 What We Have Learned and What's Missing.- 2.2 Bare Necessities: A Theoretical Detour.- 2.2.1 "He Who Would Search For Pearls, Must Dive Below".- 2.2.2 Maxwell's Equations: Refresher.- 2.2.3 Circuit Theory: Refresher.- 2.2.4 Analogy between Wave Propagation in Transmission Lines and Free Space.- 2.3 Shielding-This Is Not Very Simple.- 2.3.1 Applying the Theoretical Tools.- 2.3.2 A System View on Cable Shielding.- 2.3.3 System Definitions of Cable Shielding.- 3. Transfer Parameters of Cable Shields.- 3.1 Figure of Merit of Cable Shield Performance.- 3.1.1 In Search of the Figure of Merit.- 3.1.2 Universal Set of Transfer Parameters.- 3.1.3 Finding EMI Voltage: A Union of Field and Circuit Theories.- 3.2 The Electromagnetic Theory of Solid Homogeneous Shielding Tubes.- 3.2.1 Field Distribution in a Homogeneous Current-Carrying Tube.- 3.2.2 Transfer Parameters of a Solid Homogeneous Tube l.- 3.2.3 Homogeneous Shield Performance Analysis.- 3.3 Practical Tubular Shields.- 3.3.1 Longitudinally Applied Tape l.- 3.3.2 Foil Shields.- 3.3.3 Mesh Shields.- 3.4 Spiral Shields.- 3.4.1 Currents and Fields in Spiral Shields.- 3.4.2 Transfer Parameters of a Spiral Shield.- 3.5 Braided Shield.- 3.5.1 Geometry and Design Parameters of Braided Shield.- 3.5.2 Physical Processes in Braided Shield: Noah's Ark of Shielding Problems.- 3.5.3 Engineering Model of Braided Shield.- 3.5.4 Braided Shield Performance.- 3.6 Multilayer Shields.- 3.6.1 Multilayer Homogeneous Shields.- 3.6.2 Multilayer Nonhomogeneous Shield Performance.- 3.6.3 The Theory of Multilayer Nonhomogeneous Shields.- 3.6.4 Calculating "Derivative" Shields.- 4. Electromagnetic Coupling and Shielding.- 4.1 Shielding to Decouple and Coupling to Shield.- 4.1.1 Defining Electromagnetic Coupling to Cable Shield.- 4.1.2 A Roadmap to Shielding Coupling Mechanisms.- 4.2 Coupling and Shielding in Static and Stationary Fields.- 4.2.1 Electrostatic Shielding.- 4.2.2 Magnetostatic Shielding.- 4.3 Shielding for Crosstalk Protection.- 4.3.1 Crosstalk Coupling Mechanisms.- 4.3.2 Quasi-stationary Regime in Conductors (and Dielectrics).- 4.3.3 Crosstalk between Shielded Lines in a Wide Frequency Band.- 4.4 Shielding from Radiating Fields.- 4.4.1 The Problems of Radiating Shielding.- 4.4.2 Radiating Fields, Antenna Currents, and Radiation Resistance of Cable Lines and Shields.- 4.4.3 From Transfer Impedance to Shielding Effectiveness.- 4.4.4 EMC and Shielding Performance of Typical Electronic Cables.- 4.5 Grounding and Termination of Cable Shields.- 4.5.1 To Ground or Not To Ground?.- 4.5.2 Challenges of Cable Assembly.- 4.6 Transient Response of Cable Shielding.- 5. Measurement Techniques and Apparatus: The Tools of the Trade.- 5.1 The Proof of the Shielding.- 5.2 System Shielding Effectiveness Measurements.- 5.2.1 System Measurements in Radiating Fields.- 5.2.2 System Measurements in Magnetostatic Fields.- 5.3 Cable Assembly Measurements.- 5.3.1 Cable and Assembly Measurements in Radiating and Magnetostatic Fields.- 5.3.2 Antenna Current Measurements.- 5.3.3 Shielding Effectiveness via Crosstalk Measurements.- 5.4 Transfer Impedance and Capacitive Coupling Impedance Measurements.- 5.4.1... Mehr