Here is a partial list of articles by Kimmel Gerke Associates. With over 200 articles, this will be an ongoing project, so check back. Happy reading — Daryl

ARTICLES WITH HOT LINKS…

InCompliance Magazine

• Troubleshoot EMC Problems Like an MD, July 2021
• So You are a New EMC Engineer, Now What, December 2019 — Updated
• Sales Engineering — Is It For You?, July 2017
• ESD as an EMC Design Problem,  January 2017
• So You Want To Be A Consultant,  August 2016
• EMC Design Reviews: Some Lessons From Our Careers (To Date), July 2015
• EMC and Signal Integrity:How to Address Both in PCB Design, January 2015
• Prepping for EMI Testing, August 2014
• Basics of EMI Troubleshooting, March 2014
• Systems EMC in Medical Electronics, March 2014
• So You Are a New EMC Engineer – Now What?,  March 2014
• EMC in Components – July 2013
• Military Shielding – February 2013
• EMC in Military Equipment, February 2011

Interference Technology Magazine (ITEM)

• EMC in Space, November 2008
• Military EMC and the Revival of Systems Engineering, 2005 Annual Guide

Working to pull together earlier ITEM articles not on the web.

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MDDI)

• Exploring Systems EMC in Medical Devices, 2010
• Draft Guidance Addresses RF Wireless Devices, 2007
• Addressing EMI in Patient Connected Electronics, 2006
• Too Close for Comfort: EMI Meets Medical Electronics, 2004
• Using EMC Design Reviews to Protect Against EMI, 1998
• EMI at the Patient Cable, 1998
• Blocking ESD at the Enclosure, 1998
• Shielding Against Electrostatic Discharge, 1998
• EMI and Power Supplies in Medical Electronics, 1997
• EMI Testing in Medical Electronics, 1997
• Using Grounding to Control EMI, 1996

Working to pull together earlier MDDI articles not on the web.

EDN/EE Times/Planet Analog

• Exploring systems EMC in medical devices
• Troubleshoot RF Immunity Problems
• Troubleshooting Common EMI Problems
• EMI and circuit components: Where the rubber meets the road
• EMC Basics #1: Welcome!; and Clocks: critical circuits for EMC
• EMC Basics #2: Resets as critical circuits
• EMC Basics #3: Voltage regulators as critical circuits
• EMC Basics #4: Analog devices as critical circuits
• EMC Basics #5: I/O as critical circuits
• EMC Basics #6: Looking at circuit board “stackup”
• EMC Basics #7: An introduction to troubleshooting EMI problems
• EMC Basics #8: An introduction to troubleshooting EMI problems (con’t)
• EMC Basics #9: Troubleshooting RFI EMC problems
• EMC Basics #10: EMC troubleshooting and power disturbances
• EMC Basics #11: An introduction to EMC shielding
• EMC Basics #12: Shielding materials solve electromagnetic-compatibility issues
• EMC Basics #13: EMC shielding–destroying a shield
• EMC Basics #14: Making plastic coatings work for EMI
• EMC Basics #15: Use gaskets to seal and solve leaky RF seam problems

Electromagnetic News Report (ENR)

• Circuit Board Shields Grow Up, 2013-1
• Internal Layout & EMI, 2012-6
• Shielding With Conductively Coated Plastics, 2012-5
• Keep the filter Simple, 2012-4
• A Systems View of EMC,  2012-3
• EMI And Serial I/O,  2012-2
• EMI Test Plan,  2012-1
• Probing for Emissions,   2011-6 
• ESD at the Circuit Board , 2011-5
• Differential or Not? , 2011-4
• EMC Control Plan, 2011-3
• Analog Inputs and RF Immunity, 2011-2
  
• Poor Man’s Emissions Testing, 2011-1
• Ferrites – Cable & Circuit Board, 2010-6
• Troubleshooting EMI in Cables, 2010-5
• Public Enemy #1 – Pigtail Grounds, 2010-4
• Impedance is the Bottom Line, 2010-3
• EMI and USB, 2010-2
• Switching Power Harmonics, 2010-1
• Avoiding ESD, 2009-6
• Mediocre Shielding, 2009-5
• Shielding Simplified, 2009-4
• Single-Point & Multi-Point Grounds, 2009-3
• High Speeds on the Circuit Board, 2009-2
• Spectrum Analyzers as EMI Diagnostic Tools, 2009-1

Earlier ENR articles are not on line. Articles from 1989-98 are in the “EMI Suppression Handbook.” Working to pull together the second ten years as the “EMI Suppression Handbook – Volume II.”

OLDER ARTICLES in PDF

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