Laying the Foundation for a Compliance

1 Basics

         1.1    What is inductance? 
         1.2    What is an EMC ferrite? 
         1.3    Magnetic field 
         1.4    Permeability
         1.5    Core material 

2 Filter & Signal 

         2.1    Filter basics
         2.2    Low pass filter 
         2.3    Definition self resonance
         2.4    Mass related Filter
         2.5    Common Mode Filter 
         2.6    Principal/Construction Common Mode-Choke 
         2.7    Advantage of the current compensating choke 
         2.8    Recognition methods of the coupling 
         2.9    Impact of the number of turns 
         2.10  EMC- / SMD-Ferrite 
         2.11  Usual mains power filter 

3 Insertion loss                                                                                                          

         3.1    Definition 
         3.2    S-Parameter Model 
         3.3    Calculation
         3.4    Practical source and load impedance
         3.5    Source and load impedance in relation 
         3.6    Recommended filter types 

4 Measuring

         4.1    Filter topologies 
         4.2    Noise Generator 

5 Simulation   

         5.1    LT Spice / Switcher CAD 

6 Layout tips