Program Overview
This educational program teaches how to diagnose and solve electrical noise problems through logical engineering principles rather than trial-and-error approaches. The course includes a workbook and comprises 15 video-recorded lecture and demonstration sessions.
Base your grounding and shielding designs on logical engineering principles. Understand the four coupling mechanisms causing electrical noise problems. Systematically diagnose and reduce electrical noise coupling in your designs.
What You Will Gain
- Understand the path of least impedance concept
- Identify and diagnose four noise-coupling mechanisms
- Apply systematic methods to reduce electrical noise
- Design effective grounding and shielding systems
- Optimize circuit board layouts for EMC
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
- Explain why wiring inductance matters more than resistance
- Describe how current loop area relates to self-inductance
- Identify the four noise-coupling mechanisms and key indicators for each
- List two reduction methods for each coupling mechanism
- Explain two reasons for grounding
- Distinguish between grounding conductors and return conductors
- Explain why signals should ground to external metal enclosures
- Describe signal isolation techniques to avoid ground loops
Your Instructor
Dr. Tom Van Doren
Professor Emeritus, Missouri S&T
Dr. Tom Van Doren is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri S&T (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla) and a member of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory. With over 35 years of teaching and industrial experience in electromagnetic compatibility, he brings unparalleled expertise to these courses. He is an inductee of the IEEE EMC Society Hall of Fame.
More than 19,000 engineers and technicians have attended his short courses on grounding, shielding, and PCB layout. His practical approach combines theoretical foundations with real-world demonstrations and examples.
What Engineers Say
“I think the course is terrific and extremely valuable.”
“It was excellent — you did a tremendous job of explaining things clearly.”
“We hosted Dr. Van Doren 15 years ago. Our new hires need this course.”
Trusted by teams at
NASA
Boeing
Ball Aerospace
Honda
Brookhaven National Lab
U.S. Air Force
Matterport
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Schneider ElectricCourse Outline
15 sessions · 13h of video lectures and demonstrations
Who Should Take This Course
This training is ideal for:
- Electrical and electronics engineers
- Systems engineers and technicians
- Hardware design engineers
- PCB layout designers
- EMC/EMI test engineers
- Product development engineers
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