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Grounding and Shielding

1) It is important to consider noise abatement when designing electronic equipment to avoid electromagnetic interference issues. 2) The best way to prevent noise is through proper grounding and shielding design from the beginning, rather than trying to fix problems later. 3) Signals that could cause cross-coupling noise issues, such as a data line near a power output, should have individual shields surrounding each conductor grounded at both ends.

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Grounding and Shielding

1) It is important to consider noise abatement when designing electronic equipment to avoid electromagnetic interference issues. 2) The best way to prevent noise is through proper grounding and shielding design from the beginning, rather than trying to fix problems later. 3) Signals that could cause cross-coupling noise issues, such as a data line near a power output, should have individual shields surrounding each conductor grounded at both ends.

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ItiswisetospendtimetounderstandthecouplingmechanismsofelectricalnoisethatcreatesElectro MagneticInterference(EMI)whenbuildingelectronicequipment.Itisadvisabletoplanamethodof noiseabatementduringthedesignandbuildingofamachine,ratherthantryingtoproblemsolveEMI issuesoncethemachineisbuilt. Toavoidelectricalnoiseissues,allaspectsofthemachinedesignmustbetakenintoconsideration.The bestprocessisplanningforthebestgroundingmethod.Whenthebestgroundingmethodsarenot achieved,improvedgroundingandshieldingmethodsmustbeusedinstead.Anexampleisapower outputconnectionthatismagneticallycrosscoupledtothedatalinefromaservocontroller.Inthis instance,thedatalinehashighspeednoise,potentiallycausinganoiseproblem.Thedatalinemustbe singleendedorthedifferentialoutputwillrejectthenoise.Therefore,thebestmethodtoavoidcross couplingistotakeboththesourceandthereceiverintoconsideration.Ensurethetwosignalsarelaid outsoindividualconductorsaresurroundedbyamagneticshield,groundedonbothends.Shielding boththeemittersandthereceiverisrecommendedifthecablecannotberelocated. Itispreferredthatthegroundsareneartheinputsandoutputsattheendsofthesignal.Ifthiscannot bedone,abraidedshieldgroundedatoneendisrecommendedovernoshieldatall! UnterminatedshieldswithPWMsignalsaspowerfulasaservocontrollershouldnotbeused. Understandingcouplingmechanismsisextremelybeneficial,especiallyinasituationwherethepotential ofcapacitivelycouplinghighrisetimeispresent. Itisnecessarytogroundthemagneticshield;howeverlowfrequencycansometimesresultinthe generationofcurrentsintwogroundpointsbetweensingleendedsignalscalledgroundloops.A commonalternativethatdoesnotresultintheredesignofasystemisusingamultishieldconnector. Theoutershieldisgroundedatbothendsandtheinnershieldisgroundreferencedatthesourceofthe signal.

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