Mazzaro, G. J. (2024, March), Mini-Laboratory Activities to Reinforce Counter-Intuitive Principles in a Senior-Undergraduate Course on Electromagnetic Compatibility  Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--45544

\bibitem{asee_peer_45544}
  Mazzaro, G. J. (2024, March), \emph{Mini-Laboratory Activities to Reinforce Counter-Intuitive Principles in a Senior-Undergraduate Course on Electromagnetic Compatibility}
  Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--45544

Gregory James Mazzaro.  "Mini-Laboratory Activities to Reinforce Counter-Intuitive Principles in a Senior-Undergraduate Course on Electromagnetic Compatibility".  2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45544 Internet.  14 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45544}
  Gregory James Mazzaro.
  "Mini-Laboratory Activities to Reinforce Counter-Intuitive Principles in a Senior-Undergraduate Course on Electromagnetic Compatibility".
  \emph{2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45544 Internet.  14 May, 2024

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AB  - The primary objective of an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineer is to design digital devices such that they do not produce electromagnetic interference nor are they susceptible to interference which originates from other digital devices.  In electrical or computer engineering undergraduate programs which offer radio-frequency coursework, EMC techniques are presented in a senior-year elective.  EMC practice extends from principles introduced during a theory-heavy course in Electromagnetic Fields (typically taken in the junior year).

Many concepts central to EM Fields are counter-intuitive (e.g. why wires carrying current in the same direction attract each other; why a magnet moved across a conductor induces a voltage difference from one end of that conductor to the other).  Not surprisingly then, many concepts central to EM Compatibility are also counter-intuitive (e.g. why circuit elements self-resonate and reverse their reactance-vs-frequency trend beyond that point; why signals carried along circuit-board traces appear along other traces on the board when there is no metallically conductive path between them).

To mitigate the confusion produced by EM physics and to provide opportunities for students to practice interference-control techniques, the author designed three “mini-lab” exercises and recently included them as part of his undergraduate course in EMC.  Each exercise can be performed using equipment that is part of a standard undergraduate electronics lab, and each exercise can be completed by an undergraduate student in under an hour.  This paper will present all three exercises (“Non-Ideal Circuit Elements”, “Common-Mode Chokes”, “Crosstalk Measurement & Mitigation”) -- objectives, equipment required, procedures, sample data, grading rubrics, students’ scores and feedback -- and the paper will suggest additional activities which can be developed to further enhance an undergraduate course in EMC.
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