Based on the information I have seen on this rule, it is a guess. Two professors at San Francisco State did analysis on 20H designe PCBs vs. those with planes even at the edges and demonstrated that what EMI there is a the edge of a PCB is made worse by the 20H rule. Lee Doug McKean wrote: > http://www.scvemc.org/scvemc/may_ieee_emc_2000s.pdf > > Essentially, the 20H Rule can be thought of as turning an > effective slot antenna into an ineffective patch antenna. > > Comments? > > Regards, Doug McKean > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: text/x-vcard -- File: vcard.vcf -- Desc: Card for leeritchey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu