For anyone who missed the previous pieces in Doug's series on board / box resonances, they are well worth viewing. Steve. Doug Smith wrote: > Hi All, > I just posted my Technical Tidbit for March, 2010. Together with the > Februaryarticle, the two Technical Tidbits treat damping board resonances > caused by the capacitance between two PCBs and the inductance of the > conductor connecting them. > > Technical Tidbit - February 2010 > Damping Board Resonances Using Discrete Resistors > URL: http://emcesd.com/tt2010/tt020310.htm[1] > > February's Technical Tidbit details a method of damping the resonance that > occurs when two circuit boards or one board and a chassis are connected by a > conductor. The method is simple and inexpensive. > > Abstract: When circuit boards are connected by conductors, a resonant > circuitresults from the inductance of the conductors and the capacitance > between the circuit boards. A simple way to damp such board resonances is > discussed. The method can be very useful if the designer is restricted to > only one connection point between two boards and applies both to a pair of > boards or a single board mounted over a metal chassis. > > Technical Tidbit - March 2010 > Damping Board Resonances Using Discrete Resistors - Part Two > (Frequency Domain Measurements) > URL: http://emcesd.com/tt2010/tt030410.htm[2] > > This month's Technical Tidbit details a method of damping the resonance that > occurs when two circuit boards or one board and a chassis are connected by a > conductor. The method is simple and inexpensive. Data is presented in the > frequency domain. > > Abstract: When circuit boards are connected by conductors, a resonant > circuitresults from the inductance of the conductors and the capacitance > between the circuit boards. A simple way to damp such board resonances is > discussed and measurements presented in the frequency domain. The method can > be very useful if the designer is restricted to only one connection point > between two boards and applies both to a pair of boards or a single board > mounted over a metal chassis. This Technical Tidbit is an extension of the > February 2010 Technical Tidbit time domain results to the frequency domain. > > > To this point, I have published over 150 technical papers and Technical > Tidbits! When I started the Technical Tidbits, I wondered how long it would > be before I ran out of ideas to write about. Now, there seems like an > endlesssupply of ideas to write about. In addition, I am generating 3 audio > podcasts and a video tutorial per week as well. Keeping busy. > > ------------------------------------------------------- Have a good month, > Doug > -- ------------------------------------------------------- ___ _ Doug Smith > \/ ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: > 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | > Email: doug@xxxxxxxxxx[3] \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org[4] > ------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Links --- > 1 http://emcesd.com/tt2010/tt020310.htm > 2 http://emcesd.com/tt2010/tt030410.htm > 3 mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxx > 4 http://www.dsmith.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu