The guest speaker for IEEE EMC Santa Clara Valley Chapter May monthly meeting on 5/8 is Henry Ott. He will be presenting "Dipoles for Dummies." The meeting is free to attend and there is no registration required. There will be light dinner and beverages provided. Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 5:30pm: Networking/light dinner 6:30pm: Presentation 7:45pm: Adjourn Location: Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria, Santa Clara CA "Dipoles for Dummies" An understanding of basic antenna theory would be helpful for all engineers, especially those involved in EMC. After all, if a product radiates (or is susceptible to RF energy) it is an antenna, even if you prefer to call it something else - such as a microprocessor, an IC, a PCB, a power cord, or an USB cable. This presentation is a simple, insightful, and intuitive discussion of how a dipole antenna works, and how the operation is related to the common-mode radiation from a product. Attendees will end up with an understanding of dipole antenna theory, and know why dipole antenna theory is so important to EMC engineering. All of this is accomplished without using mathematics or writing a single equation. For details please visit the chapter website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/emc/ Eriko Yamato Vice Chair IEEE EMC Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list 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