Hi All, I have just posted the third in a four part series of Technical Tidbits on shielded/unshielded loops. This article shows that for some uses, unshielded loops have less parasitic E-field coupling than shielded ones. In particular the unshielded loops appear better when used right up against a circuit boardto inject signals and my extension to sense them as well. The Square Shielded Loop - Part 3, Parasitic Coupling Between Unshielded WireLoops (July 2008 Technical Tidbit) Abstract: Unshielded wire loops are inexpensive and easy to build. However, capacitive (E field) coupling has always been a concern when using these simple loops. Coupling between unshielded wire loops is investigated, included parasitic capacitive coupling. Performance is compared to shielded loops and the simple unshielded wire loop is shown to be superior in some cases to shielded loops. The link to the article is the picture of the experimental setup at the bottom of the page at: http://emcesd.com[1] Enjoy, 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[2] \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org[3] ------------------------------------------------------- --- Links --- 1 http://emcesd.com 2 mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxx 3 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 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