The complex radiation impedance will also vary depending on what part of the circuit you are considering, and the position. Therefore, if you are interested in the near field you end up with a finite element model. If you are interested with modelling gross emissions from parts, e.g. with a macro-model, then you might want to have a look at ICEM. This does for the power supply network what IBIS does for I/O. Regards Andrew ________________________________ From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Scott McMorrow Sent: Thu 03/11/2005 22:46 To: doug@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Question on EMI radiated power Doug In short, the answer is no. Radiation resistance works with antennas, since they are generally narrow band and are efficient over a narrow frequency range. A decomposition to a RR formulation only works over a narrow frequency band. For broadband structures, radiated power is dependent upon frequency, which is a complex impedance. If you replace radiation resistance with the complex radiation impedance, then you could use it to describe radiation loss. regards, scott Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Doug Brooks wrote: >SI Gurus > >I'd like to try something on you. Consider a circuit that radiates >some EMI (not necessarily a lot.) > >Point #1. Presumably, there is energy radiated in the EMI that is >lost to the circuit. It might be very small, but still non-zero. > >Point #2. In an antenna, energy that is radiated from the antenna >can be represented by the Radiation Resistance (RR) of the antenna. >That is, the energy radiated is equivalent to the energy dissipated >in the equivalent RR. > >Therefore...... Can we assume that in a circuit that radiates EMI >there is an equivalent loss of energy in the circuit? And further can >we assume, at least conceptually, that we could define something >"like" an RR for a circuit to represent that loss to EMI? > >Doug Brooks > >____________________________________________________________________________- >Check out UltraCAD's new presentation videos and new skin effect >calculator at http://www.ultracad.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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