Jacob Gavan Life Fellow IEEE
Moshe Rousseau RAFAEL
IEEE, Eilat, November 2012
Headlines
 Definition of EMC
 EMC interdisciplinary Technology Importance
 EMC (Fundamental) Basic
 EMC Applied
 EMC Education in the World
 EMC Education in Israel
 Conclusions
Definition of EMC
 Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
 IEEE EMC Society Definition:
 Origin, Control and Measurements of EMC Effects on
Electric, Electronic and Biological Components,
Subsystems and Systems.
 Several Experts Opinion is that EMC is More an Art
than a Technology.
EMC Importance
 EMC has become increasingly important because of its
wide ranging industrial and more general social (for
instance medical) implementation. Meeting EMC
standards is a basic requirement for any electric and
electronic device, circuit or system before placement
on the market and use.
 EMC problems are thus one of the main concerns of
the telecommunication, electronics, automobile ,space
industry, etc.
EMC interdisciplinary Technology
Importance
 without Efficient and Drastic EMC Regulations
Policies Radio Services and Systems will Mutually
Disturb Each Other and Chaos May Prevail.
 Comparison Between EMC and Space (Satellites)
Technologies:
 EMC technology is Connected only to Electric or
Magnetic Effects.
 Space technology is connected also to Mechanic,
Chemistry and Aeronautical effects. However
Electrical, Electronic and Radio Com. Systems are of
the most importance.
Main Advantages from EMC
Specialists Designing Products
 Short time to Market
 Cheaper Costs
 Superior Product Quality
 More Benefits
 Urgent requirement of EMC specialists in Quantity
and with Quality
EMC (Fundamental) Basic
Electromagnetic fields ,Transmission lines
Conduction, Radiation, Shielding, Grounding,
PCB, Testing, Measurements, Simulations.
Shielded, Reverberation and Anechoic Chambers.
Filtering.
Nowadays Signal Integrity (SI) become an important
part of EMC
EMC APPLIED
 Telecommunication and Radio com.: Spectrum
utilization, noise sources, interference(EMI), etc.
 Power Engineering: HEMP, ESD, Lightning, Corona,
etc.
 Biology: Non –Ionized radiation hazards, Radio and
ELF thermal effects ,etc.
EMC Education in North America
 The first EMC specialists were formed in the US army
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beginning around 80 years ago .
Now good undergraduate and graduate programs in EMC
are in the following U.: Missouri-Rolla, Michigan,
Kentucky, Syracuse, Florida, Concordia Oklahoma- state
U., etc.
Strong support from the: IEEE EMC society grants ,DL and
advisers, NIST, FCC ,NASA ,DARPA.
The INARTE EMC accreditation organization and the
EMC U. centers are in the US.
Several short courses and Lab. Training are organized by
world leaders in the EMC field.
EMC Education in Europe
 A lot of EMC activities and education programs in most
European countries. In the lead is the UK with York. and
Hull U. common under and graduate EMC programs,
Surrey, etc.
 Switzerland with Zurich and Lausanne high technical U.
Italy LAquila U. has received an IEEE grant for an
outstanding EMC program. Provided also high level EMC
academic programs in France ,Russia ,Nederland ,etc.
 Yearly EMC conferences especially in Zurich and Wroclaw.
 ITU,URSI,CENELEC,CISPR,ETSI,EN involved in EMC
standards are operating from Europe.
EMC Education in Asia
 China: U. of Post and Telecommunication in Beijing
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around 15k students (Prof. Gao Yougon) and in Nanjing
around 10k students have strong EMC departments. In
Tshingua U. and in several other engineering U. also several
EMC courses and labs.
Japan: is also very advanced in EMC technology and have
several technical U. with a good program in EMC.
Singapore: Strong ties with Israel and the Nanyang Tech. U.
is leading in the field of EMC.
All Asian Tiger Countries: Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, etc
Australia ,New Zealand and India.
EMC Education in Israel
 Lack of University EMC courses.
 Except than an EMC oriented course of 3h weekly in
the EEC Engineering faculty in HIT only between
2005 to 2008.
 The EMC specialists operating in Israel are trained
abroad, or are EECC engineers or graduated in physics
receiving short EMC courses abroad, in Israel or on the
job.
 RAFAEL was pioneer in the field of EMC in Israel.
EMC course Syllabus in HIT
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The EMC Standards and Regulations
The EMC Lab.
Signal Spectra
Radiation Emissions and Susceptibility
Conducted Emissions and Susceptibility
Crosstalk
Shielding
The system link budget Equations
Inter-System EMI Prediction and Control
Formation of EMC Specialists
Undergraduate
EMC
Engineering
EECC
Engineering
Physics
BSc
Short Courses
in EMC or in
job Training
Qualified
EMC
Engineers
INARTE
Certification
Short Courses
in EMC or in
job Training
INARTE
Certification
Qualified EMC
Technicians
MSc in EMC
Phd in EMC
EECC
Technicians
EMC Scientists R&D
Requirements for the formation of
Academic EMC Specialists
 Academic EMC Specialist Teachers.
 Accredited courses in the U. Syllabus.
 Attract Students to the Complex EMC subject.
 Well Equipped Laboratories.
 Support from the Industry and the Authorities.
 Support from the IEEE EMC society using the U. grant
program.
Conclusions
 EMC Expertise is Extremely Important for all industry and
Systems Including Electric, Magnetic or Electronic
Elements and Effects.
 Therefore Undergraduate and Graduate U. Formation of
EMC Specialists is Very Beneficial for Students and the
Industry.
 In the World Several U. Have Good Programs in EMC In
Israel not any U. or Institute Have to Date a Special
Program in EMC, However we Have Some Outstanding
Experts in EMC but not Enough.
 Therefore the Establishment of a Theoretic and Practical
EMC Programs in some Israelis U. will be Beneficial.
Selected Books in EMC
 C. R. Paul, “ Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility”,
 J. Wiley, 2006.
 R. Perez, Editor; “Handbook of Electromagnetic Compatibility”,
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Academic Press, 1995.
M. Ianoz, Editor; “Electromagnetic Compatibility in Electrical and
Electronic Apparatus and Systems”EEC-Cost243 final Report, 2000.
M. Montrose, E.Nakauchi; “Testing for EMC Compliances:
Approaches and Techniques”, J.Wiley, 2004.
O.Hartal, “Electromagnetic Compatibility by Design”, R&B
Enterprises, 1992.
M. Mardiguain, “Controlling Radiated Emission by Design”
Kluwer Academic Pub., 2001.
D. White, “Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility” (Vol. 3)
Selected Reviews in EMC
 IEEE Transactions on EMC
 URSI Radio Science Bulletin (RSB)
 ITU Journal
 Electronics Letters
 EMC Conference & Symposium Proceeding
Selected Articles in EMC Education
 T. Hubing, A.Orlandi; “ A Brief History of EMC
Education”, IEEE Trans. On EMC, pp(94-98),May 1995
 N.G. Riley, M. Darnell, A.C. Marvin, J. Tealby; “A
University Post Graduate Course in EMC”
 J. Shapira; “EMC from Garbage of Electronics to Global
Intersystem Compatibility”, May 2008 ,COMCAS.
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