Development, implementation and management of a system level EMC design mitigation plan

This paper presents a method for developing an effective system level EMC mitigation plan. EMC engineers responsible for compliance of large scale systems face many challenges with time to market pressures. These challenges are driven by cost, schedule and design. All can be overwhelming considering the magnitude and complexity of system level design and the many areas that should be influenced by EMC. There are many approaches to addressing EMC in a design. To be effective, an understanding of the design process and preparing an EMC plan aligned with overall design objectives will ensure value added inputs and a successful EMC compliance program. This paper proposes one of many approaches that can be taken to bring a product to market successfully from an EMC perspective.