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Foreword
Electromagneticcompatibilityisacapaciousbranch.Thisbookisnotclaim-
ingtocoverallaspectsofit.ItisratheranarrationaboutEMCfromthe
sightangleofmyprofessionalexperience,anditisversatile.
Attheorigin,itwasascientificactivitywithnumericalmethodsand
simulationsofelectromagneticfieldsattheWUTandteachingabouttheory
ofelectromagneticfieldsandelectricalcircuits.
ContactwiththeGroupofElectromagneticFieldsattheETH
urich
whereIhadthepossibilitytogetintouchwithelectromagneticcompatibil-
ityforthefirsttimewasthemilestone.Buildingthelinksbetweentheorigin
oftheelectromagnetismi.e.Maxwells?equationsandnastysideeffectsof
electromagneticfieldsinordertomitigatethemintechnicalproblemsfas-
cinatedme.
ThereafterfollowedemploymentintheSwissindustry.
Firstlyby
SchaffnerEMVAGandsecondlybyEMCTestcenter
urichAG.My
activitybySchaffnerwasconcentratedonRFfilterdesign,passageof
theaccreditationprocedureofEMCtestinglaboratoryandactivityinit
thereafter.Moreover,itwasattendanceinprojectsinthebranchofSchaffner
Instruments.Thebiggestwasestablishingtheuncertaintybudgetforcali-
brationofESDsimulatorsanddevelopmentofanewESDsimulator.Aspe-
cialsourceofsatisfactionwasEMCtroubleshootingbySchaffners?cus-
tomers.
EmployedbytheEMCTescenter
urichAGIcouldbeactiveinthelab-
oratorywithwidespreadaccreditationsfromEUDirective,military,avionic
toautomobile,withthemostmodernandconforminfrastructure.
Inparallel,IwasactiveintheSwissstandardisationgroupasthemem-
berofjoinedCommitteesIEC77andCISPR.Ilearnedtherehowstandards
ripeandthatsolutionsinthemareveryoftencompromiseoftechnicalrea-
sonsandindustrylobbing.