Book: EMC and the Printed Circuit Board, Design, Theory, and Layout Made Simple
Publisher: Wiley InterScience, 1999
Author: Mark I. Montrose

     This review comes somewhat belated for many of you. In reality, I have to confess, that it was several months ago that I got a copy of the book from IEEE Press (now Wiley InterScience). The author told me recently that this book has been translated into several languages, including Chinese and Japanese and is selling well.
     This book was written for the general Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designer who wants to understand the EMI issues that exist within a PCB. The book is outlined in nine chapters; each chapter covers an EMC issue in the PCB design process. The focus of the book is mainly on EMC for PCB. Other EMC issues such as shielding are covered only briefly. Each chapter contains a list of useful references.
     Chapter 1 addresses EMC fundamentals. It really sets up the fundamental concepts of EMC and its terminology. Such fundamental concepts include the electromagnetic environment, the need for product compliance in that environment, methods of noise coupling (i.e coupling path mechanisms) of radiated and conductive nature, and the nature of interference in a PCB.