Calculation of Optimal Ground Post Resistance for Reducing Emissions from Chassis-Mounted Printed Circuit Boards

When a printed circuit board (PCB) is mounted to a metal chassis, the cavity formed between the circuit board ground and the chassis can resonate at certain frequencies resulting in unintended radiated emissions. The cavity resonances can be effectively suppressed by using conductive mounting posts...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on electromagnetic compatibility 2011-05, Vol.53 (2), p.475-481
Main Authors: Xinbo He, Hubing, T, Haixin Ke, Kobayashi, N, Morishita, K, Harada, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Boards
Cavity resonators
Circuit boards
Damping
Electromagnetic radiation
Electronic equipment and fabrication. Passive components, printed wiring boards, connectics
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Grounds
Holes
Mathematical analysis
Metals
Mounting
Optimization
printed circuit board (PCB)
Printed circuit boards
Printed circuits
Q factor
Resistance
resonance
Resonant frequency
Studies
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Summary:When a printed circuit board (PCB) is mounted to a metal chassis, the cavity formed between the circuit board ground and the chassis can resonate at certain frequencies resulting in unintended radiated emissions. The cavity resonances can be effectively suppressed by using conductive mounting posts and adding a resistance in series with the connection between one or more of these mounting posts and the PCB ground plane. This paper derives a simple closed-form expression for determining an optimal series resistance for damping these cavity resonances over a wide range of frequencies. This analysis was done for rectangular boards mounted on four posts located near the corners. A similar analysis could be done to determine the optimal resistance values for other board shapes and mounting post locations. For the four-post configuration, shorting one or more of the posts does not affect the optimum resistance value for the remaining posts.
ISSN:0018-9375
1558-187X
DOI:10.1109/TEMC.2011.2104375