Course: Electromagnetic Compatibility

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Course title Electromagnetic Compatibility
Course code KERS/IELKE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fišer Ondřej, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Signification of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for the operation of electrical and electronic devices, definition of EMC as well as basic expressions (electromagnetic interference, electromagnetic immunity to a disturbance etc.), Examples of the EMC ignorance and its consequences, EMC legislature, impact of electromagnetic fields on live organisms. Interference sources (industrial ones, natural ones), reasons of the overvoltage rise. Interference types (noise, impulsive disturbance, continuous disturbance, quasi impulsive disturbance). Disturbance signal transmission to the affected object (electromagnetic wave propagation in space, signal propagation along a line, attenuation and phase determination, various types of coupling). Protection limiting the interferences (suppressor capacitors, suppression chokes, filters, electromagnetic shielding). Protection against the overvoltage (arrester spark gap, lightning arrester, varistors, Zener diodes, suppressor diodes, fuses. Measurement for electromagnetic compatibility (antennas for measurement, EMC chamber, free space measuring site, devices for interference measurement.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Methods of individual activities, Laboratory work
Learning outcomes
This subject is aiming at making students acquainted with general questions of the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of electrical devices.
Student takes a bearing in the EMC field, differentiates interference sources as well as various ways of interference transmissions, he/she is able to suggest solutions to minimize the interferences. Student is also able to perform basic measurement methods of interference signal, he/she knows pertinent regulations.
Prerequisites
Physics at the level of secondary school, the complex variables at secondary school level, meaning of scalar and vector, basic vector computations, matrices.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Conditions for credit: 80% attendance at exercises (labs), home processing of one homework set by the assistant, Minutes from all lab exercises (practical ones or PC simulation ones) including results and conclusion, passing of 1 or 2 tests (according to the assistant's requirements). Exam conditions: credit, written test (minimum of 2 computational tasks) and oral or written test of questions according to the assistant's requirements. The minimum requirement is 50% score in the test.
Recommended literature
  • BEZOUŠEK, P., SCHEJBAL, V., ŠEDIVÝ, P. Elektrotechnika. Univerzita Pardubice, 2008.
  • Hudec, J. Přepětí a elektromagnetická kompatibilita. Hakel, 1996.
  • Kováč, D., Kováčová, I., Kaňuch, J. EMC z hlediska teorie a aplikace. BEN, 2006.
  • Macháč, J. Základy elektrotechnického inženýrství II.. ČVUT, 1998.
  • Schejbal, Vladimír . Elektrotechnika : příklady. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2004. ISBN 80-7194-560-9.
  • Svačina, J. Elektromagnetická kompatibilita: principy a poznámky. Brno, VUT, 2001.
  • Svačina, J. Základy elektromagnetické kompatibility,VUT Brno, 2001.. Brno: Vysoké učení technické, 2001.
  • Svoboda, J., Vaculíková, P., Vondrák, M., Zeman, T. Základy elektromagnetické kompatibility. ČVUT, 1993.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2016) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2015) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2014) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2013) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter