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- From: stanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof)
- Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 15:13:11 GMT
- Subject: Re: RFI/EMI shielding of a plastic box
- Message-ID: <7380084@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
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- In sci.electronics, ah335@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard Banks) writes:
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-
- >a
- >I have a plastic housing to put my circuit into but I'm worried about
- >RFI interference. I am going to try using aluminum foil, my question is
- >how many layers do I need. I know just one will not work.
-
- Why not? A complete lining of aluminum foil should actually work fairly well.
- Don't leave gaps and make sure that the joints connect electrically.
-
- > I remember
- >from chemistry I when rutherford discovered electrons they passed
- >right through one layer of aluminum foil, or was that gold foil?
-
- Makes no difference- you are not in this case shooting electrons around anyhow
- (or if you are you're doing something pretty wild in your little box!).
- RFI typically results from EM radiation, not streams of electrons.
-
- >At any rate could someone give me a good idea of how many layers to
- >use to line the box with. Thanks. Richard Banks
-
- A single layer should do just fine. Why not do simple experiment- measure
- RFI with and without the shield? The effectiveness will be largely
- determined by the frequency of the interference.
-
- Stan Bischof
- Santa Rosa
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