Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Graham, Peter

Abstract

The use of digital circuits in incre asingly diverse applications and environments has greatly increased the probability of electromagnetic interference in digital machines. The source and control of noise in digital systems have become major considerations in hardware design. This paper addresses these problems and their solutions. The noise immunities of various semiconductor families are compared showing design tradeoffs. The effects of transmission line reflections on digital wave forms are analyzed. The means for calculating interference between conductors (crosstalk) are shown with appropriate approximations. The effects of shielding conductors and circuitry are explored with formulas for near field calculations shown. Proper grounding and power supply decoupling methods are shown to be paramount to proper system design. The paper ends with an approximate noise analysis of a simple computing machine.

Extent

122 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT13915

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