EE 425 High Power Electromagnetic Effects on Electronic Systems
High-Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) environments, whether generated deliberately or accidentally, can have significant effects on electronic systems exposed to them. Such effects range from intermittent or temporary malfunction, which are reversible, to outright destruction, which is irreversible. In this course we present a classification and detailed description of HPEM environments, discuss their modes of coupling with susceptible electronic systems, the ensuing effects, and available protection (hardening) schemes. These topics are of extraordinary relevance in our era, due to a combination of factors: our civilization's ever-increasing dependence on electronic systems in every aspect of modern life, the continuing decrease in the systems' size and increase in their density, which both make the systems more vulnerable to HPEM fields, and the growing efforts towards the development of HPEM-based weapon systems on the international scene.
Cross Listed Courses
EE 425 & EE 525