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1. Yup, build a moat
   Breezed threw CE / CSA on the first pass!!!!!
   Buy this book before you design and there will be no more scrapped boards. Really.

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2. Handy PCB design guidelines
   Most of the signal integrity/high speed circuit books focus on explaining relationship between two conductors, for example, the EM field between a trace and a plane. However, as a practicing engineer, it is impossible and unnecessary to calculate or simulate each trace when designing PCB. This is when this book comes handy. It provides quick design guidelines and rule of thumb without having to worry too much about the underlying theory. Many other reviewers see it as a drawback, but I think this book is pretty practical when used with more theoretical book such as Signal Integrity Simplified.
   However, I found some parts of this book are quite difficult to follow as the author might assume that the readers are experience engineers who know all the jargons and theories. For instance, I am confused with chassis ground and system ground. Sometimes the author say should connect chassis to ground, sometimes he said it mustn’t. The term “dipole antenna” appears quite often in the book, but it is not clearly explained what it is.
   In conclusion, the books give decent PCB layout guidelines to prevent EMC problem. However, it doesn’t provide readers the knowledge to do precise analysis and simulation to tackle signal integrity/EMC problems that might arise. I would recommend to get “Signal Integrity Simplified” as a companion book.

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3. OK, but missing something
   So far it has been useful in my designs. They seem to be better and I am sure the book has helped with certification. It has some very useful information. Unfortunatly, it does not have much supporting information or theoretical proofs. Perhaps this helps the non-math oriented user, but I can’t imagine why a non-math oriented user would need such a book or what such a person would be doing designing for EMC. As an engineer, I don’t take things on face value without understanding of why. The lack of general theory also makes it difficult to extend the information provided to areas not covered in the book. In short, I’d like to know a bit more about why.

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4. 3 star due to unexpected print and page quality from such publisher. Book content is good but not for beginner or students. Useful and practical book otherwise.

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5. Paper quality was not good

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