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Designing for Clean Power

Dave Bechtol
   
 
  Speaker:
Dave Bechtol
HDR Architecture, Inc.
 
 
The effects on sensitive electronic equipment form external and internal sources of power disturbances can be mitigated by the application of various types of power conditioning equipment and/or by varying the configuration of the power distribution system in a way to provide clean power to the sensitive equipment.

Transient voltage surge suppression devices, isolation transformers, uninterruptible power supplies, generator and other types of power conditioners can be used to protect lab equipment from one or more different types of power disturbances.

Varying the configuration of the power distribution system can in itself improve power quality at the lab. By applying power conditions at selected locations within the distribution system, the quality of power can be greatly enhanced.


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Cost-Effective Power Conditioning for Advanced Technology Buildings

Mark Stephens
   
 
  Speaker:
Mark Stephens
EPRI PEAC Corporation
 
 
The most common type of electrical disturbance that is detrimental to high tech manufacturing is the voltage sag. This presentation will discuss the use of new battery-less technologies to enable NANO building facility and process systems to be more robust to voltage sags. The presentation will discuss the electrical environment in the United States, the common reasons why process and facility equipment is vulnerable to voltage sags, and what can be done to make more robust systems. The relevance of the semiconductor industry power quality immunity standard SEMI F47-0200 will be discussed as well. Special emphasis will be given to designing systems that have “built-in” immunity to voltage sags such that the use of expensive large scale power conditioning can be minimized.

(3.4 MB)
     

Grounding Needs of Instrumentation

Bob Erdman
   
 
  Speaker:
Bob Erdman
Erdman Measurement Consulting
 
 
Why the "3rd pin" of the power plug is GROUND, not a reference.
Filters and capacitance dump ac currents into this line.
Some equipment has ac power line current in this line.
Therefore the voltage with respect to the earth is different at different points.
It can be volts away from the experiment ground
In general it is not quiet, thus transmits noise into a grounded experiment.
› Impact of this on the measurement and instrumentation:
Discussion of CMRR, related to NMRR from my Wednesday talk.
Calculation of CMRR errors, typical numbers
Quick review of coupling mechanisms from Wednesday:
If the shield is tied to a noisy ground, it becomes an unwanted transmitter

A Reference Bus solves these problems.
How to handle it: rules for connecting
Tie to earth
Tie to building ground at point of earth connection




(392 KB)
     

Why all the Noise about Grounding?

Ralph Morrison
   
 
  Speaker:
Ralph Morrison
 
 
A very short history of grounding. Why it is necessary in a facility. The difficulty in using circuit theory to explain facilities, power grids, lightning and other electrical activity. The semantics difficulty. The
politics of grounding. Why are there so many divergent views? What is
interference and how does it propagate and couple? What are the
explanations of how interference enters equipment and modifies signal
patterns? What can be done in a facility to make it easier for end users
to effectively operate their hardware? When does the problem become the
domain of the hardware designer? What are the solutions that help and what
are the solutions that cost money and do very little.



(3.5 MB)
     

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