EE410 - Grounding and Shielding in a Laboratory Environment

This course is the first in a short series on grounding and shielding. In this course the emphasis is on grounding and shielding in the laboratory environment. Primarily this is involves how a building is grounded, how grounds are distributed in the building, and on the subject of shielding in facilities.

The following is the course outline:

• Introduction
• Purpose of Grounding
  • Fire Protection
  • Electric Shock Avoidance
  • Equipment Ground Fault Protection
  • Lightning Protection
  • Electrical Noise Control
  • High Voltage Limiting
• Electromagnetic Theory Review
  • Charges, Current, and Electric Fields
  • Voltage
  • Resistance
  • Capacitance
  • Inductance
  • The Skin Effect
  • Magnetic Fields
• NEC Definitions
  • Ground
  • Grounded
  • Bonding
  • Bonding Jumper
• Grounding
  • Grounding in Buildings
  • The Concept of Ground Loops
  • Grounding Bus Structure
  • ESD Protection
  • Grounding of Equipment Racks
• Shielding
  • Shielded Rooms and Enclosures
    • Faraday Cages
    • Grounding of Shielded Rooms
    • Penetration of Shielded Rooms
    • Shielded Room Doors
    • Care of Shielded Rooms
  • Magnetic Shielding
  • Routing of Cables
• Summary

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