Prediction of electromagnetic radiation of a multilayer board

The moment method technique was used to determine the radiation from a multilayer board in the frequency range 30-200 MHz. A portion of clock trace, board ground plane and reflecting plane were modelled using several straight round wires which formed a radiating structure. The equivalent wire radius was obtained from the cross-section of the square traces. The clock pulse information was entered into the computer program in which the frequency spectrum was determined. The amplitude of each spectrum represented the peak voltage source fed into the radiating structure. Comparisons between the measured and calculated data indicated that the moment method technique can provide an excellent prediction, provided that the input impedances of the chip are known at every frequency.