As the trend toward miniaturization and high power consumption of products continues, the number of problems that need to be solved in terms of EMI and EMC is gradually increasing. With EMC KOREA 2023, where domestic EMC experts gather, about to be held, interest in the latest EMC technologies and solutions is growing.

EMC KOREA 2023 will be held on the 13th at the Korea Science and Technology Hall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, hosted by the EMC Technology Research Group of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science.

This event, which will be attended by domestic EMC experts, will feature a total of 12 technology sessions in the fields of semiconductors, space/defense, home appliances/mobile, and automobiles/industry, and two tutorial sessions will be held.

A venue has also been created to promote technical exchange and collaboration between EMC technology and packaging. The inaugural lecture will be given by Kang Sa-yoon, the president of the Korean Microelectronics and Packaging Society, and will be titled ‘Enhancing the Value of Electronic Packages for the Development of the Next-Generation Electronics Industry.’

The semiconductor sector will be moderated by Professor Na Wan-soo of Sungkyunkwan University, and presentations will be given on △ICT system EMC securing measures through case studies of system semiconductor EMC problems by Samsung Electronics PL Seung-bae Lee, △DRAM EMC risk considerations and automotive DRAM IC level EMC verification by SK Hynix PL Tae-il Bae, and △EMI analysis and countermeasures in PMIC by Samsung Electronics Dr. Tae-woong Kim.

In the space defense field, Dr. Tae-won Kang of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science will serve as the moderator and present on △EMC design and certification technology for small/ultra-small satellites by Dr. Seong-bin Lim of the Aerospace Research Institute, △EMC application cases for domestic weapon systems by Team Leader Ki-won Lee of LIG Nex1, and △Aircraft electromagnetic field tests in the aerospace defense field by Senior Lee Geon-won of KTL.

The home appliance/mobile session, moderated by Professor Yoo Tae-hoon of Dongyang Mirae University, will feature the following sessions: △ Home appliance EMC analysis and countermeasures using simulation by Sang-ho Cho, LG Electronics; △ Dr. Jun-sang Lee of Altair’s ‘A high-speed SerDes simulation methodology with automation script for 3D channel modeling’; and △ Power integrity (PI) analysis and design of DC/DC converters in mobile devices by Jun-ho Joo, Missouri S&T PhD candidate.

The automotive and industrial sector will be moderated by Seung-ryeol Yoo, former head of the Korea Automobile Research Institute, and the sessions will include: △Automobile electromagnetic wave laws and international standardization technology trends by Cheol-jin Park, part manager of Hyundai Motor Company; △Introduction of electromagnetic reverberation chambers and standard trends by Min-hyeok Kim, Ph.D., of the Korea Automobile Research Institute; and △Filtering and grounding for EMC by Jin-guk Kim, professor at UNIST.

In the tutorial session, one session each in the morning and afternoon was held by Park Hyun-ho of Suwon University. Professors Kim Ji-seong and Kim Ji-seong of KAIST will serve as moderators. In the morning, Professor Ahn Seung-young of KAIST will discuss the origins of signal integrity (SI) crosstalk and countermeasures, and in the afternoon, Professor Han Ki-jin of Dongguk University will guide PI power distribution network modeling.

Kim Jong-hoon, chairman of the EMC Technology Research Association, said, “The EMC Technology Research Association shares its history with the founding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science,” and emphasized, “The core achievement of the association, which is now in its 17th year since it was named the EMC Technology Research Association in 2006, lies in technological exchange.”

Chairman Kim added, “Notable presentation topics include ‘semiconductors’ and ‘aerospace and defense,’ and we are emphasizing EMC countermeasure design technology,” adding, “I am confident that this will be a beneficial time for product designers.”