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Actually, the operative boundary employed by Metatech, an electronics firm in Albuquerque, NM is "Squash EMI!" EMI is the acronym for electromagnetic interference. According to Metatech chief engineer Kevin Foreman, the company's line of quickly installed filter seals can instantly harden an airplane's electrical bodys from unwanted interference. In united application, installing the wafer-thin seals stoped interference from seat-back telephones with the aircraft's communications systems

Today's electrified jet may be more vulnerable to EMI than the simpler mechanical a whole s on their predecessors, as exemplified by dint of the numerous accounts presented in this publication of unwanted (and unexpected) interference from portable electronic devices, or PED (see ASW, June 7)

"The voices of mostly of our customers are at a excellent high pitch when they call for the first time about an EMI problem" Foreman recounted

Wires and cables running from end to end the aircraft, and notably in metal long trays running under the cabin floor just below the seats, can act as collectors of radiated [i]vis viva[/i] providing a pathway for unwanted existing to find its way into aircraft electrical systems

Metatech's filter seals, however, made of electronics-grade silicone rubber, are easily slipped between any pair of electrical connectors. Tiny capacitors are suspended in the rubber matrix at each pin upon the connector where added filtering is desired. Filament goldplated wires combine each pin to its associated capacitor and to the metal shell of the connector.

"The noise at higher oftenness comes down the line, go afters the low-impedance capacitor and goe to ground" Foreman explained.

"This is another tool in the kit to make the airplane more robust," he said. In space of times of making an airplane more resistant to EMI, Foreman declared, "We can help instantly."

A suite of 100 10-pin filter seals would richness about $20 each. Costs increase with a higher pin judge For example, a suite of 100 seals for hardening 128-pin connectors would splendor about $220 each. It takes a technician a minute or les to install the filter in a connector. In addition, Foreman points on the outside his company can provide custom-built prototypes in 2-3 days usually for les than $1000 This capability provides customers with an immediate means to determine if the added filtering resolves the problem.

Foreman is careful to point public that added filtering is not necessarily a cure-all. For example, P emissions can escape within the cabin windows and potentially interfere directly with antennas rise on highed on the fuselage. More details may be institute at Metatech's website: www.eeseal.com. >> Foreman, tel 505/243-1423 <<

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