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Practical Papers, Articles and Application Notes Flavio Canavero, Technical Editor he first article of this issue belongs to the “Education University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri. This Corner” series and represents an enlightening contri- paper is intended to be the first of a series covering different Tbution on the spectral characteristics of digital methods for EMI failure analysis of devices. This first contri- signals. The article is entitled “Bandwidth of Digital Wave- bution focuses on frequency-domain techniques and provides forms” and is authored by Professor Clayton R. Paul, who an interesting discussion of the use of spectrum analyzers. offers – with his usual clarity and rigor – a unified descrip- In conclusion, I encourage (as always) all readers to actively tion of switching signals from the time- and frequency-do- participate to this column, either by submitting manuscripts main point of view. He also points out a common misconcep- they deem appropriate, or by nominating other authors hav- tion on the definition of bandwidth that is often employed ing something exciting to share with the EMC community. I in signal integrity applications. will follow all suggestions, and with the help of independent The second article is entitled “EMI Failure Analysis Tech- reviewers, I hope to be able to provide a great variety of en- niques, Part I on Frequency Spectrum Analysis” by Weifeng joyable and instructive papers