Basic knowledge to practice TAN for PCB SI/PI/EMC investigation

The tensorial approach remains one of the less explored circuit theories to solve the modern printed circuit board (PCB) problem. Chapter 2 of the proposed book will open the door allowing us to the non-specialist and even non-expert of circuit design to learn and to practice with their own easy way and rapidly the tensorial analysis of networks (TAN) approach. The fundamental approach to use the tensor algebra will be introduced. The elementary and basic knowledges necessary to elaborate the TAN concept will be defined. An easy concept of physical, classical, graph topological and tensorial object representation of the primitive elements to treat the PCB signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) problems will be described. Several basic illustrative examples of key understanding lumped RC, RL, LC and RLC network-based circuits will be treated in the chapter. The methodologies integrating the topological graphs of the problem will be explained. The different basic steps to practice the TAN approach are indicated. For the concrete comprehension, the different practical cases for solving PCB SI, PI and EMC problems are introduced.