Metal-coated building blocks as a tool for creating electromagnetic shielding

Abstract

Electromagnetic compatibility has become an integral part of the development process of any electronic or electrical product; however, maintaining a balance between radiation and susceptibility is not a simple task. When solving problems with EMC, financial and time costs arise, i.e., undesirable phenomena that EMC Risk-based management tries to prevent. This article focuses on a specific type of 3D shielding that can protect and envelop a product. Creating a shielding enclosure can be complex, especially considering atypical user requirements, such as material transparency and roundness. These requirements lead to unique shapes of electromagnetic enclosures, for which no specific procedures exist. Therefore, an idea was born based on simple cubes that could be assembled into arbitrary shapes with the help of metaheuristic algorithms and thereby help developers in their efforts. The principle is based on simply joining cubes of predefined form into the desired structure. To make the process more efficient, the application of artificial intelligence is expected, which will be able to propose a solution for a user-defined design based on experience and habits.