Chapter 36

Grounding and Interfacing

by Bill Whitlock

Dedication

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Neil Muncy, 1938-2012. I knew Neil Muncy for nearly 20 years. We worked together in the Audio Engineering Society standards working group on grounding and EMC practices, which started many lively, and sometimes contentious, technical conversations. In one of those, he asked me “Why is it that transformers can solve noise problems nothing else can?” Discovering the answer kick-started my quest to understand grounding and signal interfaces as completely as I could. Neil was both an inspiring colleague and a kind, generous friend. I dedicate this chapter to his memory.

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