Questions tagged [faraday-cage]

Use this tag when the topic is related to shielding of sensitive electronic circuits where outside influences (whether electric or magnetic) may influence how they operate so must be eliminated.

Use this tag when the topic is related to shielding of sensitive electronic circuits where outside influences (whether electric or magnetic) may influence how they operate so must be eliminated.

An example discussion may include the degree of covering required to achieve isolation of the circuit, as with the front door of a microwave oven which must allow visible light while blocking microwaves - essentially a high-pass filter. Hence the name Faraday "cage" as opposed to "box"

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Would a small hole in a Faraday cage drastically reduce its effectiveness at blocking interference?

I'm shielding the pickup cavity of a guitar to minimize interference. I'm doing this with copper tape that has conductive adhesive, and I'm connecting this tape to ground. Without getting into too much detail, let's say there's a small spot I miss…
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Faraday Cage: incomplete graph?

I am looking to shielding for electronics, and I am reading this wikipedia article. And I wonder for this image: Say I have aluminum (Al) of 2 mm, this means I am at 2 kHz on frequency. This means that my Aluminum faraday cage of 2 mm blocks…
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Would a Faraday cage still work if it was part of a circuit?

Faraday cages protect against EM radiation and charges. As far as I understand, this effect happens through the induction of an electric field, which produces a current inside of it, which then counteracts any incoming current. So, my question: If I…
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Has anyone got a proven recipe to attenuate wi-fi with a Faraday cage?

I need to put a domestic wi-fi router in a homemade Faraday cage that will severely attenuate the signal. Has anyone actually DONE this? There is lots of good advice of what should work, but few reports of what actually did work. The nearest, on…