Patent Publication Number: US-10784678-B1

Title: Damped PI-type filter Y-type capacitance network for radiated and conducted emission

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims benefit under 35 USC § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/622,362 filed Jan. 26, 2018, entitled “A Damped Pi-Type Y Cap Network for Radiated and Conducted Emission Suppression.” 
    
    
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     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present disclosure relates generally to apparatuses and methods for suppressing electromagnetic interference (EMI) in electronic switching power supplies. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Electronic switching power supplies are widely used in equipment requiring a DC voltage generated from an AC source. For example, light emitting diodes (LEDs) are DC devices that are now being commonly used to replace incandescent lights and fluorescent lights in homes, offices and other facilities. The LEDs are housed in devices that replace conventional incandescent and fluorescent lighting devices. Thus, the LED devices must receive power from the AC mains. Electronic switching power supplies are often used in LED devices to convert the AC input power to DC to operate the LEDs within the devices. 
     Because of the high frequency switching that occurs within an electronic switching power supply, EMI is generated across broad ranges of frequencies. Because EMI can interfere with communications equipment and with other sensitive electronic equipment, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposes strict regulations on EMI generated by lighting equipment and other devices. In general, EMI regulations are directed to emissions in two areas: conducted emissions and radiated emissions, which are explained with respect to  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a topology of a typical conventional electronic switching power supply  100 . The power supply includes three general blocks: an EMI control circuit  110 , a rectifier circuit  112 , and a power processing circuit  114 . The power processing circuit provides power to a DC load  116 , which may be, for example, a plurality of interconnected LEDs. AC power from an AC source  120  is provided across a line input  122  and a neutral input  124  of the EMI control circuit. In particular, the line input is connected to a conventional line conductor of the AC source, and the neutral input is connected to a conventional neutral conductor of the AC source. The connections may be accomplished by hardwiring connections to the AC source or by inserting an AC plug into an AC outlet. As further shown in  FIG. 1 , the AC source is AC-coupled to a local earth ground connection  130  via a first parasitic coupling capacitor  132  representing the capacitive coupling between the line conductor and the neutral conductor to the earth ground conductor in a conventional AC wiring system. 
     The AC power passes through the EMI control circuit  110  and is provided across a first output terminal  140  and a second output terminal  142  of the EMI control circuit as conditioned AC power. The conditioned AC power across the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the EMI control circuit is provided across a first input  144  and a second input  146  of the rectifier circuit  112 . The rectifier circuit is configured as a full-wave bridge rectifier circuit that comprises a first rectifier diode  150 , a second rectifier diode  152 , a third rectifier diode  154 , and a fourth rectifier diode  156 , which are connected as shown. The first output terminal of the EMI control circuit is connected to the cathode of the first rectifier diode and to the anode of the third rectifier diode. The second output terminal of the EMI control circuit is connected to the cathode of the second rectifier diode and to the anode of the fourth rectifier diode. 
     The anodes of the first rectifier diode  150  and the second rectifier diode  152  are commonly connected to a positive voltage (V+) output terminal  160  of the rectifier circuit  150 . The cathodes of the third rectifier diode  154  and the fourth rectifier diode  156  are commonly connected to a reference voltage output terminal  162 , which is connected to a local circuit ground connection  164 . The positive voltage is provided as an unregulated DC voltage to a positive input terminal  170  of the power processing circuit  114 . The reference voltage (circuit ground) is provided to a reference voltage (−) input terminal  172  of the power processing circuit. 
     The power processing circuit  114  operates in a conventional manner to convert the unregulated DC voltage to a regulated voltage or to a regulated current, which is provided to the load  116  via a first power processing circuit output terminal  174  and a second power processing circuit output terminal  176 . In certain applications, the voltage is controlled to maintain a constant voltage applied to the load. In other applications, such as for example, LED lighting, the current is controlled to maintain a constant current through the load. In the example of  FIG. 1 , the power processing circuit is a switch-mode power supply, which may also be referred to as an electronic switching power supply. The switch-mode power supply operates by generating a high frequency switched DC signal having a variable duty cycle or a variable pulse width. The duty cycle or pulse width of the switched DC signal is controlled via feedback techniques to generate a selected output voltage (or a selected output current). The high frequency switching generates high frequency noise that should be suppressed to inhibit the noise from being conducted to the AC line and neutral conductors and from being radiated from the power supply  100 . 
     As further shown in  FIG. 1 , the conventional EMI control circuit  110  comprises a first magnetic bead  200  and a second magnetic bead  202 , a pi-type filter  204 , a first Y-type capacitor  206  and a second Y-type capacitor  208 . The pi-type filter has a first filter input node  210 , a second filter input node  212 , a first filter output node  214 , and a second filter output node  216 . 
     The first magnetic bead  200  has a first terminal connected to the line input terminal  122  of the EMI control circuit and has a second terminal connected to the first filter input node  210 . The second magnetic bead has a first terminal connected to the neutral input terminal  124  of the EMI control circuit and has a second terminal connected to the second filter input node  212 . The first Y-type capacitor  206  has a first terminal connected to the first filter output node  214  and has a second terminal connected to the local earth ground connection  130 . The second Y-type capacitor  208  has a first terminal connected to the second filter output node  216  and has a second terminal connected to the local earth ground connection  130 . 
     The pi-type filter  204  includes a first X-type capacitor  240  connected between the first filter input node  210  and the second filter input node  212 . The pi-type filter also includes a second X-type capacitor  242  connected between the first filter output node  214  and the second filter output node  216 . 
     The pi-type filter  204  includes a common mode choke  250 . The common mode choke has a first terminal  252 , a second terminal  254 , a third terminal  256 , and a fourth terminal  258 . The common mode choke has a common core  260 . A first winding  262  is wound onto the common core between the first terminal and the second terminal. A second winding  264  is wound onto the common core between the third terminal and the fourth terminal. 
     The second terminal  254  of the common mode choke  250  is connected to a first terminal  272  of a differential mode choke  270 . The differential mode choke has a second terminal  274 . A single winding  276  is wound onto a core  278  between the first terminal and the second terminal of the differential mode choke. 
     The first filter output node  214  is connected to the second terminal  274  of the differential mode choke  270 . The second filter output node  216  is connected directly to the fourth terminal  258  of the common mode choke  250 . As known in the art, the common mode choke provides a high common mode impedance with respect to EMI common to the signal lines connected to the line conductor and to the neutral conductor of the AC source  120 . The differential mode choke suppresses differential noise in the power supply  100 . 
     The EMI generated by the high frequency switching within the power processing circuit  214  comprises two types of emissions that appear on the lines leading back to the AC source  120 : conducted emissions and radiated emissions. The conducted emissions include common mode emissions that have similar effects on both the line voltage and the neutral voltage of the AC source and include differential emissions that have differential effects on the line voltage and the neutral voltage. The pi-type filter  204  operates as a differential noise filter that suppresses the conducted differential emissions. The first Y-type capacitor  206  and the second Y-type capacitor  208  suppress the common mode conducted emissions. The first magnetic bead  200  and the second magnetic bead  202  suppress the radiated emissions. 
     The effect of the noise generated by the power processing circuit  114  in  FIG. 1  can be understood with respect to  FIG. 2 , which illustrates the EMI control circuit  110  of  FIG. 1  connected to a simplified equivalent noise generation circuit  300 . The simplified equivalent noise generation circuit replaces the rectifier circuit  112  and the power processing circuit  114  of  FIG. 1  and is connected to the first output terminal  140  and the second output terminal  142  of the EMI control circuit. The noise generation circuit includes a first equivalent AC voltage source  310  connected between the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the EMI control circuit. The first equivalent AC voltage source represents the differential noise generated by the rectifier circuit and the power processing circuit between the line voltage and the neutral voltage coupled to the AC source  120 . The “signal” generated by the first equivalent AC voltage source is identified as V DN  (V Differential_Noise ). The differential mode noise represented by the first equivalent AC voltage source is typically generated by high di/dt (e.g., rapid current changes) during switching. 
     The first output terminal  140  of the EMI control circuit  110  is capacitively coupled to a first terminal  322  of a second equivalent AC voltage source  320  via a second parasitic coupling capacitor  324 . The second output terminal  142  of the EMI control circuit is capacitively coupled to the first terminal of the second equivalent AC voltage source via a third parasitic coupling capacitor  326 . A second terminal  328  of the second equivalent AC voltage source is connected to the local earth ground connection  130 . The second equivalent AC voltage source represents the common mode noise generated by the rectifier circuit  112  and the power processing circuit  114  that is coupled in common to the line voltage and the neutral voltage of the AC source  120 . The “signal” generated by the second equivalent AC voltage source is identified as V CN  (V Common_Noise ). The common mode noise represented by the second equivalent AC voltage source is typically generated by high dv/dt (e.g., rapid voltage changes) during switching. 
     The differential mode noise “generated” by the first equivalent AC source  310  in  FIG. 2  circulates between the line conductor and the neutral conductor. The common mode noise “generated” by the second equivalent AC voltage source  320  circulates to and from the AC source  120  with respect to both the line conductor and the neutral conductor via the first parasitic coupling capacitor  132  between the AC source and the local earth ground connection  130  and via the second parasitic coupling capacitor  324  and the third parasitic coupling capacitor  326 . 
     The first Y-type capacitor  206  and the second Y-type capacitor  208  bypass a substantial portion of the common mode noise on the line conductor and the neutral conductor, respectively, to the earth ground connection  130  to substantially reduce the common mode noise reaching the AC source  120 . The common mode choke  250  further reduces the common mode noise reaching the AC source. Common mode noise is also a major contributor to radiated noise emission. The first magnetic bead  200  and the second magnetic bead  202  are located near the connections to the AC source to further suppress radiated emission from reaching the AC source. 
     A substantial portion of the differential noise on the line conductor and the neutral conductor is bypassed to the earth ground connection  130  by the first X-type capacitor  240  and the second X-type capacitor  242  and is blocked by the differential choke  270 . 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The conventional EMI control circuit  110  illustrated in  FIGS. 1-3  works well in most applications; however, the first and second magnetic beads  200 ,  202  used to further suppress the radiated common mode noise are expensive, occupy significant area on a printed circuit board, and require additional steps to install. Accordingly, a need exists for an EMI control circuit that does not require magnetic beads or similar devices to suppress radiated common mode noise. 
     An aspect of the embodiments disclosed herein is an electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression circuit interposed between an AC source and a DC power conversion system. The EMI suppression circuit includes a pi-type filter network having first and second filter input terminals and having first and second filter output terminals. The pi-type filter network includes a common mode choke and a differential mode choke between the input terminals and the output terminals. The pi-type filter network includes a first X-type capacitor across the first and second filter input terminals and includes a second X-type capacitor across the first and second filter output terminals. A first Y-type emission reduction capacitor is connected between the first filter input terminal and earth ground. At least a second Y-type emission reduction capacitor and a damping resistor are connected in series to form a series resistor-capacitor combination between the first filter output terminal and earth ground. 
     One aspect of the embodiments disclosed herein is an electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression circuit interposed between an AC source and a DC power conversion system. The AC source provides an AC voltage on a line conductor with respect to a neutral conductor. The EMI suppression circuit comprises a pi-type filter network having a first filter input terminal and a second filter input terminal. The first filter input terminal is configured to connect to the line conductor of the AC source. The second filter input terminal is configured to connect to the neutral conductor of the AC source. The pi-type filter network has a first filter output terminal and a second filter output terminal. The first and second filter output terminals are configured to provide an AC voltage across a first power conversion system input terminal and a second power conversion input terminal of the DC power conversion system. The EMI suppression circuit further comprises a first emission reduction capacitor having a first terminal connected to the first filter input terminal of the pi-type filter network and having a second terminal connected to an earth ground connection. The EMI suppression circuit further comprises at least a second emission reduction capacitor and a damping resistor connected in series to form a series resistor-capacitor combination. The series resistor-capacitor combination has a first terminal connected to the first filter output terminal. The series resistor-capacitor combination has a second terminal connected to the earth ground connection. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the pi-type filter network comprises a first X-type capacitor having a first terminal connected to the first filter input terminal and having a second terminal connected to the second filter input terminal. The pi-type filter network further comprises a common mode choke having a first common mode choke input terminal connected to the first filter input terminal and having a second common mode choke input terminal connected to the second filter input terminal. The common mode choke has a first common mode choke output terminal coupled to the first common mode input terminal via a first common mode choke winding. The common mode choke has a second common mode choke output terminal coupled to the second common mode input terminal via a second common mode choke winding. The first and second common mode choke windings are wound onto a common core. The pi-type filter network further includes a differential mode choke having a first terminal connected to the first common mode choke output terminal and having a second terminal connected to the first filter output terminal. The pi-type filter network further includes a second X-type capacitor having a first terminal connected to the first filter output terminal and having a second terminal connected to the second filter output terminal. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the second emission reduction capacitor is connected between the first filter output terminal and a first terminal of the damping resistor. A second terminal of the damping resistor is connected to the earth ground connection. A third emission reduction capacitor is connected between the second filter output terminal and the first terminal of the damping resistor. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the damping resistor suppresses oscillations within the pi-type network, the first emission reduction capacitor and the second emission reduction capacitor. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the DC power conversion system comprises a rectifier circuit coupled to the first and second filter output terminals. The rectifier circuit generates an unregulated DC output voltage. The DC power conversion system further comprises a power processing circuit that receives the unregulated DC output voltage from the rectifier circuit and that generates a regulated DC voltage. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the regulated DC voltage is coupled to a DC load. 
     Another aspect of the embodiments disclosed herein is electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression circuit interposed between an AC source and a DC power conversion system. The AC source provides an AC voltage on a line conductor with respect to a neutral conductor. The EMI suppression circuit comprises a pi-type filter network having a first filter input terminal and a second filter input terminal. The first filter input terminal is configured to connect to the line conductor of the AC source. The second filter input terminal is configured to connect to the neutral conductor of the AC source. The pi-type filter network has a first filter output terminal and a second filter output terminal. The first and second filter output terminals are configured to provide an AC voltage across a first power conversion system input terminal and a second power conversion input terminal of the DC power conversion system. A first emission reduction capacitor has a first terminal connected to the first filter input terminal of the pi-type filter network and has a second terminal connected to an earth ground connection. At least a second emission reduction capacitor and a damping resistor are connected in series to form a series resistor-capacitor combination. The series resistor capacitor combination has a first terminal connected to the first filter output terminal. The series resistor-capacitor combination has a second terminal connected to the earth ground connection. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the second emission reduction capacitor is connected between the first filter output terminal and a first terminal of the damping resistor. A second terminal of the damping resistor is connected to the earth ground connection. A third emission reduction capacitor is connected between the second filter output terminal and the first terminal of the damping resistor. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the damping resistor suppresses oscillations within the pi-type network, the first emission reduction capacitor and the second emission reduction capacitor. 
     Another aspect of the embodiments disclosed herein is a method of suppressing electromagnetic interference (EMI) from a DC power conversion system coupled back to an AC source that provides an AC voltage on a line conductor with respect to a neutral conductor. The method comprises interposing a pi-type filter network between the AC source and the DC power conversion system. The pi-type filter has a first filter input terminal and a second filter input terminal coupled to the AC source. The pi-type filter has a first filter output terminal and a second filter output terminal coupled to the DC power conversion system. The method further comprises inserting a first emission reduction capacitor between the first filter input terminal of the pi-type filter network and an earth ground connection. The method further comprises inserting at least a second emission reduction capacitor and a damping resistor in series between the first filter output terminal and the earth ground connection. 
     In certain embodiments in accordance with this aspect, the damping resistor suppresses oscillations within the pi-type network, the first emission reduction capacitor and the second emission reduction capacitor. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a circuit topology for a conventional electronic switching power supply that generates DC power from an AC source, the topology including an EMI control circuit to reduce emissions of common mode noise and differential mode noise generated by a rectifier circuit and a power processing circuit. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a schematic diagram of the conventional electronic switching power supply  FIG. 1  with the rectifier circuit and the power processing circuit replaced with a simplified equivalent noise generation circuit that generates common mode noise and differential mode noise directed toward the EMI control circuit. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates a schematic diagram similar to the diagram of  FIG. 2  wherein the magnetic beads coupling the EMI control circuit to the AC source are removed, and wherein an additional Y-type capacitor is inserted between a first input terminal of the EMI control circuit and a local earth ground connection. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates the EMI control circuit of  FIG. 3  with the components connected as in  FIG. 3  but with the components repositioned graphically to emphasize the parallel configuration of the Y-type capacitors with respect to the pi-type filter. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates the EMI control circuit of  FIG. 4  modified to include a damping resistor in series with the Y-type capacitor between the first output terminal of the pi-type filter and the local earth ground connection. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates a first implementation of the improved EMI control circuit of  FIG. 5  in combination with the rectifier circuit and the power processing circuit of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 7  illustrates a second implementation of the improved EMI control circuit as in  FIG. 6  with the further modification of an additional Y-type capacitor between the second output node of the pi-type filter and the damping resistor. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates a third implementation of the improved EMI control circuit as in  FIG. 7  with the further modification of including a respective damping resistor in series with each of the Y-type capacitors connected between the output nodes of the pi-type filter and the earth ground connection. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present disclosure, one or more drawings of which are set forth herein. Each drawing is provided by way of explanation of the present disclosure and is not a limitation. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the teachings of the present disclosure without departing from the scope of the disclosure. For instance, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment can be used with another embodiment to yield a still further embodiment. 
     It is intended that the present disclosure covers such modifications and variations as come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. Other objects, features, and aspects of the present disclosure are disclosed in the following detailed description. It is to be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the present discussion is a description of exemplary embodiments only and is not intended as limiting the broader aspects of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates an electronic switching power supply circuit  400  generally corresponding to  FIG. 2 . As in  FIG. 2 , the rectifier circuit  112 , the power processing circuit  114 , and the load  116  of  FIG. 1  are again replaced with the simplified equivalent noise generation circuit  300  of  FIG. 2 . In  FIG. 3 , the conventional EMI control circuit  110  of  FIGS. 1 and 2  is replaced with an improved EMI control circuit  410 . The improved EMI control circuit of  FIG. 3  is similar to the previously described EMI control circuit of  FIGS. 1 and 2 ; and like elements are numbered as before. Unlike the previously described EMI control circuit of  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the improved EMI control circuit of  FIG. 3  no longer includes the expensive magnetic beads  200 ,  202 . Rather, the first filter input node  210  of the pi-type filter  204  is connected directly to the line input terminal  122 , which is coupled to the line conductor of the AC source  120 . The second filter input node  212  of the pi-type filter is connected directly to the neutral input terminal  124 , which is coupled to the neutral conductor of the AC source. A single Y-type capacitor  420  is connected from the first filter input terminal (e.g., from the line of the AC source) to the local earth ground connection  130 . The single Y-type capacitor connected to the line of the AC source functions to further bypass the radiated common mode noise before the noise reaches the line conductor and the neutral conductor of the AC source. Only a single Y-type capacitor is needed because the first X-type capacitor  240  in the pi-type filter  204  is connected directly between the line conductor and the neutral conductor. Thus, the neutral conductor is also effectively capacitively coupled to the local earth ground connection via the first X-type capacitor and the additional single Y-type capacitor. Accordingly, the additional single Y-type capacitor bypasses common mode noise to the local earth ground connection from both the line voltage and the neutral voltage within the EMI control circuit. 
     As further illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the second Y-type capacitor  208  connected between the second filter output node  216  and the local earth ground connection  130  in  FIGS. 1 and 2  may also be eliminated because the second X-type capacitor  242  in the pi-type filter  204  also effectively capacitively couples the second filter output node to the local earth ground connection via the first Y-type capacitor  206 . The first Y-type capacitor bypasses a substantial portion of the common mode noise on both the line and the neutral before the noise reaches the common mode choke  250  within the pi-type filter. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates only the EMI control circuit  410  of  FIG. 3 . As in  FIG. 3 , the EMI control circuit in  FIG. 4  includes the pi-type filter  204  with the additional Y-type capacitor  420  connected between the first filter input node  210  and the earth ground connection  130 . The first Y-type capacitor  206  is connected between the first filter output node  214  and the earth ground connection as described above. As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the two Y-type capacitors are electrically equivalently connected in parallel with the common mode choke  250  and the differential mode choke  270 . The two capacitors are repositioned in  FIG. 4  to emphasize the parallel configuration; however, the two capacitors remain electrically connected to the respective nodes of the pi-type filter as in  FIG. 3 . The parallel circuit formed by the two capacitors and the two chokes may oscillate over a certain range of frequencies. The oscillations may increase the noise generated by the overall circuit rather than decrease the noise as desired. 
       FIG. 5  illustrates a further modification of the circuit of  FIG. 4  as an EMI control circuit  510  in which a damping resistor  520  is inserted in series between the first Y-type capacitor  206  and the first filter output node  214  of the pi-type filter  204 . The damping resistor damps oscillations that may occur at certain frequencies. The resistance of the damping resistor may range from 10 ohms to 1,000 ohms. The resistance is selected in accordance with the capacitance of the first Y-type capacitor  206 . 
     In  FIG. 5 , the damping resistor  520  is inserted in series with the first Y-type capacitor  206  at the first filter output node  214  of the pi-type filter  204  because the primary function of the first Y-type capacitor is to bypass the relatively low frequency common mode noise in a 9 kHz to 30 MHz range to the local earth ground connection  130 . In contrast, the primary function of the additional Y-type capacitor  420  connected to the first filter input node  210  of the pi-type filter is to bypass the relatively high frequency radiated emission noise in a 30 MHz to 1 GHz range. In order to bypass a substantial portion of the relatively high frequency noise to the local earth ground connection, the path from the first filter input node  210  to the earth ground must have a very low impedance, thus precluding the insertion of a damping resistor in series with the additional Y-type capacitor. The values of the damping resistance, the capacitances, and the inductances are selected in accordance with the frequencies and the magnitudes of the radiated and conducted emissions encountered in a particular configuration of the components on a printed circuit board. 
     The damped pi-type network with the two Y-type capacitances  206 ,  420  to the local earth ground connection  130  on the first filter input node  210  and the first filter output node  214  of the pi-type network  204  allow the conducted emission and the radiated emission to be controlled separately. As described herein, the additional Y-type capacitor  420  connected between the first filter input node  210  and the local earth ground connection  130  is mainly used to control radiated emission. The other circuit elements are mainly used to control conducted emission. This separation in control of the two forms of emissions enables the control of EMI to be implemented easily. For example, if the radiated emission is too great, the capacitance value of the additional Y-type capacitor is selectable to reduce the radiated emission. If the conducted emission is too great, the resistance of the damping resistor  520 , the capacitance of the first Y-type capacitor  206 , the inductance of the differential mode choke  270 , the inductance of the common mode choke  250 , the capacitance of the first X-type capacitor  240  and the capacitance of the second X-type capacitor  242  can be selected to reduce the conducted emission. 
       FIG. 6  illustrates a first implementation of the EMI control circuit  510  of  FIG. 5  in combination with the rectifier circuit  112 , the power processing circuit  114 , and the load  116 . The implementation in  FIG. 6  includes the damping resistor  520  positioned in series with the first Y-type capacitor  206  to form a series resistor-capacitor network  630  between the first filter output node  214  and the earth ground connection  130  as described above. In  FIG. 6 , the first Y-type capacitor is connected to the first filter output node, and the damping resistor is connected to the earth ground connection. The series capacitor network may also be implemented with the damping resistor connected to the first filter output node and with the first Y-type capacitor connected to the earth ground connection. 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a second implementation of a further modified EMI control circuit  710  in combination with the rectifier circuit  112 , the power processing circuit  114 , and the load  116 . The implementation of  FIG. 7  includes a modified resistor-capacitor network  730 . In the modified resistor-capacitor network, a first terminal of the first Y-type capacitor  206  is connected to the first filter output node  214 . The first terminal of the second Y-type capacitor  208  is connected to the second filter output node  216  as shown in  FIG. 1 . The respective second terminals of the first Y-type capacitor and the second Y-type capacitor are connected to a first terminal of the previously described common damping resistor  520 . A second terminal of the common damping resistor is connected to the local earth ground connection  130 . 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a further modified resistor-capacitor network  830 . In  FIG. 8 , the common damping resistor  520  of  FIG. 7  is replaced with a first damping resistor  832  and a second damping resistor  834 . The first damping resistor is connected in series with the first Y-type capacitor  206  between the first filter output node  214  and the local earth ground connection  130 . The second damping resistor is connected in series with the second Y-type capacitor  208  between the second filter output node  216  and the local earth ground connection. 
     Thus, although there have been described particular embodiments of the present invention of a new and useful “A Damped Pi-Type Filter Y-Type Capacitance Network for Radiated and Conducted Emission Suppression,” it is not intended that such references be construed as limitations upon the scope of this invention except as set forth in the following claims.