
Reducing the impedance of the grounding copper busbar within the PCS cabinet is crucial for improving EMC and safety. Layout considerations:
1. Short and Thick: Use flat copper busbars with a sufficiently large cross-sectional area (calculated based on fault current) and minimize their length to reduce resistance and inductance.
2. Straight and Low-Inductance Path: Avoid bends and detours, providing a direct, low-inductance return path for high-frequency noise currents. If bends are necessary, use rounded corners instead of right angles.
3. Multiple Points and Surface Contact: Use multiple screws or solders to connect the copper busbar to the cabinet housing and equipment grounding terminals to ensure a large, tight contact area and reduce contact resistance.
4. Star or Grid Structure: For large systems, a star-shaped grounding busbar (radiating from a center point) or a grounding grid can be used to provide independent low-impedance grounding paths for different devices, avoiding common impedance coupling.