Enhanced Shielding Effectiveness of Polymer Matrix Composites Enclosures Utilizing Constraint-Basted Optimization

Many interrelated factors must be considered in the design of an electronic system. Finding the optimum design condition having been subjected to various design constraints is often not a trivial matter. Utilizing an approach to optimize the design of electronic systems would have many advantages. A design optimization approach allows designers to study and optimize the various design alternatives. To illustrate the approach in this study the optimum design of electronic enclosures from the view point of electromagnetic shielding effectiveness is considered. An optimization problem has been formulated and the influence of several design variables in the definition of the objective function and constraints set are examined.