Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Elephant #2 - Disharmony in Harmonic LimitsThe Room: RF immunity testingThe Elephant: The curbing of the contribution made by harmonics to a calibrated test-field varies wildly from standard to standard, and within standardsThe Culprit: Harmonic limits that are seemingly not well thought through, and / or are open … [Read more...]
The Linearization of EMC Amplifiers Continued & Introduction to Elephant in the Test Room #2
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.As promised in the last post, here is the start of the next elephant! Elephant #2 - Disharmony in Harmonic LimitsThe Room: RF immunity testingThe Elephant: The curbing of the contribution made by harmonics to a calibrated test-field varies wildly from standard to standard, and within standardsThe Culprit: Harmonic … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – Linearization of EMC Amplifiers
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap On this ThreadThe room: MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave band … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – The Final Piece in the Conventional Approach
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap On this ThreadThe room: MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave band … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – The Solid-State Approach
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap On this ThreadThe room: MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave band … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – The ’Get Around’ Explained
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap on this ThreadThe room: MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: Notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave band … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – The List of Practical Solutions
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap on this threadThe room: - MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: - everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: - Notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – The “Money No Object” Approach to Fixing the Under-Test Situation
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap on this threadThe room: MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: Everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: Notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave band … [Read more...]
Elephant in the Test Room #1 Continued – How Other EMC Sectors Dealt with the Elephant
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap on this threadThe room: - MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: - everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: - Notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave … [Read more...]
Elephants in the Test Room #1 Continued – Further Expansion on the Culprit
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Recap on this thread:The room: - MIL-STD RF immunity testing – 1-18GHz 200v/mThe elephant: everyone in the room is aware that a significant fraction of the ‘calibrated’ 200v/m test field is actually created at the wrong test frequency.The culprit: notoriously high ‘start of band’ harmonics produced by all octave … [Read more...]
