A reader recently asked me what the top design rules were that they could implement on their product to maximize the chances of passing FCC and CE testing. There’s no doubt that there are countless ways to fail emissions and immunity tests, but a pattern of failure modes did emerge at my EMC lab.Regardless of the type of product I was testing, be it medical, industrial, … [Read more...]
Linearization of EMC Amplifiers and Fixing the Broken Automotive Emissions Test Fixture
Read other posts in the "Elephant in the Test Room" series here.Linearization of EMC AmplifiersThis section of the posting got a little long-winded but it at least serves two purposes. It is a step closer to closing Elephant in the Test Room #2 ‘Disharmony in Harmonic Limits,’ and it also helps determine the linearization target on the TWT amplifier we are working with.The … [Read more...]
