A new transmission-line device with double-polarization capability for use in radiated EMC tests

Author

Carbonini, Lorenzo

Author_Institution

Radio Relay Lab., Marconi Mobile S.p.A., Genova, Italy

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

339

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the design and performance analysis of a double-polarization transmission line (TL) device for radiated EMC tests, the CrossTEM (X-TEM) cell. The X-TEM cell is a multiwire TL device which has been specifically designed in order to optimize the test-region dimensions while ensuring double-polarization performance and suitable cross-polarization level. Cross-polarization performance is requested by the last modifications of emerging standards. Theoretical and experimental results are shown illustrating the performance of the new device. The selective-absorbing material positioning (SAMP) procedure to suppress resonances is described. The improvements experimentally achieved for both field uniformity and cross polarization are shown

Keywords

UHF measurement; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic wave polarisation; multiconductor transmission lines; 80 to 934 MHz; CrossTEM cell; SAMP procedure; UHF; VHF; X-TEM cell; cross-polarization; design; double-polarization capability; double-polarization transmission line device; field uniformity; multiwire TL device; performance; radiated EMC tests; resonance suppression; selective-absorbing material positioning procedure; standards; test-region dimensions; transmission-line device; Connectors; Cutoff frequency; Distortion measurement; Electromagnetic compatibility; Immunity testing; Impedance matching; Polarization; TEM cells; Transmission lines; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9375

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/15.942604

Filename

942604