EMC mobile facility for system level testing of an aircraft

Author

Aravind, M.K. ; Parthasarathy, T. ; Rao, P.N.A.P. ; Pande, D.C.

Author_Institution

ADA, Bangalore, India

fYear

1999

fDate

6-8 Dec. 1999

Firstpage

251

Lastpage

255

Abstract

An Integrated EMC Mobile Test Facility (IEMTF) has been designed and developed for system level testing of an aircraft in lieu of dedicated Anechoic Test Facility (ATF). This facility essentially consists of Radiated Emission (RE), Radiated Susceptibility (RS), Bulk Current Injection (BCI), and Ground Plane Interference (GPI) test systems, housed in a mobile shielded shelter. In this paper the system level EMC requirements for aircraft testing have been derived from MIL-STD 464 and related documents. Accordingly the IEMTF has been designed to meet these requirements in the absence of a sophisticated ATF. The details of various test systems with their performance and calibration procedures required in the Open Air Test Site (OATS) for aircraft level EMC testing has been critically discussed in this paper.

Keywords

aircraft testing; calibration; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; military aircraft; military standards; EMC mobile facility; MIL-STD 464; aircraft; bulk current injection; calibration procedures; ground plane interference; mobile shielded shelter; open air test site; radiated emission; radiated susceptibility; system level EMC requirements; system level testing; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Anechoic chambers; Electromagnetic compatibility; Immunity testing; Instruments; Open area test sites; Radio frequency; System testing; Test facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility '99. Proceedings of the International Conference on

Print_ISBN

81-900652-0-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEMIC.1999.871639

Filename

871639