Analysis and practical relevance of CM/DM EMI noise separator characteristics

This Paper details two different contributions related to practical CM/DM EMI measurements. A first part investigates sources and implications of measurement errors that result for CM/DM separators in a practical measurement environment with a particular focus on the recently presented input impedance criterion for CM/DM separators. Furthermore, the realization of an active CM/DM separator, which features competitive separation capabilities (DMTR/CMRR > 51 dB and CMTR/DMRR > 47 dB for frequencies up to 10MHz), is presented.