STRIDE´s 3 meters EMC semi-anechoic chamber design considerations and compliance to standards

Author

Ghafar, A. Faridz A ; Yassin, M. Razali M ; Hassan, W. Salwa W

Author_Institution

Instrum. & Electron. Technol. Div., Sci. & Tech. Res. Inst. for Defence (STRIDE), Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

9-11 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper discuss the design considerations of a semianechoic chamber (SAC) for Science and Technology Research Institute for Defense´s (STRIDE) to cater for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) measurements in compliance to military and commercial standards. The SAC size is limited to the available space at STRIDE premise of 13.8 meters length, 5.88 meters width and 6.9 meters height. Similarly the size of the control room (CR) and the amplifier room (AR) are restricted to the adjacent smaller space. All of the rooms including the SAC are incorporated with RF shielding, however only the SAC is fitted with microwave absorbers. Three types of test are performed to validate the performance of the SAC which are Shielding Effectiveness (SE), Field Uniformity (FU) and Normalize Site Attenuation (NSA).

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); conformance testing; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic shielding; measurement standards; military equipment; military standards; EMC semianechoic chamber design considerations; RF shielding; STRIDE; Science and Technology Research Institute for Defense; amplifier room; control room; electromagnetic compatibility measurements; field uniformity; military and commercial standard; normalize site attenuation; shielding effectiveness; size 13.8 m; size 3 m; size 5.88 m; size 6.9 m; standard compliance; Antenna measurements; Electromagnetic compatibility; Frequency measurement; Military standards; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC); Field Uniformity (FU); Normalize Site Attenuation (NSA); Semi-anechoic Chamber (SAC); Shielding Effectiveness (SE);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), 2010 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Port Dickson

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8565-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APACE.2010.5720082

Filename

5720082