The trials and tribulations of building a modern EMC facility

A modern EMC facility featuring a 10-meter semi-anechoic chamber can be designed to be versatile, user friendly and feature rich. The design task is made easier given the history of numerous 10-meter semi-anechoic chambers successfully meeting the specified normalized site attenuation (NSA) performance requirements. Thus the EMC engineers can shift their primary focus from concerns of the chamber performance to the design and features of the new facility. In addition, cost trade-offs can be considered, maximizing value while meeting budget constraints. This paper documents the authors´ experience in the design, testing, construction, and parent building considerations of a state of the art, customized EMC test facility