Can portable electronic devices (PEDs) interfere with aircraft systems?

Author

Kreitmair-Steck, Wolfgang ; Tauber, DipL-Ing Wolfgang

Author_Institution

EUROCOPTER Deutschland GmbH

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

16-16 May 2003

Firstpage

371

Abstract

Passengers requested to be allowed to work onboard of airplanes with PEDs of any kind. But this comfort is acceptable only if the airplanes are protected in such a way that all interferences of PEDs with aircraft systems, especially with flight critical systems are impossible. This paper report of PED measurements performed in the context of the European research programme EMHaz. The result is a new overall limit curve of PED emissions. Based on this limit curve, the threat of coupling into antennas and into installed cable looms for helicopters is investigated and the possible effects and functional influences on aircraft systems are deduced

Keywords

air safety; helicopters; radiofrequency interference; EMHaz; European research programme; PED emissions; aircraft systems; antenna coupling; cable looms; electromagnetic hazards; electromagnetic interference; flight critical systems; helicopters; portable electronic devices; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Airplanes; Antenna measurements; Digital cameras; Electromagnetic measurements; Helicopters; Interference; Protection; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2003. EMC '03. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7779-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC2.2003.1428268

Filename

1428268