AIR6236: In-House Verification of EMI Test Equipment

Features

Issuing Committee: AE-4 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Committee

Scope

Content

This AIR provides guidance to the EMI test facility on how to check performance of the following types of EMI test equipment:

Current probe
Line Impedance Stabilization Network (LISN)
Directional coupler
Attenuator
Cable loss
Low noise preamplifier
Rod antenna base
Passive antennas

All performance checks can be performed without software. A computer may be required to generate an electronic or hard copy of data. This is not to say that custom software might not be helpful; just that the procedures documented herein specifically eschew the necessity of automated operation.

Rationale

Content: The Air Force has suggested a change to 4.3.11 of MIL-STD-461 which would require a calibration standard for items that don't normally need to go to a metrology laboratory for calibration. Traditionally the SAE has provided this service (viz, ARP936 for feedthrough caps and ARP958 for antenna calibration) so that the MIL-STD need merely reference the appropriate industry standards.

Meta Tags

Topics: Electromagnetic compatibility
Radio frequency
Test facilities
Test equipment and instrumentation
Antennas
Cables
Electric power grid
Amplifiers
Computer software and hardware
Capacitors

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/AIR6236

Pages: 9

Citation: SAE International Information Report, In-House Verification of EMI Test Equipment, SAE Standard AIR6236, Issued December 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/AIR6236.

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