Automation of electromagnetic compatibility tests

Author

Murthy, P.V.N. ; Raghavaiah, V. ; Kumar, R. Aras ; Hariharan, V.K. ; Ghatpande, N.D. ; Danabalan, T.L.

Author_Institution

Syst. Integration Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, India

fYear

2008

fDate

26-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

259

Lastpage

265

Abstract

EMI/EMC Tests on spacecraft subsystems/equipments involve making the test setup, calibration of measuring instruments, verification of test setup and performing the actual tests. A wide range of test frequencies are involved: 100 Hz to 400 MHz for conducted mode tests and 10 kHz to 40 GHz for radiated mode tests. Performing EMI tests in manual mode, sometime, may become tedious, time consuming and may have measurement inaccuracies. An automated EMC test system has been developed in-house to perform equipment level testing. This paper details the steps involved in the development of the automated EMC test system and different features of the test system.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; aerospace testing; automatic testing; calibration; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; space vehicles; EMI/EMC tests; electromagnetic compatibility tests; measuring instruments calibration; spacecraft equipments; spacecraft subsystems; test setup verification; Automatic testing; Automation; Calibration; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic measurements; Instruments; Performance evaluation; Space vehicles; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Interference & Compatibility, 2008. INCEMIC 2008. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-81-903575-1-7

Type

conf

Filename

5154264