Radiated emission measuring method using GTEM cell

• US 5,825,331 A
• Filed: 06/21/1996
• Issued: 10/20/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Ae-Kyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Hoanganh T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US08/668,142
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 343/703, 342/360, 342/361, 174/35 MS, 455/67.1, 455/67.2
• US Class Current: 343/703
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 29/105 using anechoic chambers; Chambers or open field sites used therefor test sites used for measuring on other objects than aerials G01R29/0828; wave absorbing devices H01Q17/00

Abstract

A method for measuring radiated emission using a GTEM cell is disclosed in which a DUT is placed inside the GTEM cell, and its power is measured by a power receiver. The direction of the DUT is changed, and then its transmission power is measured. Here, the arrangements of the DUT are fifteen, and their power measurement number is 15. These powers measured are transmitted to a computer system through a GPIB cable, in which the powers are accepted in the form of data in order to calculate emission in OATS. Accordingly, the maximum vertical/horizontal electric field emitted from the DUT in OATS is estimated over the whole band of radiated emission test. This enables a desired emission value to be measured for a short time only utilizing the GTEM cell.

Claims

1. A method for measuring radiated emission in order to obtain the correlation between a Giga-hertz Transverse ElectroMagnetic (GTEM) cell and an Open Area Test Site (OATS) which are facilities to measure the radiation emission generated from electronic products, said method for measuring radiated emission of the GTEM cell comprising the steps of:

(a) initializing the coordinate of Device Under Test (DUT) is the form (X-X'"'"', Y-Y'"'"', Z-Z'"'"'), which coincide the coordinates (X, Y, Z) of said GTEM cell with the coordinates (X'"'"', Y'"'"', Z'"'"') of the DUT, when the coordinates of the GTEM cell are set as (X, Y, Z) and the coordinates of the DUT are set as (X'"'"', Y'"'"', Z'"'"') and initializing the first and second measurement variables;

(b) increasing the first measurement variable by 1, and measuring the power of emission in accordance with the first measurement variable, and then comparing the first measurement variable with the second measurement variable initialized in said step (a);

(c) rotating the DUT counterclockwise by 45° and

90°

with respect to axis Y according to the result of comparing in said step (b), and returning to said step (b);

(d) repeatedly performing said steps (b) and (c) within a range of predetermined threshold values, and correcting the spatial coordinates of the DUT;

(e) initializing a frequency used for measuring emission electric field strength, measuring the distance from center of low ground of DUT, maximum vertical electric field, maximum horizontal electric field, rotation angle of DUT and height of DUT;

(f) changing from the perpendicular coordinate having X, Y coordinates to the cylindrical coordinate having the rotation angle and height of DUT initialized in step (e), and calculating the maximum vertical/horizontal electric fields for the respective test frequency ranges, referring to changed cylindrical coordinates and GTEM transmission power data measured in said step (b);

(g) comparing the vertical electric field with the maximum vertical electric field calculated in said step (f); and

comparing the horizontal electric field with maximum horizontal electric field calculated in said step (f);

(h) storing the vertical electric field as the maximum vertical electric field, and storing the horizontal electric field as the maximum horizontal electric field, if the vertical electric field and horizontal electric field are greater than the maximum vertical electric field and maximum horizontal electric field, respectively, and then repeating said steps (f) and (g) when the height of the DUT is a predetermined value;

(i) repeating the procedure from initializing the step height of the DUT as a predetermined value in said step (e) when the rotation angle of the DUT is set as a predetermined value, if the height of the DUT is the predetermined value in said step (h); and

(j) outputting the maximum vertical electric field and the horizontal electric field stored in said step (h), and outputting the frequency initialized in said step (e) when the frequency is set as predetermined value, if the rotation angle set as predetermined value.

2. A method for measuring radiated emission for a GTEM cell as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step (c) comprises the sub-steps of:

rotating the DUT counterclockwise by 45°

with respect to axis Y, if the first measurement variable is greater than the second measurement variable as a result of the comparing in said step (b), and returning said step (b);

comparing the first measurement variable to the first through third predetermined values respectively, if the first measurement variable is greater than the second measurement variable as a result of the comparing in said step (b); and

rotating the DUT counterclockwise by 90°

with respect to axis Y, if the first measurement variable is equal to the first through the third predetermined values as a result of the comparing in said comparing sub-step, and returning said rotation sub-step.

3. A method for measuring radiated emission for a GTEM cell as claimed in claim 1 or claim 3, wherein said step (d) comprises the sub-steps of:

changing the coordinates of the DUT from the form, (X-X'"'"', Y-Y'"'"', Z-Z'"'"') initialized in step (a) into the coordinate of the DUT in the form (X-Y'"'"', Y-Z'"'"', Z-X'"'"'), if the first measurement variable is equal to the first predetermined value as a result of the comparing in said comparing sub-step setting the second measurement variable as a value greater than first measurement variable n by 2, and then repeating the procedure of said steps (b) and (c); and

changing the coordinates of the DUT from the form (X-Y'"'"', Y-Z'"'"', Z-X'"'"') changed in said changing sub-step into the coordinates of the DUT in the form (X-Z'"'"', Y-X, Z-Y'"'"'), if the first measurement variable is equal to the second predetermined value as the result of the comparing in said comparing sub-step, setting the second measurement variable as a value greater than the first measurement variable n by 2, and then repeating the procedure of said steps (b) and (c).