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4 uting Measeme Cces 3
4 ntducti 3
4 Cdiate ysems a Deice Psities 3
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3 ntducti 2
2 Miave Asbing Mateials 28
3 Pyamidal Absbe 8
3 Wedge Absbe 35
3 3 Cue Micae Absbe 35
3 4 Multilaye Dieecic Absbe 373 5 bi ieecic sre 3 away srer
3 3 LFequecy Absig aeri 4
33 tuci 4
3 3 Ferrie bsbrs 4
3 3 3 ybi Absbrs 44
3 4 Absbe Meig 44
5 Absbe Tesig 46
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4 he hber Enclosure
4 tductin 4
4 2 letrmagetic nefeece 5
4 3 Cl ig he irme 5
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5 raic Dsig rcdurs 57
5 rduc 55 Qui sim f Chmr rfrmac 58
5 3 Daild RayTraci Dsig rcur 6
5 3 Cmur Mdli 6
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5 3 Ray Tracing 6
5 3 3 iDerc TimDmai Mdl 68
5 4 Ohr Tiqus 6
5 5 As sd Achic Chamrs 6
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8 2 Raa Cetion Measuements 1 2
8 The Dobe Chambe 1 2
8 1 nton 1 2
8 2 Antena eting 1 2
8 n and mn etng
8 e Miss e adaeintheLoop Chae 8
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8 2 Desgn Cndeations 1 28
8 Degn ape 1 29
8 Aeptane est Poeue 1 0
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8 5 2 Desgn Cndeatn 1 18 5 Degn ampe
8 5 Aeptane Test Poeues 1
8 The TM Ce 1
8 ntoton 1
8 2 T M Pnipes of Opeation 1
8 Typal Pefomane 1
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9 1 ntution 1 7
9 2 Asore Testing 1 7
9 2 1 ntouton 1 7
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. 4 ompat Rane Reeto Tetin 19
9 2 5 ieRetaant Testin 1 0
9 Mioave Anehoi Chambe Test Poeues 12
9 1 ntoution 1 2
9 Feepae WR Met
9 Pate aon Metd 8
9 X ane Metho 99 5 RC Cabe vauation 1 5
9 MC Chambe Aeptane Tet Pee 5
9 ntton 5
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Refeeces 158
0 Expes of Idoor Elecragec es Fac es
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2 Ate Testi
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1 3 R ossectio Tesi 141 3 1 trouctio 4
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3 AntenaRaoe Testin 1 9
3 3 RS Testin 1 9
Shape hamers 1 95
1 ntrouction 19 5
Tapee hamer 1 9
3 Doue Ho hamer 1 9 HarareintheLoop Testin 1 9
Shiein Desin heckist 1 98
1 ntrouction 1 98
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At at, a andbk f eetagneti anei abe! A inge e fndaenta, deign, eifiain, and teing f anei abe itten byne f e eading eet in anei abe deign and atie Leand He-n a bght ethe any daate efeene t a vi in te at eetmanet meaemen e aneh habe
hi andbk een a aj te f anei abe indng e-tanga, taee, and dbe t ine a aj eaeent tenie a afie, mat, an neafe teting t a adee a aj tyef eaeent, ining antenna, aa etin, eetagneti -aibity, adiate eibiiy, an aiae eiin
A key nent f eetagnei ane ae te aea ed tve al neo ae the hambe he en a hambe hne on hee eeion an aeent he abbe n the va fae theambe, nn he bak a, the ea ea zne, he , an -ne the habe he hanb ne neth n f he ye abbe, he hae abbe, thei eeivi eie, and the eae-men ehne e et he abobe
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eing, an eetane ieing ae itant n te fina deign and ei-fiain f an anei abe i andbk ie ti infain a e
i anbk a inde te ian i f abe e edeand aetane teting e eing tenie eented inde abbe te-ing, fee ae atte main, X anne, and evaatine ba i f ea enie and e ee t ay t ea tene e-ented ave fn tat it eidi teting and dentain, and be-en ebment, hambe efmane an egae ign ifianty
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v ORORD ae ecome acue aae o c o omao ea e e-
si pope use, pefomance measuement an speci fication fo aechoic cham-bes in my teachng an eseach on antenna aome an aa coss sectionmeasuement technues ove the last 35 yeas Ths s especal tue fo the new-
e measuement techniues such as compact an neafe measuements pe-fome in an anechoc chambe It i s ith geat pleasue that thee is now an au-thoitatively wtten hanboo that can supply the neee infomation fo thisimpotant pat of electomagnetic measuemet
Hemming has chosen to inclue only the wellestablishe timeteste tech-niues an infomatio I ecomme this hanboo to al stuents an pacti-tiones of electomanetic measuemt
B rofessor erituseorgia Institute of Technology
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EFCE
I fist eame invove in the esign an/or pouement of anehoi hames in when I was responsie fo pouring a uamoe anehoi test fai lity. Thefi i ty was esigne to house a ompat range for apetues up to . m an aowfreueny tpere hame that ou opeate own to M. he physi-al aangement that we eveope utilie a ommon antenna test ositone lo-ate in the test eion of the tapee hame. he wa of the tapeehame was esine to open up an evea the ompt rne eeto. Sine
h tie I hve o ee aeia on aneho mateias n hames. Suse-enty I e hief esigne fo two ieen aneho hamer manufaur-ers ove a l e eo . n 1 98 I etune to my riry caee ativity as an t oin as rtte onsu ltant n e p y is rrent on t t-oy. is oo s s on tat xeiene
e ne or inoor estin of eetomanei riatin ves whh eanin te y s se hapter e. ] has o a nume of ompanies po-viin hames an asoe pouts supporting a ange of eetomagnetitesting euieents. The testing euiements range fom hanhel telephone
antennas o whole vehie testng of atmbiles o a a. n ecent yeas teproiferation of potable eleton evies has e to the potential f extensiveeletomagnet intefeene beeen vaius pouts. Beause of ths ptentialinteferene various govenment agenies thoughout te wol have ha to setup emission an immunty test euiements. This has le to the extensve use ofinoo eetomagneti test fail ities see Chapte 2 Re 2 . These fail ities in-luing the more onventinal hames use for testing of intentional adiatssuh as antennas ontinue to a to the numbe of anehoi test hambes wol
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v PRECEie n e erospe insry, i s oon o es issiles, irr, or similrweapons patfom fo thei aa rossseion in an attempt o eue etetabi -ity by means of aa A of these various esting reuiement have e to a eieof peiaize tet fa ite to aomsh he reue testing hi book eview
the uent sate of the at in noor e letomgneti testing fi ite s an thei e-sign n speifition
A gossy eating o eetromagneti mesurements n nehoi hambesis inue at the bak of the book, so hat e eae w be abe to foow the te-minoogy se in onjuntion wit a piu anehoi hambe eign
he pupoe of thi hanbook is to provie the eignepoue of eeto-magneti hambes wth a singe soue of patia infomaion on the angeof anehoi hambe egns nue ae hapte on a age variety of anehoihambe use fo a boa ange of eetomagneti measuements that are om-mony onute n inoo tet fai itie s uent infomation i gven on mea-
suemen theoy to suppot the hme esign poeues povie n eah ofthe speifi hambe esgns es fiiies for te measurement of antennas,satterng (R, an eetomgnei ompib ity ae eaile fo a vaety ofaneho hambe onfgurtons An exensive set of phoogaph i provean emonsates the boa range of anehoi tes fi ities tha have been buil t tomeasue vriou types of euipmen A speia oor seion is povie hihighights some of the moe nteesting aneho est faities that have beenbui t to sove vaou easuemen pobems na y, eigpouement hek-i t ae povie fo eah o f the vaiou chambe onfiguations
am soey eponibe fo he eica infomion inue n this han-
book Ts infomation was oi ie fom he many suppies who epone tomy eest for etaie aa on thei asorbe prous an fo pitue of theieo er insllions
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nk y fe, Val, for er nening sppo uring e ee yea i ook toompete his projet m espeily hnkl fo he help provie by Dona JMatin, a cowoke at oeingMes, ho poesse a the ato an pho-togaph nto gta omat an eate many of the awing Many tank go to
wa Peton, my fome upeviso at MDonne Douga eooge, opoofea the fna manupt, an fo hi uggetion on ome of teaan pesentationa iue inay, my hank to the vountee evewe fo eisuggetions an eommenations on he vaious revision of he book, to the Pess, an to the John Wiey ons sta who woke with me o the inapepaton an pubiaton of his esigpoueent guie
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ECOMAGETICACHOC CHAM
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTON
1 .1 THE TEXT ORGAIZTION
Chapter 2 s devoted to the prnples of eetromagnet measurements that per-tin to nehoi chamber des ign The onept of lane waves unform fieds andunform phase re given to establish the basis for determining the ropeties of radatng or sattering deve in free spae Also dsussed is the mpat of themeasurement site itse lf on the uray of the measurements For a ater ompari
son the rnces invoved in the design of outdoor test ranges are describedReferenes speifi to each chamber onept are nluded in the indvdual s e-tons General referenes applable to the general fied of eletromagnet testfa tes are ncuded n the Seected Bbiorahy.
Next n Chapter 3 , rado frequeny and mcrowave absorbng aterias are de-srbed w th det ed nformation on ther erformane and how they are used toestablsh contro ed electromagnetc test environments wthn n ndoor test fc ity
Chater 4 rovides nformation on the chamber enosure. If eetromagneticshied ing is requred common avaiabe systems are described wth references de-
tang ther construtonChapters 5 through 8 deta the desgns ofthe varous tes t fac tes broken down
b the geoetry of the test fat hese nude the retanguar habe the
ompat range hamber and the habers hee geometry i s mportant n thedesign nudng the tapered hamber the doube ho hamber and the TEM e l
Chapter 9 summarzes a the tst proedues assoated wth eetromagnet
aeptane testng of the varous hambers and aso the testing of absorber mate-a s used n the onstrution of the hambers
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2 RODCO
Cae 0 vde a ay e ye oo e cil iie h hveeen evelope o the vaiou electomagetic meuement. ee cechame o tetng nenna, a co ection, elecomgetc atbty,an eectomagnetc ytem. xtenive ue o photogaph ha d t -
utate thee vaou anechoc chambe. A peca ne f o o-togaph ha been cue to highght the eign concept ue aechocchame eig.
Appenx C povie a e ie o eign a peci caton checkt o the va-ou type o anechoc chame.
A eecte oaphy i g ive i uppot o the content o the book.
A exteive ex i vded a vee eeece c e mae to anyje vee y t ex
EFEENCES
I W Eerson Eetroaneti Wae Absorbers and Aneoi Cabrs te ears IEEE ransacions on Anennas ad Ppaaon o A 1973.
2 B. arene Aneoi Chabers Past and Presnt Conformi 6 o pp5456, Ari 2000
3 EEE Std 145-1983, IEEE Sandar Deniions of erms for Anennas I rsse ork 1983
ASI C6314: 1998, Aeria ationa Sadard Ditionary or ogi eraneti Copatibiity EMC) Eetroaeti se EM) an ati
Diar ESD)
5 . EEE 10, h Ahoriive Dicioa of IEEE Sandard erms 7t n IEP ork 2000
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HAPTER
MEASUEM PES EANG AE AM B SG
21 INROION
The pupose of the book is to pove a guie on he esgn an efanespeifiaton of eetoagneti anehoi habes o no te faiiiesHoeve, soe koege of eetoagnet eaeens ee o en-sue that a ap abe egn fatos have been ae in any gven egn sa-
tionThe easuement o f eletoagneti aves nvoves a age nbe of ee-
toni evies These evies an be ategoze as intentona nnentinaios esuemen of inenionl ios (such s nes o he scae-in of eletoanei enegy, s in a oss setion, euies speialze es-in fi lii es Deeminin the level of iaion fom unintentionl aiatos suhs ii l evices o eeminin he l evel of imuniy an eleoni evie hsih se o n impinin eleomnei ve lso involves he esuemen of eleomgnei ves in esin facil iie s esigne speifilly fo hemeasuemen to e pefome
etoagnei aves esut fom the aeleaton of eeti hages Theeleti fie l ue o an naeeate age (one at est o n unio oton in astaight lne s aiay ete an eeases as te sae of the stane foe age Hoeve, the aeeation of te hage gves e to a tangea oponent of the eet fie, an hs eeases neay h sane 1 tievayng eeti fe has assoiae ith it a te vayng agnet feogethe, they opise an eeoagnei fiel An eetoagnei fe thateeases lineay ith istane epesents an outa aaton.
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PPE PER O HO HBR DE
n pae, one amot aay concene th maocop ee eunfom aa f g nbe of hage On he maoo ae, he neeah beeen ee an mane fe ebe aheaayb Mae ' a 2, 3 A ana f a aed v
eaonh 3 , pefe he haaes of h mu n hh he fee
he mahea of eeomane fe an the aocae mea makeue of veo and eno anay he ana an beome vey nvove nmany pobem, epea hoe nvovn popaaon n nonop, nonec-poa, nonnea, nonhmoeneou mea Athouh cean pobem neetomane meaement an eue appan of moe ae mahe-ma, ony he eavey elemenay apets of vecto anay an eetoma-net theo ae ue n th book The eae s aume o be fama th ba- ve peaon a onts of ave henomena tana et, sh a
he efene e n h an subeent haptes, hou b onulte aneee
2.2 R OF EEROGI FI S
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he va o f eeoagnet fel meauement hnue fa eenveTh fng eamp eeent a sampn f he m mmn e ofmeaeen an he paamete, hh ae aee by he etn envn-
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The eneg aae f an anna a ha b h ae hap an b nea ha a he engan be ee n ne eton, h a that eneae b a age eeo annna he fa e f meang antnna va geat, epnng on the peof he antenna yem an he pe of patten eeae Loan o e ea- mal anenna an be meaue n smpe angua hambe n he moave feueny ane, but eue peci y ee chame beo 1 GHzue to he abopon popee of the anechoc matea hat mut be use at helo feen ghan antnas vey on ength otoo an o
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O O D the ue f mpat antenna ange in ah f hee ieent faiiie ap-pximate the iea te enent ayig degee f pefane . he i f-feene i be ied n e fng apte in njuntin ih he e-ign f the paiu a fai ity e fing i genea infmain that appie to
al faitie.Figue . 1 epit a geneaze antenna paen. A maj be i hn ih
it hafpe beamih nte he ie be ee ae a nte e gan fhe antenna i efeene e peak f e ae e aa f the meauepatte i a funtin f te ee f etane eneg eiing in he tet egin fthe antenna tet fai li ty. f he etaneu ee i 5 , then he iebei have a B uneant aiae th the meauement. Figue . iue t evauate the egee f uneain that apie t a given meauementknoing the lvel of extaneu enegy that exit in the tet egion an a givenpattern level.
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MESREME O EEOME EDS 2224 The input ipedane o an antenna is inu-ened by te physia l enionent adaent to the antenna Antennas adiate ene-gy and i f the enegy is eeted ba into the antenna, then the appaent inputece chge f he eecig oec gee h oxiely oe
waelength away o the antenna, then the easueents ae faily epesena-tie o the atual input ipedane the easueent is to be onduted within sall RF absobe lined enlosue, then the eetiity of te absobe must beseleced caelly s pointed out in Chapte 3
22 Eiions
he easueent o esions om eleton dee has beoe a e ipotant pat o bingng an eletoni deie to aet oot e wol oeent agenes now spe te aiu eso tt an eleton dee
an adiate e leels ae ey low de to te pesee o so any deies in agien oie enionent Cael alibation o the easueent sie is essentialbeause l age eos old lead to epensie eipen ie i the speed le-els o eissions ae not et Cuently, these eaeents ae ondted onopen aea test ites (A o in alteatie indoo stes s as aneoi a-bes hese easueents inole te easeent o the sie aenationtatis , te popagaton loss between te deie unde tet d te easeent aten-na Knowing tis loss and g a spet aalze, te eel o the eissionat a gien distane an be deteined Tese measeet ae geneally onduted at ange lengths aying o 3 to 30 Aehoi abes ae oon-
ly used o the 3 ange lengh Lage opanies hae built a nube o 1 0habes
The easueet spet that is ost ipotant in anehoi design is thedegee to whih the site atenuation is the se as easued on an AT e-ause the fility s onfined within an enlosue, the epeatability of the mea-sueen wn te e olue ust also e eiie A t ite oo to lE mesueents s the unetainty soited with the antenna used theesueents n how they ae libte
224 e lRadiated suseptibility euies the easueent to be odted in a sieldednehoi habe beause high leels o powe ae eed to eeate tefields neessay to test the susepibi lity o a deie to aos leel o eletoagneti ield s Cael design o these alte s eied to ze etainty in the easueents Deiled inoaton is ie o te de o tesespealized test ailities e unioity o te e lat t deeunde test (DUT is the most tial paaete in eptiily eeens
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MMT PCPL PT TO COC CMBR D
22 ta Electmagnetc Cmatb lt
Militay adiated eletoagneti easueents ae onduted in shielded anehoi enlosues using test poedues and absobe teatents speiied in ML-STD 8 ]
22 te te Iotion
Antenna syste i solation easueents equie a vey lo extaneous signal envi-onent A lage lea aea aound the vehile unde test i loated otdoos is e-quied A l age test volue is equied in an anehoi habe ndoos the siteisolation is the su o the toay path loss to the alls plus the eetivity o theabsobe The su should be at least d geate than the syste equieents topoide an adequate signaltonoise agin o the easueent A speial ase o fthis type o easueent is the easueent of passive inteodulation (PM ]
227 Rada ectn
he easeent o ada oss setion has speial test envionent eqieents These inlde ( iniizing o oad sate o the tansitte to thetest egion ( iniizing extaneous enegy eeted o sounding sufaes (3 nio il luination o the taget in phase and apli tude and ( theabil ity to opeate ove vey bod fequeny anges 1 0] ah o these ites isdisussed in the setions desibing a patiula tes habe onept
REE-PE E REQIRE ES
21 Intdctn
he adiation haateistis o an eetoni devie in spheial oodinates unde a given set o ondiions an be desibed by the ntions
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whee and ae the gain funtions fo two othogonal polaizations is thephase angle between the otput signals o the to polaizations is te eiien-y of the deie deteined by its ohi losses and Z is the ipedane that the de-ve pesents at its input teinals hese elationships ae ill stated in Fge 3
nly i n the ase o an intentional adito suh as an antenna ae these p aaetes easily deteined n addition envionenta atos ust be onsideedin any eletoagneti easueent poble and suitable alloane ust beade fo thei eets
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REESPCE TEST REQREMETS
igu 23 Symbolc elonship of mesued pametes
efoe poceedng o he speci fcs of eecomgneic testng ht is pefomedin nechoc chmbes s ppopie o eiew cein ndmentl ems ndeltions th e bsc o elecomgneic mesuements
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A commonly employed cteion fo deeminng he minmum llowble sep-ton beween he souce ntenn nd he nenn unde tes s o estic he phasetion o be less hn aximu of 8 dian o .5 degees ]
Conside souce of spheic wes nd n ntenna unde test (AU ocatedt stn wy ro t s llstrt n ue 4 h l rst hs r
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ece eee e erc e e e e e er e ee the A, hich crresos o the ierece i he ae th leths, nerthe coo assumptio lfil s the reqiremet
n/8 (2-6)he ierence i the ave ath lenths , is eterie y notn that
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he only physical soutio of the aove qaratic equtio for is
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he aove is approxiate y the use of the ioia expansion (the first to
tems ony) as
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he iimum istance from the source of the sherica ave is no eter-mie from the requiremet i (2-6),
KDax4R (2n/A)(Dax/4R) n/8 (2-10)
ner this coni tio,
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If antena mesurement re me at this re eth then there i l e i-or eparture f te ul ls of the raiatio patter a the location an l evel ofthe mior loes fro their infinitere lues
Equati ) as erive uie to settin ten easuremere o accurte eure e rii tter e cuct rrcrsssec i RS) meuremet, ccerns re t te ter o he rce reeie atenna, ut lluminaton of the taret. The prary requirement is thatthe source antenna has reatvey onstt amtue a phase chaacterstcs, asseen at the taret
These requremets ca e achieve ith the taret oser to the antennas thathe vaue cauate y equaton (2-).
o ushe teon s on for etermnn exacty ho ose the taetshou e to the soure antenna ome uiane as rove by u 1 2 , erethe phase ithin the 3B eamith is essentially the same as at nfnty for istce oR4 or .5D/A. Equaio ) c e eneraie to
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Whe e ccucy of 1 is euie, no 1 3 hs shown ht K shoule ewee 0 eei o he e chctestis he tyes of aesha euie a le vlue of K e hose i hich he ee scaein is com-le o the seculstten contiutio A oveiet cht fo eteminin the
taget size as a ncion oK is given in Fiue 5adated emiss on and ssetbiliy measements ae sally odted obot te nea and a eld s de to te bod eenc oeage ad te distanesset by te testing eements , 5]
2 e
Fo accucy in simuled f zone mesuements, te i llnatg ed mst besuiciently consnt in mli tue both lo te ln o ght and in anes nomal to the line of sight the eld unomity is not set aog te as, ten
measement eos wll o, esecially in the mino lobes f the atde tae acoss the etue i s too gea, e the meased attens w a signiicantl fom feespace o geomane antena anges te tae s geneal ly hel o be le ss tn 0.5 d, esltng i meased ga eo o less tan 0 dB ] Fo ne leh ofR = } see eatio ( ] , the soce diamete woul be esticte o
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or mos nenn mesures h u ro s he l o ess hn , hen he error is usully cc
24 Polrzio
A lre distnce from riti e he electric mnetic (vecors of he rie fie re t riht les o ech oher o he irecio ofpropion he wo fies osc e hs n he ro o her mnes ( i s cons h irinsic iec of fre sce, hs lueof proximely 1 0 ohs
The polztion of n electroetic fiel i s escribe ters of the irecion in spce of he electric fiel ] f he vector which escribes the elecricfield poin in spce, i s lwys irecte lo lie, which i s necessrily norml o the direction of proio the fiel is s o e ineay polrize nenerl, howeer, he terius of he electric vector escribes n e ll ipse, thefiel is sid o be eptcally porize
Riin evices exhibi olriio roeres rlio o he fiels heyrie or receive f ne is oere in he receivi moe i wi ll no ienerl be polzionche to he incie fiel f i is olrziomtche, i will extrc xiu oer fro he fiel n is po lrizion ecency s si o be uiy f is olrizo is orhool o he fiel wil exrc zero power, n s po rizion eiciency s conseuenly zero
he olrizion ropeies of fiels tenns re of rimry focus i llproblems concerne with comunictio bewee enns
2 e rs rsissio Forul
were necessry o r h oer rsr o nens y resori o the bsc rocesses h re fine by he fel euions n ifrcion heory, he ccuions wou be iry ossile or ll u hesmles of nenns he rs rssso ru ers he powerrnser o be eer fro olee o h sure recve roperesn he dissiive euo of h s o heir eile e n
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2.4 SPPORT MSRMT COCPTS
2.4 SPPORING ESREEN ONEPS
2.4.1
e couc eec roec esurees s oe reure o ess coore syste ecuse the esurees re eerly coucte tree i-esos Also os electroetc esurees re couce eces ecuse he yc re of the esureets oe excee poer rtoof ore th l o es or 60 Aother prole i s tht he esureesre coucte er the erh or eclosure, hus he prole of reecte e-ery ut e ree ese three eerl cocept re cue the fol o- eco
2.4.2 n te e ee Pe
Ao eecroec rto esuree voves eero , oey or oter of eves s fucto of posto or recto spceuuly the tter ecuse of the ture of rto, he spherc coore syste ure 2.6) the syste tht is ost ofte eploye i elecroeticeureet prole Oe, the esuree of irecto ust e e o
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hh e f ecs ecse f e ees f he el sysem ofwhch the ece s
ecuse of the elely le sces h e fte eued bewee he de-ce e tes the sce e sml te (deedg o
whehe he dece s este ecev smtt, s oe o aclto exloe he dto tte of the ece (
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PPOR R OP L = La + g( 8) + g'( 8) 20 g) (27)
wheeL i he ignl l evel t the ouu teminl of the eeiing nenn n dBm,
L the sgnl level t the iut temnl o the tnmttng tenn n dBm, the g o the soue ntenn,g' i the gain of the eceie antenag(, 8) 0 log G(, 8),g'(' 8') = 0 log G'( 8), ndR i the nmitteeeive eion nd = wvelenth.NoeR nd mut be in the sme uit (uully mete) of meuedm is the igl level i owe efeenced to m
2.4.4 Eects of efecte Energy
Whe two o oe oheent electomgnetic ignal combine in he et egion ofn electomageic tet facily the field illuntng te deice unde tet aedioted and he acucy of the meauement deaded.
The diuion hee ume eation, , beween ouces ad eeingnte eual to o gete thn 2 (see etion 2 2), whee i the mimum dimensio of the eceiving aetue i te umed th the atio i mall i coaon wit the alfowe beamwdt of the ouce ntenna'ate, o ht le wave aoimtios ae meangl.
The mehai m by which eeed ignal intefees wh e deied diet-
h ial d diot the iident field i demonte s follows. Conide thece o diectah lane wve of amlitude ED tht i nomlly indent on ate aeue, a hown i Figue 2. et eeted lane we of mliude ERete he eue t ngle 8 fom the nomal. The dial lie deined by theunit veto i he iteetio of he le ontining the dietions of og-o he eth eee sls the le ot the euehe lie hvin unit vecto i t ome geel ngle fom u in he lane of thetet etue. At ny ien time t the he of the diet we i onstnt oshe etue, the mnitude of the d ieth fiel my be eeed in h-so ottio s
(28)
The he of the oulted eected lane wve w ll ay o te eue otht the mgnitude of the eeted field long the line o any lne llel to ige by
2 9
(2 8) and (2 9), nd e onnt, the wvelength nd a d-tne eued along the dial line o long ome ote lne alel to Te
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P = s cos hs s eriod or ich hs u vue of
P = s 2-22)long the direction u as sho in ige 2 While the satial eiods of the easred field uctutios e nctions of the
osition of the dil le i the erture for hch recodin of the fiel sde sin field obe, the ektoe mitude of these uctutios is cos oortio to
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ie 28 ecor on of o coere n
or c ormc ern e ro of ER nd ED o e
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ere e erence n ece eeen mm n mnm of e eure ern o of ER/ED er en n Fure 2
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o or n oee nr e fron n more rec ce neer herec e nr e reece e e rc pnr ere o emn orce f erneo n co conre e o erurefel oeer e e oe reene oe qe ef n errenfe roe for e c ce ee e reece metonge tn ote ignl tt m be peent An ltentie meto o err e e e er
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e oer freqence e eec f nce con eeen e orce ne e nenn m e conere ] Te ro of e me of e ncon fe o f e ron fe en
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Muu co n e o cern n reron of e ener e e norce nenn o of concern f con doe occr freqenc n n
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ODOO powe leel aes an b e edued by isei a i solao o aeuao beweee soue ad i aea
2. OOOR EREEN IIIE
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efoe poeedin io e desi of aeoi abes a be eiew o oudoo es aes is euied o e sae
e ideal es eioe o deeii fazoe efoae would po-ide fo a plane wae of uifo apiue o il luiae e es apeue Vaiosappoahes o simuation of tis ideal eleoanei eio ae ed othe eolution of two basi types of antenna test aes ( ) feespae anes and(2) eetion ages
Feespae anges ae hose in wi an aep is ade to suppess o eoethe eets of al suoundings in ludin the ane sufae o sufaes alon ewae font that illuminaes the tes anea This suppessio is so hohone o oe of suh faos as
Dietiity and side lobe suppession of e soue and es aenna
2 Cleaane of the line of si fo he ae suae
Redieio o absopio of eey eai e ae sufae
4 peial sial poessi eiues su as ai by odlao of e
desied sial atin of e sials ad iedoa eiues o by useof sho pulses
ypia eoeie s assoiaed wi e feepae apa ilde e e leaed ae e a ae eaula ae abe e opa aed bv e l mt g s t taeed hmbe
Reeto aes ae dese to ae use o eey ta eadated om teae sufae(s to eae ose ieeee w te depa sial ite eio about e tes apeue e eomey i otoled so a a setisma ll ampl tde tape is oued te lmia el e two majo es ofeetio ages i use ae te oud eetio ae a o low feuees thetaee eoi ambe and te vesided emss o ambe
2..2 Eetogeti eg oieti itei
Fo eie basi type of ae e ndameal eletoanei desi ieiadea with ool of
nduie ouplig bewee aneas
2 Pase uaue of he illuian wae on
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3. Amlue ae of he llua ae fo
4 Satial eiodic aations the mia ae font cause by eec-
tios
tefeece fom suous aat souces
tems I thogh 4 imaily establih the dmensonal euiemets on the ane
desg as wl l as l mtn the soceatena dictvit Item 5 mst be consd
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2.5.3 Elevated Outdoor Antenna Range
Eeate antena ae es proceeds as fol os (see Fiue 2. 1 0) :
1 Deemine the minimum rae eh fom he ae equatio,
(226)
2 Detemine the maxmum ouce atea damete whee the amlitde ta-e is l imited to 0.2 dB,
heed = souce iameerD = test aeteR = ae leth' = oea aee
SOURCE
d $ 037 'RID
Figure 2.10 Eleaed aea ae
(227)
TEST
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y R KD/ c c
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T u g u p u g cs, cc t f f th c p fls h th f I f fu dc f cs c cv y fc [ 1 ]
2.4 Gou Rfcto t R254 1 ntrodution T ud c a sg us y f sc c pt f c h sufc f tt c ts pt A fx fqucy g p- c us t th cng gy s phd so s catccv c t cpt s h f t p
2542 Priniles Th ptu tp f utg fd g hl l g tst p ol f , d-
d y y suc cvty, t p d, h f v Th p vc u ptu v vtuy p f cvy f hc pns lt y t gt f c f tst pu v sufc Ts y sh sc h fl-lowing paragraphs.
y ch S f-c f h cth v c c lc dsp th p l f dc d -c v T h s h l f h ld n
vc r c
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R = [2 + (h+ ht)2J l /2
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w ig 2 Grou reectio re = the recth fie mite
kej = n eecve eecton coeic iet for the rne surfce = ec pt engt = reec ion th legth = ne enth
h = e o nst ntenh = eg of eceve nte
ssum ht the hse shif fo tc ou reecto geomet s nealyeu to rs tht the rge lenth s le wth eset to theheiht of the trsmit source is ive omately
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Whe he teference oe s peke he e hgh e d o
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To esre tht the vertic m itue vritio cross he test ee o n onreecto re is suciety t, it s recommene tht te tes heght h e set ]
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C f e eetis i e ide a a ua a a, a a ula a aun die atten to toe odui eentia ua eon i
aua An, a g da a a en ua and e ntolled aea t dn ouan a a eial
Fo te ae ufae vaatn, it i sutd tat eaktak ufa vai-ation be eld to wtin
( n we
te opatg waveeng at te hghet fequn of n
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wa given th au t ule and eua a, a ,and onume dv tat a aiate ela u Co-uat At 9 a aa t(A), a if f ou eto a, a a nv td otaaz at 7
he na seccan secd ha adaed essns ee e cndutd on a ound lan uin te ane l 3 , 0 , ad 0 A uit-able ite equid tat it be la obtt u a , b, etalfne witn an eltia buda Te t a be wl awa fmbuildin, aed autooble, and te like Te utablt of te ite i dete-
mined b meauin te ite attenuation 4
2552 The Design of Oen A Test ites naea te e agundetn ae wh efed ang ln a e et anfo te annn atnna tat ae ued to meaue e adad mn -ut tat te t ave epatale aatet al, h ttuatn,wh i dfned a te poaation lo between te tm und tt a t ma-uement antenna, beome a quanfable paaete Gven th e anatn
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te eve of aiate eiion fom a device nde tet can be aate Ti ia te o eeae n necoic abe tet ite
e ein o oenae tet ite i now specifie b A C 7 992 8 An etenive iu ion iven b Koai
e vidt of te tet ite i eteine b measin te ite attenation aeibe in A C.4 4
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. . D Ka, a D . leisch lectromanecs: Wth Applcaions McawHil,New Y, 99.
Uaby, ndamentals of Appled lectromanetcs. 99 eiti, PeticeHall,New Y, 9
3 C . , nneern letromanetc Felds ad Waves. h Wiley & S,New Y, 975.4. C . Balai, nneern letroanets. hn iley & Ss New Y,
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5 I St 47, Standard Test Proedres or Antennas
6 Ka, nneern letomanetc Compatbli. n eii I Pes,
7 B awece, Aechic Cher Pst an Peent Conormi. l. 6, N. 4, pp556, Ap .
ISD6 Reqirements for the ontrol olectmanetc Inteerence Char-
aceriscs obsysems and qipment9 pal iPa ie Itemlati, Antenna easrement Teciqes Associ
i ci pp 31 . Kntt, Radar Css Seto easemets. n Ns ei New Yk,
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. S H et a , icrowave Antenna easrements. Scfic tla, Ic., 9aaabe D fm MI ecgies, Ic , Ncss, GA).
1 igKe H, enel egin ie stributs f icua pete,I ransacons on Anennas and paaton. AP, pp 34346, May96
3 Kt et a, Hw a is ar? I Transactons on Aennas ad Ppaaion.l A, pp 7373 Septebe 74.
Ameca Naal Staa Iti te NS I , C6 3. 4 : Staa f met fmea f a ie emii f lwltage electa an eeeqpe e age f 9 t 4 H.
5 pa aa, N6 43 : 996 l ecagetc mpatibly Pa43: eg a meaemet teciqeraiate aifeqecy, elecmagetic fi mmty est
6 a F, A te a imple asii la, Proceedis o te IR. 3 , N 5 , p . 54, 1 937 .
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17 Chaactestcs f pe el est Stes, Ben OST eeal Cmmcats Cmmss, ce f Scece a echlgy, Washgt, gst18 .
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CHAPTER THR
ELECTROMAGNETICABSORB I N MATER IALS
3. INROUCION
lectomagetc aog mateal ued i aecho tet lte tae mom, depedg o the pupoe o the aclit ad ue o opeto hetwo ot omo ae the dielectc aoe ued the owe eueage ad the eite aoe ued the lowe euec ge Dielectc a
oe came aout eal i the deelopmet o aeho hame dug the0 whe idoo tet acilite wee it deeloped hee ealy chamewee lied with matted hoe ha that wa impegated wth a coductve a uee m w ud d c coductive outio, ad e pamidalaped aoe came ito eig Welito th 0 , t oa dielecc ae wa the pima poduct availae cc cm ppca T e ou cme e ccd wc caued t ovem each te ie etadat popeti oaoe ad develop a ew ie aet tadad The oam aoe ow maketed ut meet the euiemet o aval Reech Laoato RL) 80
hi documet pec iie a ee o laoato tet to peomed to povide a gade o aoe that ite ieetat Fo moe detal o the hito o aecho chame, ee to Re 2 ad the late 0, a maetdevelope o loweuec tetg wth a doo chame The t o theeacilitie ued the the aailale mateial, whch wee lage aoe pamditalled withi hielded ecloue to etalh a acceptale tetig eiomet Thee acil tie wee ve expeve, ad ol the age compae oulduppot the cot A the demad o ailitie oe othe oluto wee deel
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RM BRB MRL
opd, d th td chm cam ito commci u od th e ouc o th it mati Mot uppi o choic ciliti povid dg th g o mtia Th thoud o th chme wodwd dtid hito o M mumt gi i Chpt
o R th 0, chm o tetig wi di ecm th ogue,ad a i o w chm dig w dopd 5 l o oig mtil ud i achoic chambe ae viwd i thi chpt Fo coveic i ptti, t ctio i ok dow ito two mati ,tho tht ud o I GHz micowa) ad tho ud ow I GHz owuc)
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3 m Mot o t lctomagtic achoic cm mauacu o tdad micowa ao poduct that i pamid i haph poduct o id coloadd uth om o To mt th cuti tdc umt it odd with itdat chmcl tht ith mxd i wth th co outio o addd a cod ttmt h pima ppcto o thi mtil i i th cotuctio o chic chm, ocog tt uipmt withi th cm a l ow o, t poideth hgt odd pmc t oth om icidc d t wid cidc g t pm ud o ducig od cttig, ut o good
ack cttig popti a wl , makig it uita o u a octo withi a aechoic cambe t i availabe i a vaie o ticknee t ovide tecamb deige wit te oouiy o co e igt poduct o ecicuci d ic idece age
iduty oid mateial a mall a 5 cm i igh ad a tick a m h poduct galy com i tdad ticknee pecial cuta o mad o pciic aplicatio Tal ummai commo pamida mtl avaia om the micowav matil idut wo gomtiee the tght uae pmd how u , d th witedpmd iuttd i igu h tt i ud o th lg pmwh th houd o th pmid hlp c th od o th ctgomt, iuttd i Figu h twitd pamd i commo ud ith cw o tpd cham wh th ao commo ud up to 8 m ) thick
h poduct i ack w mad ad i uull paited wth u tx paitto impo ght ctc At 5 GHz, th pt c dgd o ctit much a 5 d, o th tp a o uptd i chm wh milimt mumt a to coductd t al o ha oud that i th tip up it mimz p ag du to wea ad tea oud omalchm optio Fom oe i ot v out ad ie a hig dg
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M R BRB ML 2
able 3.1 Pamidal Aso Pomanc
Hgt Wgt Tpsora t t GHz
Te k b) pe p 0 1 2 0.3 0 5 1 0 3 0 6 0 10 0 18 0 36 50P-4 109(43) 1 4(3) 144 30 35 42 50 50 50P-6 152(6) 1 6(3 5) 100 32 40 45 50 0 50
P-8 203(8) 20(4) 30 37 4 0 50 0 50P-12 0 5( 1 2) 2 7(6 0) 36 3 40 45 0 0 0 0
P1 8 457( 1 8) 4 12) 16 0 7 40 4 0 0 0 >4
P24 61(24) 7 7( 17) 9 0 35 40 45 0 0 0 0 >4
P-36 9 1 4(36) 109(24) 4 35 37 42 50 50 0 0 0 >45
P-48 121 9(48) 17(38) 2 28 35 40 0 0 50 0 0 >4
P-72 1 829(72) 23(0) 3 40 45 50 0 0 0 0 >45o: B mo r .6 mZ( ) Powr rating is .8 / /o mainteace Tis is spciall tu in te v icini t o doos and ot igtaic aeas
Foam asos a gnall nstall d usng pssusns tiv adsivs Thcam sac is ist pantd with th adsive and thn t ack o t aso is coatd Te adsiv is l to as o ad thn th lock is applid tot suace eveal adsive poducts o th makt a usd in ths tps o insallatons t i s st to us th adhsivs commndd th aso manactu caus th hav conimd th compalt o th adhsiv wth thecmist o te aso matial not popl applid, t adhsivs tnd to
los thi onding pow and t pamids stat to com loos om t walls adspcially t cilig
igue 3.1 Gomet o t standad pamid aso (Photogap coutso Advancd lctoMagtcs , nc at CA )
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LTRMT BSRB MTRS
ige 32 Geomet of the twsted pamd asoe (Photogaph coutes oAdaced lectoMagetcs, c , atee, CA )
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abobe thice veu euec (ee Table ) ove the decibel age o0 to 0 Whe the l oadig i optimized ad the mteial i o the ode o oewavelegth thick, the eectivit i about d. At eight wavelegth, the eecivit i o the ode o 5 d The ume i the mauactue' cha aeoded o o coveece i pecig the podct ige ow tpicalprornc o pyrl trls Th slop o th cr s proxtly pe octave, he ame a a eect file t i alo the ame lo that i expeice i f pace a wave fo wh he itace o feuec i oule Whe te aboe i le the oe wavelegth thick, te peomace ollo a appoache 0 ve uickl Wh the aoe i thick ad lage i
trs o wavlgt, th icet wav ront egi to ca ad he aoeeectivity peomace dop o. The actual dopo i a uctio o the apectatio (heightbae dimeio) ad the atue o the codtive ladig ed ithe poduct to achieve te micowave lo popeie. xpeiece ha hw thatte cve i igue i hieved we the codctivt o e cabo loadig ioptimal. the codctivi i too geat (i e ., the cabo loadig i high), he heeectivit dop at the lw ed o te cuve ad peak at the highe thiceea how i Figue the loadig i too light, te the whole cve hit to
*he curve as deveoped b the author rom pubsed asorbr perfora aes Thecurve has been vaidted i n ma easurements of pramda absorbr maeras
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2 LRM BSRB MTERS
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the ght t takes a thicke mteil o chieve th sme peomace hus, t isst o cool oe o ml s es ocedu a cecs eeciv o h asob whe o e od o o wvelegh hck Aohe impott popety o the lcomge pomace s he eecv y wd gls o cdece his ecly mott o detm g the owdscttg peomace i coc chmes The idst hs developed gph Fg 3 . *) o sc so poc whe h agle o cdes ploted vss he so kss i wvelgth i v commo o hespect io legtidth o echoc chmbe to cse the agle o icidece o the wave ot to ll o the 60 o 0degee ge As c be s, the
bsobe pomace dops o ve pidl vesus gle o cdec , llustaedi gue gue 6 s sd clcultig the lvel o eected eeg thtwll be oud the tes go o th hmb du to ecios om the sidewlls, ceilg, d oo
A couple o bsob dsig impovts hve ecetl be epoted , 8 ] The st o these impoves the loweqc peomce d is cl led the doy podc vd o yl il i c c b ohe pyamid is xtedd o ohl h lgth o the it d the cvs
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LTROM BORN MTRS60
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MR BRB MR 5
gemet o he mids. his dom hsig o the amids added othe 0 dB o eectio peomce comaed to stadad mid o he smeheight. he Chechev desig has ee aled to oth the tadad ad the doul peidic cuved pymdl mtel, wih excell en eults oh cases. he
tdeo is educed midl heigh o iceaed cos o mauacue o a givepeomce level oml icidece . Aalss hs show tha he Checheveducio acto decees wth isttic gle o ic idece due to the hiig eecive size. he cocet is et suited o eoml cdece 8 .
3 oo rmi oe wo os o hollow amidl aoe ae avalale. he most commo is oduct made ag th atsheets o oam aoe ad wapig hem aoud a suae o oud l ghweighcoe tha has he pamidal geome. Boh mullae ad glelae om haee used to om this te o oduc. he iddual coes ae gouped io
0. 6 m () suaes o commo se o me up coeie u o chame isall atio. he height o th asoe is mla to tha o the sold pamdl soe. hi oduct has ee extevel ued uoe.
Aohe om o his des ig i s a oduc ha made spag laicilm wih a thi metlli c mateal, whch i s he oded to pamdal oam supos. his desig is i llustated i Figue . Both apoaches ode good ieedc d lighweight isll ao. hese es o maeal e esecial l usel o opeio elow GHz, whee he amidal mteals must e log ilegth to povide good eomce dow to 0 MHz.
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thic). he ew doule cuvaue ad Chechev desgs hae alo ee appledto the wedge asoe wih simla mpoveme lweing the euec o oetio o a g iven thcess o matel A aplcao o hese mateal s descied i he sectio o the taeed chame.
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6 LTROMA ABSORB MATRALS
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MROWAVE ABSORB MATRALS
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ELECTROMAGNETC ASOR NG MATERAS
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2 MRA AR MARAL 9
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pato tha hgh os a low eueces ca e acheved Due o he lage uaeae o he poduc (Fgue . ) , pem he maeal o e eal ace oeo op o aoh Tale .4 povde typcal peomce o h poduc Tpcal peomace ceae a omal cdece ae 3 d, ad 1 d awde age , whe compaed o a pamda aoe o he ame hegh.
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ELECROMEC BSORB MATERALS
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ELECTROMAGNETC ASORNG MATEALS
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6 LCROMANC ASORN G MATRAS
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CHAPTER
TH HAB LOSU
4.1 NTRODUTON
Sii r ic fcti fir pri irfrc cpri cric rppi T yp f i i rir i cif prp r f uip i Hiprfrc ii i rquir r ii ip prtct fr ry i
pr rr y r ii y rir t ctr cric ir iti cic cr *T ii f cic t fci iti c riy f fr T yp f
i di rqir i fcti f t tr f tt rqir If i i pririy i rci ci fr cic tri i t i ry it qt If i i pri TEMEST
ir fr qipt f t fciiy r rt iiy y rquird If it i t ipr quip r t ctrtic cptiiity f ircr t cur i pry rquirT rir f i cptr i pri rif ri f typ f cr cy u cic t fciiti Tr r iiti itc typ pi t typ f prfrc rquir t t f ric xpct T rfrc prid ti ri f t riu ctructi
* A complete tement on sheded encloses s vlble n the book cc cgc g H urthe nfomton s vlb e n Refs nd 3 s tem eted to the contro o fems sons fom compter equpmen pocessng cssfed nfomon
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50 H HMBR LOSR
4.2 LCMGN IC N NC
op coto of cocti rit itrfc c c the abitois tt c itrfr it t srts bi couct i th cha
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ity of shi co srs c s to coto t tsti iotTh te ost coo th sht ta i prfabicte, e -coss Shii tis cooy s i th costrctio of shie coss cosist of t fooi
yoo/prticor p it o o o both sies ith aiousas of i st t cooy us fo pfabicate cosrs Othr ts, ch s copp foi o sc, a so fabicated in asi r
2 Vios thices of st t d ito pac o a stee suppoti stuctur
3 i foi is ist it cotact ahsi, o oisoofstrock, hich s iu foi bo to oe fac of the boa is use
4 Copr foi ith pp bcki hich i s ista ith cotact ahese o oo coppr ti ista i ik ca fo a sine
si syst5 Copp scri is t to oo stus spot soee
6 e e e e s , resutn n sne-shi syst
coitio f th is s for spciiz appicatios
ry, t basi c sii ctiss of th shi i ata i s aeqt fo ost ppictios xcpt i th cs of hih poe equeents oTEMEST Spci tchiqs st ppi to t tse quieets
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s ot pros y, th ios fors of ctoetic shii neay faito th css s, prfrict, o chitcta Th att fo consi stsof shi i tht is it it t rt trctr
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4.4.2 Te Weded Sed
44 LR H 1
The welded seam s he mos reliable Various welded seams are llsrated in Fig-ure 4 t s also he ost expensie The seel must ae a mini hiness,usuall gage or ter, and mus t be eldweled onnous etal nertgas (G) weld s be ade along eer sea T wed t b watertighto pinhoe ae peed Wth te aid o f sea a deetos deeoped fo tting seas, tight wed ae otie aiee b te eding dt Wel-onstted welded enoses a poide oe 0 dB of sedig eenesthogout he entie feen spetru ided eosres ae bidingswin a biding, and the sield ing i s no depedt on the pe of ostionsed for the exerior of te fail i
The onsrion of welded enlosures is not a new teology an fail itieshae been bul t o onte eleroagei heat o onto esions The eso a sessl enlosure are to design fo onstutabl it, speiiations with n-ambguous perforane reuireents, goodali ontol poisions, well-ualied welders, and propel trained quait ontrol inspeors 4 reas re-uiring patiuary lose atenion in lde he o lowing
F e esg Bklig of he oo sid de o ea aied dghe sam welding po as been he singe ae onsion dii in an proets nnoatie appoaes to aoid tis poble are dis-ssed in 4
e es. The designer should arefl detail a orne sea, pati-ularl where hree shied srfaes o in The designer s ense tat aess
s aailable o omplete weld a hese loations I-cess W sg. n ae nproess weldtesing pogra is ab-
soluel neessa drg shield assembl o aoid sstea proedralmisakes, whih ould lead o osl repairs laer
aret o weld ehnues ae used n sheld onsruion, and eahshod be reiewed pror o designng a welded insallaion oplee dsus-son o he arious ehnques is aailable n reerenes , 4
e Cl pe e or Peice e
Te mos ommo shed seam s he l amped sea O these, most anaurersof shielded enlosres use the geoer ilstrated in Fige . e desig isal ed has and as The part that is used to hod nts o is srewed ito is i tefo of a ha hannel , whereas he ineior sapping is at, wit oe pag fore ea sews sed hese insaaio W e ieding oed obo sde of e p lwood o paboad pa, sdg s ara oe 00 dB hroug 1 8 Gz his sse is apa o opeaio p o 0Gz, wit pop ateio to doo and ens A oed isa lao a-ed in Figure 3 . Compee deai s on this for of sieding ae deaed in ef .
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52 THE CHAMBER ENCLOSURE
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stuce use n oos, cei ling and wa s. (b) A method of using pa-li ke panels
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4.4 ELECTROMAGNETIC SHI ELDING 5
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HE HMER ENLSRE4.4.4 T gll m
hee ae a aey of mehods used o aompsh sngeshed syses hemos omon s o use ondue ape oe he seas e bes eod s o aphe sedng maea and hen ape he ons Te goa s a meaomea seahroughou he whoe enosue n a popery desged syse, s edg ee-eness on he orde of dB up hough Gz an be obaned Generaspeakng, hs form s a ed arheura shedng, n a e sed ng s bu no he sruue of he ex sng ud ng arge are of ehues ae beendeeoped o aompsh hs ype of shedng
4.5 PNTRATN
Fna y, a she ded enosure s ony as good as he meod used o brg he a-ous sees no he enosure Pesonne and eupmen en, powe, en a-on and heag, ghpressue ar, fre sprers, daa and ono nes eaeure speazed means of peneang a sheded enosue Tey mus bepopery desgned and mpemeed o ensure ha pope shedng eeeesss aeed n e fna nsaaon he eferenes pode gudane on e de-sg of suh peneaons e sheded door s e mos a o f a e pee-aons Vaous fos of he doo ae usaed n Fge 4 4 ese ae pre -so eeoagnemehana dees a s be desgne nsaed, andmananed w exree are peas desgns maybe reured for aeo
habes, espeay hose ha use fere, eause s use ma doube ewegh of he door
4.6 E ANCE VEIFICAT
s reomended ha he shedng eeeess of a sheded enosure e er-fed before aepng he ompeed fa and por o e nsaao of ananeho aeras andard es proedures exs wh an e spe fed for spupose 5
4. 7 HIDD ENUR GRUN DNG
Groundng of a sh eded enosue shoud no be a homss knd of endeaor, 7 Cosderaon mus be gen o eera safey, sgna onro, and, nsome ases, sgna seur ga seur s goerned b he arous seuragenes, whose spefaons shoud e onsued pror o onsron of anype of fa y ha w be proessng assfed foaon
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4.8 FIRE PROTECTION
Te fie protctio reqirt are pecied by rr of te bidg wc t cabr b cat a by ca r a T vr- ar geray . ( 1 ) Sprinkler systems: I ga, rab aprklr a b r a acc cab cau y bcource rctd rgy cay adar crc tt ac Ocoo vro tcc y a a ca rr aa
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TE AMER ENSRE
that ae designed to pop down when chaged with wate pon the atiation of asmoke deteto within the hambe These ae geneay set p to be dy piedsystems Unfotnaey, the histoy of these sys tems has been poo, ease ai denta di shage o these type o wate systems hae ased me damage than
ies, ew f whh hae oed snce the adent o the 0 amaiityeqieents n he asoes at ke age spnges and ae vey tto dy ot i soaked y wate f standad spinke systems mst e sed, thencae shod e taken to minmie he eect o eectons m the standppes yoating them o the hame as the ceiing of the hame ecenty, somesppes ave een sing enoic pipe i ie of the noma ak ppe, espeay in MC hambes (2) Gs ischrge syses: nmbe of Halon sbstitteshave been deeloped which smothe ies bt do not damage the eipment in thechambe C has een sed n vehce test chambes, bt cae mst e taken nthe design o the fie poteton system so that pesonne ae not aght in the
chame when the gas is dshaged () Ce ome aiity manageshave detemined that it s est to isoate the faciity behind twoho fieatedwas and not se any fie potection eqipment ecept eaoate smoke detectsstems wthn the chame e ecent shiee nstaaons hae sed spnkes aove the hame to enhance the containmen
Becase chame fies geneae a geat dea of smoke, it i s eommended hatsmke inhaan eqien e ainaned at a e stan imeae sdethe chame aess do s eipent is eseay eqie a e nto system has een instaed n the chame he aea mst be heked po tomanay atiating the system to ense that no pesonne ae sti inside the
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HA
AN ECOIC CA BEDGN C Q
5 IRODIO
The design of micowave anechoic chambes (aangement of absobe mateiason te inside sfaces of a cambe encose) egan gey emicy in te150s. As the concets became moe pactica, commeciy deveed higpefomance anechoic absobes became avaiabe in the 10s, aong with en
hanced peforance. t was then possibe to des ign chambes sing geometicaoptics (O) techniqs, aso own as ay tacing This has ed to a vaiety ofstandad chabe designs that ae commony avaiabe fom abot a doen chamr crr r r c c crhas evoved The deand fo indoo easeents at ow feqencis (31 e rryr e cer T, r, reqr r re ecq rer pe e perrc
5.2 PRACTICAL DESIGN PROED RES
5.2. Introduction
Te fo oing factors ned to be consideed the des ign of an anechoic chambeabsorbr ayot
a ype of easeents to be peford
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T demnstte the most common meh f esigning micowve nechicchmbe, ssme genepose echoic tes fiity f mesing smpete ntenns yic tenns wod be sm hns, spis gpeididipe ys PDA), sios enns ove he to H eenybnd
Fthe ssme th he chme i be 3 0 m 0 ) wide, 3 m ( ) high,nd m 0 ) ong The ge egh wi be n he e of m ( ) s indicted in Fige 5 The feesce VW pocede wi be sed t pemthe chmbe ccece es Cns Che fo omee ei s of the Feece VWR ocee ) Fige 5 eics vious ems ivoved in simeytcig design The esig meho s ee o he pocees sed es thechmbe When chme is ese, fie obe i s fis n nsvesey cssthe chme nd thogh he cete o he est egin s shwn in Fige 5 sine n ode fo the obe o eec soce o eneos enegy, it msthge its hse ih esec to he iec h he cse of the tsvese
oe oy eegy eece o he sies wi be eece becse ohesfces e e ih he moveme of he oe Thus e ee o y consiethe eegy eecte fom hese sufces o eemine he moun of eecte ey a acs s ion a s sfacs T o a s cosiee s h ecvi of he souce e becuse he eve f iui
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ton on the sdewas is a ncton of the ange o the main beam of the source an-tenna For the geometry assume, ths woud mean that the atte leve at 32 de-grees o the man beam woud be the evel illuminating he sidewall surfaceso he pon o reecton I one ame tha the nenna ben use s asource horn antenna with a 28 degree halfower bamidth, then the attern lev-e woud be on the order of 1 0 dB, as indicated in igure 2 The ange of inci-dence t the idewall absorber s 58 (90 32) degrees Assume that we requre theextraneos sgnal leve to be a mnmum of 0 B at 2 GHz. Then the sewa
absorber mut be 40 10 or 30 dB at a wavelength o 1 5 cm (5 9 inches) Fro