Feature Analysis of Electromagnetic Interference Measurement Facilities

Abstract

This paper presents a feature analysis of two electromagnetic interference test facilities. The one is an anechoic chamber and the other is a reverberation chamber. And then, this paper reviews problems of the current reverberation chamber, the stirrer. In general, a reverberation chamber uses a stirrer to generate a uniform electric field inside it. However, the stirrer is a big sized unit and has rotating parts in it, which makes problems and difficulties in maintenance. To conquest these problems, this paper suggests a diffuser which is commonly used in acoustics. To study the substitution effect of a diffuser, a diffuser and a reverberation chamber for 5.0-7.0 GHz band are designed and fabricated. And then, the real measurement of electric field intensity is done to study the electromagnetic interference characteristics in a reverberation chamber with a diffuser. With the measurement results, it is show that a diffuser satisfies the international standard requirement, which means the reverberation chamber with a diffuser can be used as an official facility for the electromagnetic interference measurement.