G01R31/001

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDED TESTING CHAMBER WITH VENTILATION
20230050818 · 2023-02-16 ·

A testing apparatus for electromagnetically sensitive equipment includes a housing defining a testing chamber. The housing blocks transmission of electromagnetic waves from an external environment into the testing chamber and reduces reflection of electromagnetic waves within the testing chamber. The testing apparatus also includes a tube defining an air flow path between the testing chamber and the external environment. The tube blocks transmission of electromagnetic waves from the external environment into the air flow path. The tube includes a proximal end coupled to an opening in the housing such that the air flow path is fluidly coupled to the testing chamber via the opening, a distal end opposing the proximal end, and a bent segment extending between the proximal end and the distal end.

Portable anechoic chamber

An anechoic chamber and test system that is adapted for installation in or to a vehicle. The chamber includes an outer structure that is durable enough to withstand the effects of transportation. The anechoic chamber and test system may also include an inner faraday shield, a transmission antenna, and a controller that can introduce GNSS, alternative navigation signals, jamming, or spoofing signals into the anechoic chamber along with vehicle sensor signals. The controller is adapted to monitor a GNSS system's ability to resist the jamming or spoofing signals using, at least in part, the vehicle sensor signals.

Instrument interfacing method and device thereof
20230043853 · 2023-02-09 ·

An instrument interface method and device. Two capacitors, one capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to live line of power output of a LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to one test port of an oscilloscope; the other capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to neutral line of the power output of the LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to another test port of the oscilloscope; without changing the LISN design, existing LISN products can be used for conducted emission test with oscilloscope-based time-domain EMI measurement instruments by means of the method and device. Said two capacitors have a capacity of <0.09 μF, which reduced the requirements of oscilloscope's A/D conversion, making low-cost oscilloscope can also be used for EMI testing.

Method for measuring quick changes in low surface conductivity of dielectrics under electromagnetic interference of line voltage and equipment to perform this type of measurement
20180003758 · 2018-01-04 ·

The method for measuring of quick changes of low surface conductivity of dielectrics under electromagnetic interference of line voltage is based on a comparison measurement on a voltage divider and synchronisation of measuring pulses with periodic sinusoidal course of interference when voltage with pre-set parameters of square pulse is brought to the tested dielectric surface and potential is sampled in the voltage divider consisting of the measured dielectric surface and a resistor with preselected resistivity in certain time intervals both before application of the measuring pulse and immediately before its end, and then based on a difference between the values measured using a differential amplifier, the value corresponding to that measured without effect of electromagnetic interference 60 Hz is derived and the result is the possibility to measure quick changes of low surface conductivity of dielectric surface.

The equipment for measurement of quick changes of low surface conductivity of dielectrics under electromagnetic interference of line voltage contains the sensing element (1) monitoring electromagnetic interference and the block (2) monitoring electromagnetic interference that is connected to the sensing element, and the comparative block (3) for control of generation of time sequences is connected to the first output from the block (2) and the block (4) for generation of pulses is also connected to the first output from the block (2), and the output of the block (4) are square pulses 1 ms/±5 V, and the first output 10 μs/±5 V and the second output 10 μs/±5 V are connected to inputs of the block (6) of logic elements, and another output of the block (2) monitoring electromagnetic interference is connected to the comparative element (5), the output of which is connected to the fourth input of the block (6) of logic elements, and the first output of the bloc (6) of logic elements is connected through the block (7) for modulation of pulses to the with the output as pulse 0 to 300 mV to the tested surface in the block (8) of the voltage divider surface/divider-resistor where output from this block (8) of the voltage divider surface/resistor-divider is connected through the block (11) of the voltage follower to the divider with very high input impedance to signal inputs of the first sample-and-hold amplifier (9) and of the second sample-and-hold amplifier (10), and the second input for control of sampling of the first sample-and-hold amplifier (9) and the second input for control of sampling of the second sample

Device and method for operating the same

A device is disclosed herein. The device includes a bias generator, an ESD driver, and a logic circuit. The bias generator includes a first transistor. The ESD driver includes a second transistor and a third transistor coupled to each other in series. The logic circuit is configured to generate a logic control signal. A first terminal of the first transistor is configured to receive a reference voltage signal, a control terminal of the first transistor is configured to receive a detection signal in response to an ESD event being detected, a second terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a control terminal of the third transistor, and a control terminal of the second transistor is configured to receive the logic control signal.

Instrument interfacing method and device thereof
11714115 · 2023-08-01 ·

An instrument interface method and device. Two capacitors, one capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to live line of power output of a LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to one test port of an oscilloscope; the other capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to neutral line of the power output of the LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to another test port of the oscilloscope; without changing the LISN design, existing LISN products can be used for conducted emission test with oscilloscope-based time-domain EMI measurement instruments by means of the method and device. Said two capacitors have a capacity of <0.09 μF, which reduced the requirements of oscilloscope's A/D conversion, making low-cost oscilloscope can also be used for EMI testing.

Detection and measurement unit for detecting electromagnetic interference, detection system comprising such an analysis unit and analysis method

A detection and measurement unit for detecting electromagnetic interference, the detection and measurement unit being configured to receive a representative digital signal. The detection and measurement unit includes a detection subunit configured to compare the amplitude of the representative digital signal with a first triggering threshold and a second stopping threshold. The second stopping threshold corresponds to an amplitude less than that of the first triggering threshold. The detection subunit is configured to detect an electromagnetic pulse on each detection of the passage of the amplitude of the representative digital signal through the second stopping threshold in a falling edge after the amplitude of the representative digital signal.

MEASURING APPARATUS AND A MEASURING METHOD OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE

The present invention relates to a measuring apparatus, comprising: an arbitrary waveform generator to generate, and inject to a coupling network, a combination of N test signals; the coupling network to couple the N test signals to an EUT, and the responses thereof and those signals generated by the EUT itself, to a measuring unit; the measuring unit to measure the electrical rn signals provided by the coupling network; and—a processing unit to process the N test signals and the measured electrical signals, to obtain: the electromagnetic signals, noise or EMI generated by the EUT; and—the Z, Y or S parameters of the EUT or any other meaningful set of parameters that can be computed from the aforementioned ones or from voltages and currents. The invention also relates to a measuring method adapted to perform method steps with the apparatus of the invention.

Method, a diagnosing system and a computer program product for diagnosing a fieldbus type network
11544163 · 2023-01-03 · ·

The invention relates to a method for diagnosing a fieldbus type network. The method comprises the steps of measuring, using a signal measuring device such as an oscilloscope, a bus signal of the fieldbus type network, providing the measured bus signal to a computer system, and generating, by the computer system, a diagnosis. The diagnosis is performed by executing a step of comparing, by the computer system, the measured bus signal with signals in a database of bus signals and corresponding diagnoses; and/or feeding, by the computer system, the measured bus signal to a trained statistical model trained to diagnose the fieldbus type network; as well as a step of outputting the diagnosis based on the output of the comparison and/or the output of the statistical model.

METHOD AND APPARATUS CONFIGURING CONDUCTIVE PLANE
20220413030 · 2022-12-29 ·

A method and apparatus for configuring a conductive plane for electromagnetic compatibility test of equipment or device. A positioning object is fixed above the plane of a conductive plane, the positioning object contacts an equipment under test (EUT), and the distance from the EUT to the conductive plane is equal to the distance from the positioning object to the conductive plane plus the thickness of the positioning object, thereby avoiding an error in measurement caused by a change in the distance from the conductive plane to the EUT during each test. In addition, the device is portable, and the conductive plane does not need to be grounded, and may be applied to a production site or field in which no grounding is available.