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Reverberation ChambersAndy Lambourne

29th November 2007

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Contents

01 Introduction

02 Uses of a Reverberation Chamber

03 Example Facilities

04 Chamber Properties

05 Standards and Test Methods

06 Calibration

07 Conclusion

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01Introduction

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Electrically large, highly conductive overmoded closed cavity

Electromagnetic field uniformity achieved by rotation of conductive tuner or other method

Tuner dimensions must be comparable to wavelength corresponding to Lowest Useable Frequency (LUF)

Advantages:• Supports high field strengths per watt of input

power

• Good measurement repeatability

• More thorough test

• Standards compliant (frequency step)

01 Reverberation Chambers

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01 Reverberation Chamber – Field Uniformity

5

Courtesy K. Goldsmith DSTO Australia

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01 IR 2D Slice Showing Field Variation

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01 Other Types of Reverberation Chamber

Other but less practical methods of field randomisation

Hydraulic wall

• Movement at an internal wall

Vibrating Intrinsic Reverberation Chamber (VIRC)

• Movement of conductive material

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02Uses of Reverberation Chambers

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Mainly used for formal EMC Immunity Testing where the test limits are high• Aerospace

• Automotive

• Military

Can also be used for:• EMC Emissions testing

• Shielding Effectiveness measurements of:− Materials

− Enclosures

• Investigatory EMC pre-compliance testing− Most products are current tested conventionally

− Reverberation chamber (mode stirred) pre-compliance testing provides:

− Quick and easy measurement of the total radiated power

02 Uses of Reverberation Chambers

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02 Total Radiated Power Emissions Measurement

EUT

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02 Radiated Susceptibility Testing

EUT

RTCA DO160E

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02 Shielding Effectiveness/Attenuation of materials (dual reverberation method)

ReverberationChamber 2

ReverberationChamber 1

TX Chamber

TX HornPenetrationPanel

MicrowaveBicone

RX ChamberPaddle Stirrer

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02 Reverberation Chamber SE Measurement (cont.)

Equipment Enclosure Measurement

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03Example Facilities

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03 Reverberation Chamber Facilities

The large reverberation chamber at QinetiQ Farnborough has the following features:

• Size - 10 m x 8 m x 7 m (560 m3)

• Entry point - 2 m x 2 m (Double Door)

• Construction - Modular Steel Construction

• Paddle design - Foil Covered Foam

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03 Reverberation Chamber Facilities

The medium reverberation chamber at QinetiQ Farnborough has the following features:

• Size - 8 m x 5 m x 3 m (120 m3)

• Entry point - 2 m x 2 m (Double Door)

• Construction - Modular Steel Construction

• Paddle design - Foil Covered Foam

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03 Reverberation Chamber Facilities

The small reverberation chamber at QinetiQ Farnborough has the following features:

• Size - 3 m x 2.5 m x 2 m (15 m3)

• Entry point - 1 m x 2 m (single door)

• Construction - Modular steel construction

• Paddle design - Honey Comb Aluminium

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03 Reverberation Chamber Facilities

The PIG at QinetiQ Farnborough has the following features:

• Size - 0.36 m x 0.36 m x 0.24 m (0.04 m3)

• Entry point - 100 mm x 70 mm (single door)

• Construction - Aluminium construction

• Paddle design - Sheet Aluminium

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Photo courtesy of the Royal Australian Air force Aircraft Research and Development Unit

03 Reverberation Chamber: DSTO Adelaide

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04Chamber Properties

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04 Chamber Q Factor

The Q Factor describes the chambers ability to store RF energy.

The largest contributing factors are:

• Chamber surface losses

• Chamber aperture losses

• Chamber loading

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04 Chamber Losses

Conductive internal surfaces

• Imperfect conductor equates to an imperfect reflection and therefore loss.

Incident Field

Reflected Field Absorbed Field

Imperfect Conductor

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04 Chamber Losses

Minimal chamber losses

Waveguide below cut-off

Accesspanel

Accesspanel

Aperture

Chamber A Chamber B

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04 Operating Frequencies

Wide range of operating frequencies

ab

d

222

011 2)( ⎟

⎠⎞

⎜⎝⎛+⎟

⎠⎞

⎜⎝⎛+⎟

⎠⎞

⎜⎝⎛×⎟

⎠⎞

⎜⎝⎛=

dk

bj

aicHzf

Where

• ‘a’ is the smallest dimension (m)

• ‘b’ and ‘d’ are the other dimensions

• i=0

• j=k=1

• and c is the speed of light (m/s).

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04 Electric Field Uniformity

Low statistical electric field deviation over the working volume

Electric Field Vector

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05Standards and Test methods

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05 Standards

Standards that allow ‘mode tuned’ and ‘mode stirred’ techniques:

Susceptibility testing

• British Standard EN61000-4-21

• Defence Standard 59-411

• MIL-STD-461E

• RTCA DO160E/EUROCAE ED14

Emissions testing

• British Standard EN61000-4-21

• CISPR 16-1

• RTCA DO160F?

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05 Standard’s Requirements

The requirements of ‘mode stirred’ / ‘mode tuned’ calibration:

British Standard EN61000-4-21 (Susceptibility and Emissions)

• Working volume map of 8 points in 3 axes

• Field uniformity conforms as described in the standard

• Rate of change in the field must be measured

RTCA DO160E (Susceptibility – ‘mode tuned’ only)

• Working volume map of 9 points in 3 axes

• Field uniformity must conform (up to two concessions per octave)

• Rate of change in the field must be measured

CISPR 16-1 (Emissions – ‘mode stirred’ only)

• Stirring efficiency

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05 Reverberation chamber test methods

Reverberation chamber can be configured either for ‘mode stirred’ or ‘mode tuned’:

‘Mode Stirred’

• Continuous rotation of a stirring paddle

• Frequency dwells for a single rotation

• The rotational speed is determined by the rate of change of electric field relative to the equipment dwell time

‘Mode Tuned’

• Stepped rotation of a stirring paddle

• Frequency is swept a each assigned paddle position

• The sweep time is dependant by the dwell time of the equipment

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06Calibration

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Empty chamber calibration verifies field uniformity for selectable test parameters

• Lowest Useable Frequency (LUF)

• Selectable number of Tuner positions

• Dimensions of Chamber, Tuner and Working Volume

Provides benchmark against which the effects of chamber loading by the EUT can be assessed

Empty chamber calibration corrected for EUT loading

• Expected E Field generated per watt of chamber input power

06 Purpose of Mode Tuned Calibration

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Empty Chamber Field Uniformity and Loading Validation Phase

• Nine Point triaxial field probe calibration of empty chamber below 10fS

• Three Point triaxial field probe calibration of empty chamber above 10fS

• Simulation of EUT loading up to 10fS by artificially loading chamber with absorber –maximum ‘Loading Factor’ measured for simulated loading.

06 Mode Tuned Calibration

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Chamber Loading Determination

• EUT installed in chamber

• Chamber Loading Factor measured and compared against ‘Loading Factor’ derived from simulated loading phase

• If EUT loading excessive then Field Uniformity calibration must be repeated with EUT installed.

Chamber Q and Time Constant Calibration

• Measured with EUT installed

• Verifies rise time is quick enough to accommodate pulsed testing

06 EUT Evaluation Phase

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Input power necessary to generate required field strength to test EUT is computed from calibration figures

• V/m per W averaged over all calibrated tuner positions

06 EUT Radiated Susceptibility Test

Representative Data for QinetiQ Small Reverberation Chamber (1 Watt Input Power)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

100 1000 10000 100000

Frequency (MHz)

Max

imum

Fie

ld S

treng

th

(V/m

)

Mode Tuned(180 Steps)Mode Tuned(12 Steps)

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Test limits for peak E-field are increasing as the environment becomes more severe

• Higher number of tuner positions desirable

• Leads to longer test time

06 EUT Radiated Susceptibility Test

RTCA DO160E

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Assuming:

• 100 MHz to 1 GHz Band (100 frequencies / decade)

• Tuner rotation speed 30 RPM

• Single EUT Operating mode and Test Modulation

• No EUT Failures

• Test at Test Limit level only (no window effects investigation)

Typical Mode Stirred Test Time of 3.5 Hrs

06 Mode Stirred Test Time

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Assuming:

• 12 Tuner Steps

• 100MHz to 1GHz Band (100 frequencies / decade)

• Fifteen seconds per test frequency

• Single EUT Operating Mode and Test Modulation

• No EUT Failures

Typical Mode Tuned Test Time of 5 Hrs (excluding calibration phase!)

More Tuner Steps means longer test durations

06 Mode Tuned Test Time (Minimum 12 Tuner Steps)

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75180

32.575

2560

512

Estimated Test Time (Hours)Number of Tuner Steps

06 Mode Tuned Test Time Estimates

Mode tuning which replicates the field uniformity and achieves the high field strengths associated with mode stirring can take 20 times longer than

mode stirring

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Fewer tuner steps reduces test time BUT……

• Reduces available field strength per watt of input power

• Reduces field uniformity

Calibration data should be obtained for high number of tuner steps

Calibration data for fewer numbers of tuner steps can then be evaluated by processing sub sets of this data

Test can then be divided up into frequency bands with optimum number of steps for each band

06 Optimising number of Tuner Steps

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07Conclusion

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07 Conclusion

Reverberation Chambers

• Application

• Advantages over conventional techniques

• Electrical properties

Standards

• Applicable standards to mode tuned and mode stirred techniques

Calibration

• Mode tuned

• Mode stirred

• Typical test times

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