Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. Position of the Reverberation Chambers in Common Electromagnetic Tests

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Electromagnetic fields and plane waves

1.3. Electromagnetic tests in confined areas

1.4. Discussion

1.5. Bibliography

Chapter 2. Main Physical Features of Electromagnetic Cavities

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Reduction of the modes in a 1D cavity

2.3. Physical features of an empty rectangular cavity

2.4. The 3D cavity operating in stirred modes

2.5. Discussion

2.6. Bibliography

Chapter 3. Statistical Behavior of Stirred Waves in an Oversized Cavity

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Descriptions of the ideal random electromagnetic field

3.3. Simulation of the properties of an ideal random field

3.4. Contribution of the statistical tests

3.5. Balance of power in a reverberation chamber

3.6. Discussion

3.7. Bibliography

Chapter 4. Impact of the Physical and Technological Parameters of a Reverberation Chamber

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Main parameters for reverberation chamber design

4.3. The usual techniques of mode stirring

4.4. The characterization of reverberation chambers

4.5. Discussion

4.6. Bibliography

Chapter 5. Radiated Immunity Tests in a Reverberation Chamber

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The calibration process

5.3. Examples of calibration results

5.4. Implementing of the immunity test for a piece of equipment

5.5. Immunity test in reverberation and anechoic chambers

5.6. Rectangular components of the electric field and the total electric field

5.7. Discussion

5.8. Bibliography

Chapter 6. Emissivity Tests in Reverberation Chambers

6.1. Introduction

6.2. A few notions on electromagnetic radiation and antennas

6.3. Measurement of the total radiated power in free space

6.4. Measurement of the unintentional emission of a device under test

6.5. Measurement examples of the total radiated power

6.6. Total radiated power and radiated emissivity

6.7. Measurement of the efficiency and of the diversity gain of the antennas

6.8. Discussion

6.9. Bibliography

Chapter 7. Measurement of the Shielding Effectiveness

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Definitions of the shielding effectiveness

7.3. Measurement of the effectiveness of shielded cables and connectors in reverberation chambers

7.4. Measurement of the attenuation of the shielded enclosures

7.5. Measurement of the shielding effectiveness of the materials

7.6. Discussion

7.7. Bibliography

Chapter 8. Mode Stirring Reverberation Chamber:
A Research Tool

8.1. Introduction

8.2. A non-ideal random electromagnetic field

8.3. Studying the correlation of a set of measurements

8.4. Quantization of the scattered and coherent fields in a reverberation chamber

8.5. Discussion

8.6. Bibliography

APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Notion of Probability

A1.1. The random variable concept

A1.2. Probability concept from intuition

A1.3. Probability density function (pdf)

A1.4. Computation of moments

A1.5. Centered and normalized variables

A1.6. Computation of the variance and standard deviation

A1.7. Probability distributions

A1.8. The cumulative distribution function (cdf)

A1.9. The ergodism notion

A1.10. Features of the random stationary variables

A1.11. The characteristic function

A1.12. Summary of the main probability distributions

A1.13. Tables of numerical values of the normal distribution integrals

A1.14. Bibliographys

Appendix 2. Formulas of the Quality Factor of a Rectangular Cavity

A2.1. Quality factor of the TM_{m n p} mode

A2.2. Calculation of the average quality factor

A2.3. Bibliography

Appendix 3. Total Field and Total Power Variables

A3.1. Total field variables

A3.2. X² variable attached to the total field

A3.3. Total field probability density function

A3.4. Calculation of the mean of the total field

A3.5. The pdf of the total power

A3.6. Calculation of the mean total powers

Appendix 4. Calculation of the Variances of ν_φ,ν_η, ν_θ

A4.1. Variance of the ν_φ and ν_η

A4.2. Variance of the ν_θ variable

Appendix 5. Electric Dipole Formulas

A5.1. Complete formulas of the electric dipole

A5.2. Near-field formulas of the electric dipole

A5.3. Far-field formulas of the electric dipole

A5.4. Bibliography

Index