IEICE Transactions on Communications
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A Method of Expanding Operating Frequency Band in a Reverberating TEM Cell by Using a Wire Septum
Hye-Kwang KIMJung-Hoon KIMEugene RHEESung-Il YANG
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2010 Volume E93.B Issue 11 Pages 3066-3071

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This paper presents a method of expanding the operating frequency band of a Reverberating TEM Cell (RTC) for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. To expand the operating frequency band of an RTC, this paper places a wire septum inside the cell instead of a solid septum. The maximum usable frequency (MUF) for TEM cell operation and the lowest usable frequency (LUF) for reverberating chamber operation with the wire septum are studied and compared with a conventional solid septum. The E field strengths inside the RTC are measured and evaluated. The measurement results show that the RTC with the wire septum have similar MUF to the RTC with a solid septum at TEM mode, but have much lower LUF at a reverberating mode, which proves that the operating frequency band of the RTC can be expanded by using the wire septum.

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