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Revision as of 13:05, 8 October 2024
- AD
- A/D
- Analog to Digital
- AGL
- Above Ground Level
- ALSE
- Absorber Lined Shielded Enclosure
- AMN
- Artificial Mains Network
- AVF
- Antenna Validation Factor
- BCI
- Bulk Current Injection
- CAL
- CALibration
- CDN
- Coupling Decoupling Network
- CE
- Conducted Emission
- Conformité Européenne: Complying to European regulations
- CI
- Conducted Immunity
- CISPR
- Comité International Spécial des Perturbations Radioélectriques3
- CLF
- Chamber Loading Factor
- CLI
- Command-line Interface: That software can be controlled using arguments passed to the executable
- COR
- Correction
- CVF
- Chamber Validation Factor
- CW
- Carrier Wave: An unmodulated RF signal
- Continuous wave: An unmodulated RF signal
- dB
- Decibel
- dBm
- Power expressed in milliWatt in dB values.
- 1 mW = 0 dBm
- 2 mW = 3 dBm
- 100 mW = 20 dBm
- 1 W = 30 dBm
- 100 W = 50 dBm
- dBOhm
- Resistance expressed in Ohm in dB values.
- 1 Ohm = 0 dBOhm
- 2 Ohm = 6 dBOhm
- 10 Ohm = 20 dBOhm
- DGPS
- Differential Global Positioning System. An improvement to GPS, where small GPS errors are corrected by a broadcasted radio signal.
- DUT
- Device Under Test. This is equivalent to the term EUT (Equipment Under Test). RadiMation® always uses the term EUT.
- EFT
- Electrical Fast Transients
- EMC
- ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
- EMI
- ElectroMagnetic Interference: The electromagnetic energy that interferes with how an EUT works
- ERP
- Effectively Radiated Power
- EPAC
- Electrically Power Assisted Cycles
- ESD
- ElectroStatic Discharge
- EV
- Electric Vehicle
- GPIB
- General Purpose Industrial Bus: A communication system used to 'remote control' test and measurement equipment.
- HCP
- Horizontal Coupling Plane
- HV
- High Voltage
- IEC
- International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IL
- Insertion Loss
- Immunity
- immunity
- The ability of an EUT to be immune to incoming electromagnetic interference. This is equivalent to the term susceptibility that is used by some standards.
- IO
- I/O
- Input/Output
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- LLF
- Limit Line File
- LOC
- Location
- LUF
- Lowest Usable Frequency: The lowest frequency of a reverberation chamber at which the specified field uniformity can be achieved over the working volume.
- LV
- Low Voltage
- MB
- Multiband: Tests that allow more flexible test configurations, where multiple bands with different settings can be specified in a single TSF.
- Megabyte: 1 million bytes.
- MU
- Measurement Uncertainty
- NC
- Normally Closed: The connector of a relay that is connected to the common connector of the relay (and thus closed) if the relay is not powered
- NO
- Normally Open: The connector of a relay that is not connected to the common connector of the relay if the relay is not powered
- OATS
- Open Area Test Site
- PC
- Personal Computer
- PE
- Protective Earth
- PI
- Pulsed Immunity
- Q
- Q factor
- Quality factor
- Quality factor: Frequency-dependent measure of how well a reverberation chamber stores energy
- QP
- Quasi-Peak
- RC
- RVC
- Reverberation Chamber
- RE
- Radiated Emission
- RGP
- Reference Ground Plane
- RI
- Radiated Immunity
- RMS
- Root Mean Square
- RS232
- A serial communication system, often used to control small equipment connected to a PC.
- SEQ
- Sequence
- stirrer
- tuner
- Mechanical device constructed from low-loss electrically conductive material which alters the electromagnetic boundary conditions inside a reverberation chamber.
- Susceptibility
- susceptibility
- The sensitivity of an EUT to incoming electromagnetic interference. This is equivalent to the term Immunity. RadiMation® always uses the term Immunity.
- TME
- Test and Measurement Equipment
- TSF
- Test Setup File
- USB
- Universal Serial Bus: A modern serially controlled communication system, found on all new PC's
- VBW
- Video BandWidth
- VCP
- Vertical Coupling Plane
- VISA
- The Virtual Instrument Software Architecture is a standard for configuring, programming, and troubleshooting instrumentation systems comprising GPIB, VXI, PXI, Serial, Ethernet, and/or USB interfaces.
- working volume
- Region defined by 8 points inside the chamber at sufficient distance away from the walls to avoid boundary effects, in which the EUT can be positioned.