Techniques for Measuring the Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Materials: Part I:—Far-Field Source Simulation

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 239-250

  Wilson, Perry F ^a   Ma, Mark T ^b   Adams, J W ^b  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

coaxial transmission line holder; far field source simulation; plane wave; shielding effectiveness; shielding materials; time domain system

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS -- TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; MATERIALS -- TESTING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES -- TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES, COAXIAL;

COAXIAL TRANSMISSION-LINE HOLDERS; FAR - FIELD SOURCE SIMULATION; MATERIALS SHIELDING EFEFCTIVENESS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 0024054572     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.3302     Document Type: Article

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