A fast circuit model description of the shielding effectiveness of a box with imperfect gaskets or apertures covered by thin resistive sheet coatings

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-144

  Konefal, Tadeusz ^a   Dawson, John F ^a   Marvin, Andrew C ^a   Robinson, Martin P ^a   Porter, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circuit model; Gaskets; Multiple modes; Shielding effectiveness (SE)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL CIRCUIT MODEL (ILCM); RECTANGULAR APERTURE; RECTANGULAR GASKETS; SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; THIN RESISTIVE SHEET COATINGS; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX (TLM);

ELECTRIC SHIELDING;

EID: 33645807638     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2006.870703     Document Type: Article

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