Use of reverberation chambers to determine the shielding effectiveness of physically small, electrically large enclosures and cavities

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 770-782

  Holloway, Christopher L ^a   Hill, David A ^a   Sandroni, Marco ^a,b   Ladbury, John M ^a   Coder, Jason ^a   Koepke, Galen ^a   Marvin, Andrew C ^c   He, Yuhui ^c  

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

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular apertures; Reverberation chamber; Shielding effectiveness (SE); Small cavities; Small enclosure

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; ENCLOSURES; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; SHIELDING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CIRCULAR APERTURES; REVERBERATION CHAMBER; SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS (SE); SMALL CAVITIES; SMALL ENCLOSURE;

REVERBERATION;

EID: 57049144252     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2008.2004580     Document Type: Article

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