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CHAPTER 5: EMI MEASUREMENTS<br />
5.3.1 Calibration procedure<br />
Figure 5.3: Calibration curve for current probe FCC F-35A<br />
The current probe has a voltage output measured across the "50 Ohm input" <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Spectrum Analyser; to obtain the current measurement Ohm’s law is applied, using<br />
the known transfer impedance:<br />
Ip = ES/ZT<br />
The same formula, applied to values in dB is:<br />
Ip(dBµA) = ES(dBµV)−ZT(dBΩ) (5.3.1)<br />
Therefore to get the current measurement in dB, from the voltage readings on the Spec-<br />
trum Analyser, the Transfer Impedance ZT needs to be subtracted. Because ZT changes<br />
throughout the frequency, its behaviour needs to be recorded and used to obtain a<br />
precise measurement. In order to do this, pairs <strong>of</strong> Voltage and Current values will be<br />
recorded for all the frequency that will be used for the emissions measurements.<br />
The first step is to measure the reference current injected by the Signal Generator into<br />
the 50Ω nominal load; the generator should inject a constant test reference current, but<br />
for such a wide range <strong>of</strong> frequencies this is unlikely to be verified, so in this measure-<br />
ment the actual reference current is recorded. For this measurement three connections<br />
are needed: a BNC cable must connect the "10MHz Out" on the Spectrum Analyser<br />
to the "10MHz In" <strong>of</strong> the Signal Generator; another BNC cable must connect the "Trig-<br />
ger Out" from the Signal Generator to the "Trigger In" <strong>of</strong> the Spectrum Analyser, this<br />
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