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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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