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<p><b>Preface xiii</b></p> <p><b>Foreword xv</b><br /> <i>Paolo CORONA</i></p> <p><b>Introduction xix</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1. Position of the Reverberation Chambers in Common Electromagnetic Tests 1</b></p> <p>1.1. Introduction 1</p> <p>1.2. Electromagnetic fields and plane waves 2</p> <p>1.3. Electromagnetic tests in confined areas 13</p> <p>1.4. Discussion 26</p> <p>1.5. Bibliography 28</p> <p><b>Chapter 2. Main Physical Features of Electromagnetic Cavities 29</b></p> <p>2.1. Introduction 29</p> <p>2.2. Reduction of the modes in a 1D cavity 30</p> <p>2.3. Physical features of an empty rectangular cavity 44</p> <p>2.4. The 3D cavity operating in stirred modes 69</p> <p>2.5. Discussion 77</p> <p>2.6. Bibliography 80</p> <p><b>Chapter 3. Statistical Behavior of Stirred Waves in an Oversized Cavity 83</b></p> <p>3.1. Introduction 83</p> <p>3.2. Descriptions of the ideal random electromagnetic field 84</p> <p>3.3. Simulation of the properties of an ideal random field 93</p> <p>3.4. Contribution of the statistical tests 104</p> <p>3.5. Balance of power in a reverberation chamber 121</p> <p>3.6. Discussion 130</p> <p>3.7. Bibliography 132</p> <p><b>Chapter 4. Impact of the Physical and Technological Parameters of a Reverberation Chamber 135</b></p> <p>4.1. Introduction 135</p> <p>4.2. Main parameters for reverberation chamber design 136</p> <p>4.3. The usual techniques of mode stirring 153</p> <p>4.4. The characterization of reverberation chambers 164</p> <p>4.5. Discussion 188</p> <p>4.6. Bibliography 190</p> <p><b>Chapter 5. Radiated Immunity Tests in a Reverberation Chamber 193</b></p> <p>5.1. Introduction 193</p> <p>5.2. The calibration process 194</p> <p>5.3. Examples of calibration results 206</p> <p>5.4. Implementing of the immunity test for a piece of equipment 210</p> <p>5.5. Immunity test in reverberation and anechoic chambers 220</p> <p>5.6. Rectangular components of the electric field and the total electric field 226</p> <p>5.7. Discussion 228</p> <p>5.8. Bibliography 230</p> <p><b>Chapter 6. Emissivity Tests in Reverberation Chambers 233</b></p> <p>6.1. Introduction 233</p> <p>6.2. A few notions on electromagnetic radiation and antennas 234</p> <p>6.3. Measurement of the total radiated power in free space 249</p> <p>6.4. Measurement of the unintentional emission of a device under test 252</p> <p>6.5. Measurement examples of the total radiated power 262</p> <p>6.6. Total radiated power and radiated emissivity 269</p> <p>6.7. Measurement of the efficiency and of the diversity gain of the antennas 272</p> <p>6.8. Discussion 275</p> <p>6.9. Bibliography 276</p> <p><b>Chapter 7. Measurement of the Shielding Effectiveness 279</b></p> <p>7.1. Introduction 279</p> <p>7.2. Definitions of the shielding effectiveness 280</p> <p>7.3. Measurement of the effectiveness of shielded cables and connectors in reverberation chambers 287</p> <p>7.4. Measurement of the attenuation of the shielded enclosures 302</p> <p>7.5. Measurement of the shielding effectiveness of the materials 307</p> <p>7.6. Discussion 316</p> <p>7.7. Bibliography 318</p> <p><b>Chapter 8. Mode Stirring Reverberation Chamber: A Research Tool 321</b></p> <p>8.1. Introduction 321</p> <p>8.2. A non-ideal random electromagnetic field 324</p> <p>8.3. Studying the correlation of a set of measurements 336</p> <p>8.4. Quantization of the scattered and coherent fields in a reverberation chamber 349</p> <p>8.5. Discussion 356</p> <p>8.6. Bibliography 358</p> <p><b>APPENDICES 361</b></p> <p><b>Appendix 1. Notion of Probability 363</b></p> <p>A1.1. The random variable concept 363</p> <p>A1.2. Probability concept from intuition 363</p> <p>A1.3. Probability density function (pdf) 364</p> <p>A1.4. Computation of moments 365</p> <p>A1.5. Centered and normalized variables 366</p> <p>A1.6. Computation of the variance and standard deviation 367</p> <p>A1.7. Probability distributions 367</p> <p>A1.8. The cumulative distribution function (cdf) 369</p> <p>A1.9. The ergodism notion 369</p> <p>A1.10. Features of the random stationary variables 372</p> <p>A1.11. The characteristic function 373</p> <p>A1.12. Summary of the main probability distributions 375</p> <p>A1.13. Tables of numerical values of the normal distribution integrals 378</p> <p>A1.14. Bibliography 379</p> <p><b>Appendix 2. Formulas of the Quality Factor of a Rectangular Cavity 381</b></p> <p>A2.1. Quality factor of the TMm n p mode 381</p> <p>A2.2. Calculation of the average Q quality factor 382<br /> <br /> A2.3. Bibliography 384</p> <p><b>Appendix 3. Total Field and Total Power Variables 385</b></p> <p>A3.1. Total field variables 385</p> <p>A3.2. χ2 variable attached to the total field 386</p> <p>A3.3. Total field probability density function 386</p> <p>A3.4. Calculation of the mean of the total field 387</p> <p>A3.5. The pdf of the total power 388</p> <p>A3.6. Calculation of the mean total powers 389</p> <p><b>Appendix 4. Calculation of the Variances of υφ, υη, υθ 391</b></p> <p>A4.1. Variance of the υφ and υη variables 391</p> <p>A4.2. Variance of the υθ variable 392</p> <p><b>Appendix 5. Electric Dipole Formulas 395</b></p> <p>A5.1. Complete formulas of the electric dipole 395</p> <p>A5.2. Near-field formulas of the electric dipole 397</p> <p>A5.3. Far-field formulas of the electric dipole 397</p> <p>A5.4. Bibliography 398</p> <p>Index 399</p>

"The book is recommended both as a reference for researchers and professionals working with reverberation chambers, and as a textbook for a course on reverberation chambers." (Radio Science Bulletin, 1 December 2011) <p> </p>

<p><strong>Bernard Démoulin</strong> is a professor at the Institute of Electronics, Micro, and Nanotechnologies (IEMN) in Lille, France. <p><strong>Philippe Besnier</strong> is a researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France.

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