Electromagnetic coupling into two standard calibration shields on the Sandia cable tester

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1204091· OSTI ID:1204091

Warne, Larry Kevin ^[1]; Basilio, Lorena I. ^[1]; Langston, William L. ^[1]; Chen, Kenneth C. ^[1]; Hudson, Howard Gerald ^[1]; Morris, M. E. ^[1]; Stronach, S. L. ^[1]; Johnson, W. A. ^[1]; Derr, W. ^[1]

---

1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This report presents analytic transmission line models for calculating the shielding effectiveness of two common calibration standard cables. The two cables have different canonical aperture types, which produce the same low frequency coupling but different responses at resonance. The dominant damping mechanism is produced by the current probe loads at the ends of the cables, which are characterized through adaptor measurements. The model predictions for the cables are compared with experimental measurements and good agreement between the results is demonstrated. This setup constitutes a nice repeatable geometry that nevertheless exhibits some of the challenges involved in modeling non-radio frequency geometries.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Derr Enterprises,, Albuquerque, NM
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1204091
• Report Number(s): SAND2014-0842; 503374
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English