Agilent N/W6141A electromagnetic compatibility measurement application

The N/W6141A electromagnetic compatibility measurement application for Agilent’s X-series of signal analysers is now available.

Suitable for R+ACY-D engineers in the aerospace/defence, motor vehicle and communications industries, the application enables easier, more accurate pre-compliance emissions testing of prototype electrical components, subassemblies and systems.

It is claimed to be the only pre-compliance test solution that helps users reduce test margins, while ensuring their devices meet all regulatory limits.

It allows R+ACY-D engineers to evaluate the electromagnetic interference performance of their designs. Its sensitivity and measurement accuracy enable identification of low-level signals and guarantee more precise measurement of signals against commercial (CISPR 16-1-1) and MIL-STD limits with pass/fail and delta indicators.

It also enables differentiation of ambient signals from device emissions. A frequency scan can be used to continuously search and measure signals, while a strip chart display and real-time detectors enable views of intermittent emissions over time. This allows the engineer to easily identify out-of-limit device emissions.

Key features include: signal lists (eg, delta to limit) that can be used to mark, sort or delete signals to quickly reduce the measured signal list to only those signals that are out of specification; real-time detectors for measuring peak, quasi-peak and the EMI/RMA average amplitude of selected signals to maximise emissions using real-time measurements; the ability to re-measure signals in the signal list for easy verification of failed signal emissions repairs.

The application supports a hardkey and softkey manual user interface and SCPI remote interface. As an X-series measurement application, the application can be easily transferred between X-series signal analysers (the PXA, MXA and EXA) with transportable licensing.