Cost effective - Efficient - Scalable
The patented RadiField Triple A is no less than a revolution in EMC immunity testing. A complete paradigm shift involves a combination of high level integration and a field combining technique, making several discrete components like combiner, coupler, power meters and cabling superfluous.
Conventional testing
Conventional immunity testing setups involve an amplifier, including combiner, coupler, two RF power meters and interconnecting cables. The efficiency of such setup is low due to power loss in the combiner, internal and external cabling.
High level of integration
By integrating all these components to one single instrument all these unwanted power losses are reduced to zero. The single cable, running from the RadiCentre® to the RadiField® is used to drive the unit with an RF signal, to power the unit and to provide bidirectional communication with the unit. The low power RF signal is transmitted in a lossless fashion over this cable.
Active Antenna Array
At the same time the RadiField® makes use of the field combining technology of an Active Antenna Array. Integrated amplifiers are directly connected to the same number of integrated antennas making a discrete combiner superfluous. As a result of this approach no power is lost between amplifier and antenna nor in a combiner. Instead of combining power we are combining field.
Revolutionary and yet Full Compliant Design
Although the approach is revolutionary it is still completely full compliant with the international EMC immunity standards. These standards merely prescribe aspects like frequency, field strength and homogeneity which is exactly where the RadiField® Triple A® is adhering to.
Low Cost of Ownership
The new RadiField® Triple A® is not only cost effective due to its much lower initial price but also due to its easy installation, lower power consumption, less mechanical wear and tear of cables and connectors and even more important, lower calibration cost. All these aspects result in a much lower cost of ownership of your immunity system. The integrated system is also less error prone.
RadiCentre integration
The RadiField® Triple A® is easily integrated with a modular RadiCentre. This mainframe will contain the RadiSupply which powers the RadiField® over a standard coaxial cable that also carries the signal. This signal may be generated either by an external RF signal generator or by an integrated RadiGen® EMC signal generator.
Broad range
The RadiField® Triple A® approach covers frequencies ranging from 80 MHz till 18 GHz , reaching homogeneous fields up to 600 V/m! Another advantage is the opportunity to upgrade your system to higher field levels.
