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Manuel Añón-Cancela (1), Daniel Hernández-Gómez (2), Mercedes Vázquez-Pascual(4), Daniel López-Sanz (4)
National Institute for Space and Technology (INTA) Ctra. de Ajalvir km. 4 28850TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ(Spain)
Email: agnoncm@inta.es(1), hernandezgd@inta.es(2), vazquezpm@inta.es(3), lopezsd@inta.es(4)
1. INTRODUCTION
During an environmental qualification test campaign for
a space equipment/system, some equipment require to
be under their intended environmental conditions to be
able operate properly. These environmental conditions
are achieved when installed in a thermal vacuum
chamber under the required thermal profile. One of the Figure 1. INTA TVC-04 facility layout
tests that require a complete functional test is the EMC
(Electro Magnetic Compatibility) test, so it would be of 2. TVC-04 VALIDATION AS MTC
interest or even mandatory some times to be able The TVC-04 validation was performed under the
perform that test while the equipment is under their following premises:
operational environmental conditions. At INTA
In order to be conservative and to comply with
(Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial)
[1], [2], [3] and [4] the LUF (Lowest Usable
Environmental Test Area there are several TVC
Frequency) was considered to be fs=200MHz,
(Thermal Vacuum Chamber) in service, being of
in this way we ensure that more than 100
interest of this research two of them, with the following
modes are transmitted inside the cavity.
dimensions:
The validation criteria followed is the one
TVC-01: L1300xW1500xH1300
defined in [1].
(+160ºC/-175ºC, vacuum < 10-5mbars)
As the TVC-04 has not any tuner fitted inside,
TVC-04: L4000xW4000xH4000
the chamber was validated as a MTC according
(+150ºC/-190ºC, vacuum < 10-5mbars) see
the procedure defined by [3].
Fig. 1
According to the TVC-04 dimensions, the
Besides, in the EMC Area there are one MTC (Mode
internal volume of 111.58m3 was considered
Tuned Chamber) and one SMTC (Small Mode Tuned
(an hexahedron of dimensions W5000mm x
Chamber) with the following dimensions:
L5000mm x H2500mm plus a semi cylinder on
MTC: H4720xL7520xW5600 with two
top of it with the following dimensions
stirrers (100MHz-40GHz)
h=5000mm and r=2500mm).
SMTC: H1840xL4160xW1920 with a single
During the chamber verification, the E field
stirrer (400MHz-40GHz)
probes were placed 50cm approximately from
As we have the knowledge to perform thermal vacuum
the chamber shroud (gas nitrogen circuit), this
tests and RS test to space equipment and systems, INTA
means that the test volume of 3m x 3m x 3m
has decided to combine them and to offer to the industry
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Proc. ‘2016 ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC’,
Valencia, Spain, 23–25 May 2016 (ESA SP-738, May 2016)
can be considered. in this case 111.58m3; in this case, the effective
Frequency step: 15 frequencies log spaced chamber volume lower than the above value due to
from 1 to 2GHz and 80/decade from 2 to shroud fitted inside, and therefore the Q factor should
18GHz. According to criteria stated in [1] 13 be a little bit different.
frequencies would be needed from 1 to 2GHz
(i.e. 10fs) and 20 frequencies/decade from 2 to
18GHz.
The validation was performed at 22ºC ±2ºC
and not under vacuum conditions.
The antennas and E-field probes set up inside the TVC-
04 are shown see in Fig. 2.
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work has been partially funded by the EURAMET
IND60 EMC research project (the EMRP is jointly
funded by the EMRP participating countries within
EURAMET and the European Union) and by the
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
(MINECO) under project UAVEMI (TEC2013- 48414-
C3-2-R).
The general impression for the results of this test, is that Figure 7. Commercial horn antenna RL measurements
the RL figures seem not to be worst at different test set-up from -40ºC to 100ºC inside the INTA thermal
temperatures from ambient temperature (20ºC), even are chamber C-002
improved for some frequencies.
Not vacuum conditions were applied for this test.
6. REFERENCES
4. CONCLUSIONS 1. IEC61000-4-21 “Electromagnetic compatibility
After the TVC-04 validation process, we conclude the (EMC) –Part 4-21: Testing and measurement
following: techniques – Reverberation chamber test methods”
the facility is suitable to perform RS test Edition 2.0 2011-01.
between 1 an 18GHz (it is a compromise to 2. Crawford, M.L. & Koepke, G.H.. “Design,
cover most spacecraft on board transmitters Evaluation and Use of a Reverberation Chamber
while allowing the use of medium size for Performing Electromagnetic
chambers and the feasibility of using a single Susceptibility/Vulnerability Measurements”. NBS
horn antenna from 1 to 18GHz) TECHNICAL NOTE 1092, April 1986.
not an internal tuner is needed following the
validation procedure described in [3] 3. Añón-Cancela, Manuel et al. “A Different Tuner for
a Mode Tuned/Stirred Chamber. The Daisy
not special antennas are needed to carry out
Antenna”. In preparation, not yet published, 2016.
4. RTCA/DO-160G “ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR
AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT. Section 20 Radio
Frequency Susceptibility (Radiated and
Conducted)” 8 December 2010.