Piecing together EMC compliance

摘要

The run-up to the EMC Symposium, scheduled for March 15-20 in Santa Clara, puts the test-and-measurement industry's focus on solving the puzzle of electromagnetic compatibility. And whether they intend to exhibit at the symposium or not, test equipment vendors are highlighting products that can assist in precompliance test, compliance test, debugging, and troubleshooting. Field generators, signal generators, EMI receivers, amplifiers, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and switching and control platforms are all critical pieces of an effective EMC strategy. Some firms focus on EMC and offer instruments and systems dedicated to the topic. Others provide general-purpose instruments that can be adapted to EMC/EMI test-often with the help of software options.