Experimental analysis on hazardness of RF front-end system damaged by high power electromagnetic pulse

The high power electromagnetic(HPEM) is one of the major issue on military area in several years. Contrary to other direct weapons, it is nonlethal weapon that destroy or deceive electronic device but minimize the harm to human1. Commonly, there are two coupling path of electronic device damaged by HPEM pulse. One is the front-door coupling and the other is the back-door coupling2. Due to the front-door coupling is induced a lot more power than the back-door coupling, it is difficult to protect perfectly. Thus it needs to study the damage prediction and the protection method of RF front-end system affected by HPEM pulse.