Influence of Mean and Peak Power on HPEM Susceptibility Tests of a Reference Test Setup

Susceptibility tests with varying test parameters have been performed in a reverberation chamber of a reference test setup consisting of a Raspberry Pi single board computer and peripherals. The tests are a part of an international collaboration for comparative susceptibility tests of a common test setup with different test methods and in different laboratories. The results of seven test series in the frequency interval1 - 2 GHz of high power electromagnetic radiation with different pulse lengths and pulse repetition frequencies are reported on here. A new error class has been identified and added to the previously defined error classes of the comparative studies. It is found that unlike the capability of the required mean power to cause an error, the required peak power of the radiation is roughly unaffected by increasing the pulse length and pulse repetition frequency.