EMC Related Formulae

LogLinear Voltage dBV to Volts Volts to dBV dBV to Volts Volts to dBV dBV to dBV dBV to dBV Term Conversion

V = 10((dBV 120) / 20)

dBV = 20 log (V ) + 120

dBm to dBuV dBuV to dBm dBuA to dBm dBm to dBuA dBuA to dBuV dBuV to dBuA

dBv = 90 + 10 log( Z ) + dBm dBm = dBV 90 10 log( Z )

V = 10(dBV / 20)
dBV = 20 log (V ) dBV = dBV + 120 dBV = dBV 120

dBm = dBA + 10 log( Z ) 90 dBA = dBm 10 log( Z ) + 90 dBV = dBA + 20 log( Z ) dBA = dBV 20 log( Z )
A= V Z W= V2 Z

LogLinear Power dBm to Watts Watts to dBm dBW to Watts Watts to dBW dBW to dBm dBm to dBW

Volts to Amps & Watts

W = 10((dBm 30) / 10)

dBm = 10 log(W ) + 30

Amps to Volts & Watts

V = A* Z

W = A2 * Z A= W Z

Watts to Volts & Amps

V = W *Z

W = 10(dBW / 10)
dBw = 10 log(W ) dBm = dBW + 30 dBW = dBm 30

RF related, Field Strength & Power Density dBuV/m to V/m V/m to dBuV/m dBuv/m to dBmW/m2

V / m = 10(((dBV / m) 120) / 20)

dBV / m = 20 log (V / m ) + 120

dBm / m2 = dBV / m 115.8 dBV / m = dBm / m 2 + 115.8

dBA / m = dBV / m 51.5 dBV / m = dB A / m + 51.5 dBpT = dBA / m + 2 dBA / m = dBpT 2 V / m = (W / m 2 ) * 377 (V / m ) 2 377

LogLinear Current dBuA to uA uA to dBuA dBA to A A to dBA dBuA to dBA dBA to dBuA

dBmW/m2 to dBuV/m dBuV/m to dBuA/m dBuA/m to dBuV/m dBuA/m to dBpT dBpT to dBuA/m

A = 10(dBA / 20)
dBA = 20 log( A)

A = 10(dBA / 20)
dBA = 20 log( A) dBA = dBA 120 dBA = dBA + 120

W/m2 to V/m

V/m to W/m2 LogLinear Impedance dB(ohms) to ohms ohms to dB(ohms)

W / m2 =

Z = 10(dB(ohms) / 20)
dB(ohms ) = 20 log (Z )

wound coil Flux Density

T =

4 (turns)( amps ) 20( radius, m ) T 1.25

uT to A/m A/m to uT

A/m =

T = 1.25 * ( A / m)

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Antenna (Far Field)

Gain, dBi to numeric Gainnumeric = 10( dBi / 10) Gain, numeric to dBi dBi = 10 log(Gainnumeric ) Gain, dBi to Antenna Factor AF = 20 log( MHz ) dBi 29.79 Antenna Factor to gain in dBi dBi = 20 log( MHz ) AF 29.79 Field Strength given Watts, Numeric Gain, Distance in meters V /m = 30 * watts * Gainnumeric Meters

Current Probe
dB(ohm) to Zt (transfer impedance) Z t = 10( dB (ohm) / 20) Zt to dB(ohm) dB (ohm) = 20 log( Z t ) Conductance (Gt) in dB(s) to transfer impedance, (Zt) in dB(ohms) Z t = Gt Transfer Impedance in Zt (dB(ohms)), to Conductance in Gt (dB(s)) Gt = Z t Power needed for BCI Probe (50), given voltage level into 50 load (V) and Probe Insertion Loss I L . watts = 10 (( I L + 10 log(V 2 / 50)) / 10)

Field Strength given Watts, dBi gain, Distance in meters 30 * watts * 10(dBi / 10 ) Meters

V /m =

Watts needed for 150 Ohm EM Clamp watts = 10 (( I L + 10 log(V 2 / 150)) / 10)

Transmit Power needed, given desired V/m, Antenna numeric gain, Distance in meters. watts = (V / m * meters ) 2 30 * Gainnumeric

Conducted current level using current measuring probe given probe factor in dB(ohm) and probe terminal voltage in dBuv dBA = dBV dB (ohm) Conducted current level, given probe factor in Zt (ohms) and terminal voltage in dBuv dBA = dBV 20 log( Zt ) dB calculations

Transmit Power needed, given V/m, Antenna dBi gain, Distance in meters watts = (V / m * meters ) 2 30 *10 ( dBi / 10)

Amplitude Modulation Compute db delta (volts) Peak power, given CW power and modulation %.(sine wave AM) W peak = WCW (1 + ( Mod % * 0.01)) 2 Average power, given CW power level and modulation % (sine wave AM) Compute dB delta (amps)

V dB = 20 log 1 V 2 dB = 20 log A1 A2

Compute dB delta (watts)

Wavg =

Wcw * ( 2 + ( Mod % * 0.01) 2 ) 2

W dB = 10 log 1 W 2

compute new voltage w/ db delta

( dB + 20 log(V given ) 20 = 10

Average power, given peak power and modulation %

Wavg =

W peak * (2 + ( Mod % * 0.01) 2 ) 2 * (1 + ( Mod % * 0.01)) 2

Vnew

compute new wattage w/ db delta

( dB + 10 log(W given ) 10 = 10

Wnew

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VSWR/reflection coefficient/return loss VSWR given Fwd/Rev Power 1+ VSWR = 1 Prev Pfwd Prev Pfwd

Misc Linear interpolation with log of freq Value = Log ( FX / FL ) * ( XU X L ) + X L Log ( FU / FL ) FL = lower frequency FU = Upper frequency XL = Value at lower frequency XU = Value at upper frequency FX = Frequency of desired value

where

VSWR given reflection coefficient VSWR = 1+ 1

TEM Cell Power Needed Watts = where (V * Height * 0.5) 2 Z V = field strength in V/m Z = TEM cell impedance in ohms

Reflection coefficient, , given Z1/Z2 ohms = Z1 Z 2 Z1 + Z 2

Reflection coefficient, , given fwd/rev power

Prev Pfwd

Return Loss, given fwd/rev power Pfwd RL ( dB ) = 10 log P rev Return Loss, given VSWR VSWR 1 RL( dB ) = 20 log VSWR + 1

Return Loss, given reflection coefficient RL( dB ) = 20 log( )

Mismatch loss, given fwd/rev power Pfwd ML ( dB ) = 10 log Pfwd Prev

Mismatch loss, given reflection coefficient

ML(dB) = 10 log(1 2 )

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