I don't know either I am assuming that they are just trying to standardize the test "cell" if you will. You're right the field of interest is inside the loop and the external lobs shouldn't be a problem whether or not the fringe with a ground plane or not, even if they did I think the ability would exist to increase the field strength for the EUT to compensate. I suppose there is something obviously wrong with my assumption but that wouldn't be the first time. Gary -----Original Message----- From: rehel...@mmm.com [mailto:rehel...@mmm.com] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:21 AM To: michael.sundst...@nokia.com Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: 61000-4-8 Ground Plane
61000-4-8 is an immunity test. It totally immerses the EUT in a magnetic field at 50 Hz. I still don't know what the ground plane is for. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org