Here is another way to view an aperture, referenced to a resonant 1/2 wavelength dipole. On one side of a very small aperture, in a large conductive sheet, there is a dipole. It is connected to an identical dipole on the other side of the aperture. The energy intercepted by the first dipole is re-radiated by the second dipole. This represents the case of a 1/2 wavelength aperture. A smaller aperture is down by 20LOG(D/d) where d is the length of the small aperture and D is 1/2 wavelength.
Dave Cuthbert Micron Technology > -----Original Message----- > From: drcuthbert > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:59 PM > To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: apertures > > I have a question on apertures. You may recall the formula that is frequently given for signal attenuation through a small aperture in a large conductive sheet. It is 20LOG(I/2L), where I is the wavelength and L is the slot length. For example, if x is 1/2-wavelength then the attenuation is 0 dB. But I'm not 100% sure what the attenuation is referenced to. If they are referencing it to the E-field that would be present at the aperture location if the sheet were not there to the E-field across the length of the aperture then that makes sense. It seems that we now have a 1/2 wavelength aperture radiating only the signal energy that it has intercepted. > > Let's say it is referenced to the E-field that would be present with no sheet. Now to say that the E-field a large distance away from the 1/2 wavelength aperture has not been attenuated by the aperture is wrong, although this is implied by the formula. Only a fraction of the energy contained in the total incident wave has made it through the aperture. The aperture now acts as a dipole radiating this fraction of the total incident wave. > > So is the attenuation given by this formula to be referenced to the power that would be intercepted by a dipole? > > Dave Cuthbert > Micron Technology This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ 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: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc