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Predicting Radiated Emissions from a Complex Transportation System Wiring Harness
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Signal/Power Integrity, EMCSI 2022
  • Fuwei Ma
  • Ruijie He
  • Sameer Walunj
  • Tamar Makharashvili
  • Chulsoon Hwang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Daryl G. Beetner, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Brian Booth
  • Kerry Martin
Abstract

Low frequency radiated emissions problems are often caused by common mode currents flowing on wiring harnesses. The ability to predict radiated emissions problems early in the design process can save both time and money and result in a better product. Methods have previously been reported for rapidly characterizing common-mode sources driving a harness and then using these equivalent sources to predict radiated emissions. These methods are extended in the following paper to predict radiated emissions from a complex 32-wire harness bundle connected to an engine control unit. Rapid experimental characterization of the common mode sources is enabled using an equivalent cable bundle approximation of the original harness, where wires with roughly equivalent source and load impedances are lumped together and treated as a single equivalent wire. Sources driving the equivalent bundle were found using a specialized measurement fixture. Only a few measurements are required, even if there are many wires associated with the source and they originate at different ports on the component. Full-wave models of the equivalent harness were built and along with the equivalent source were used to predict radiated emissions. This model was able to predict radiated emissions from 20-300 MHz with reasonable accuracy, with peak emissions typically predicted within about 6 dB of measurements, when using multiple different harness lengths and routings.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Comments

National Science Foundation, Grant IIP-1916535

Keywords and Phrases
  • cable harness,
  • common-mode currents,
  • common-mode source,
  • engine control unit,
  • measurement,
  • radiated emissions
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-166540929-2
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Publication Date
01 Jan 2022
Citation Information
Fuwei Ma, Ruijie He, Sameer Walunj, Tamar Makharashvili, et al.. "Predicting Radiated Emissions from a Complex Transportation System Wiring Harness" 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Signal/Power Integrity, EMCSI 2022 (2022) p. 146 - 151
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chulsoon-hwang/120/