Development of an innovative digital EMC receiver

该项目是一种新型EMC接收器的开发。EMC是电磁合规的意思。合规几乎是全世界的一项法律要求。它适用于所有投放市场的电气或电子产品。合规性的衡量在国际标准中进行了定义。这种合规性是衡量产品产生了多少电气和无线电干扰，以及它在存在外部干扰时的表现。在越来越依赖电子通信的现代世界，干扰问题越来越被认为是一个关键因素。任何干扰测量系统的核心都是“EMC接收器”。其规范是由国际标准CISPR16定义的。满足规范要求的传统测量技术既耗时又缓慢。一次测量可能需要长达一个小时或更长时间，通常每个产品都需要多次这样的测量。这对任何新产品的开发都会产生重大的成本/时间后果。我们的市场集中在制造商身上，所有制造商都被要求确保其产品满足国际指定的强制性干扰排放限制。这种新的接收器将大大减少进行必要测量所需的时间，从而缩短上市时间。非常快速和强大的数字处理组件的出现使在几秒钟而不是几个小时内完成这些测量成为可能。海外竞争对手已推出使用类似技术但成本高昂的接收器。这项计划的目的是开发一种先进、高性能的接收器，既能与现有系统的性能相媲美，又能保持价格优势。为了实现这些目标，我们已经确定了能够提供基本的高速信号采集、信号处理、存储器和通信链路的组件，这些组件可以构成具有成本效益的解决方案的基础。这种先进的技术需要专业知识来开发所需的软件和数字逻辑。我们的目标是与德蒙福德大学合作，他们在这些领域拥有成熟的经验和专业知识。最终结果是计划推出一款先进的EMC接收器，利用目前可用的最新高速和高带宽组件。我们的目标是打造市场领先的世界级产品。这将确保英国仍然是全球市场干扰测量系统的主要供应商。它还将与英国学术界建立密切联系，以促进产学研合作。

This project is the development of a new EMC receiver. EMC is Electro-Magnetic Compliance. Compliance is a legal requirement virtually worldwide. It applies to all electrical or electronic products placed on the market. Measurement of compliance is defined in international standards. This compliance is a measure of how much electrical and radio interference the product creates, and how it performs in the presence of external interference.In the modern world which is becoming dependant on electronic communications, the issue of interference is increasingly acknowledged as a critical factor.At the core of any interference measurement system is the 'EMC receiver'. The specification of this is defined by international standard CISPR16\. Conventional measurement techniques that meet the requirements of the specification are time consuming and slow. A single measurement can take up to an hour or more, and typically, each product will require many such measurements.This has significant cost/time consequences for any new product development.Our market is focussed on manufacturers, all of whom are required to ensure that their products meet the internationally specified mandatory limits for emission of interference. This new receiver will considerably reduce the time required to take the necessary measurements, thus reducing time-to-market.The advent of very fast and powerful digital processing components has made possible the prospect of achieving these measurements in seconds rather than hours. Overseas competitors have already introduced receivers that utilise similar technology, but at high cost.The purpose of this project is to develop an advanced, high performance receiver that will match the performance of existing systems, whilst remaining price competitive. In order to achieve these aims, we have identified components thatcan provide the essential high speed signal acquisition, signal processing, memory and comms links that can form the basis of a cost effective solution.Such advanced technology will require specialist expertise for the development of the required software and digital logic. We aim to partner with De Montford University who have proven experience and expertise in these fields.The end result is planned to be an advanced EMC receiver that utilises the latest high speed and high bandwidth components now available. The intention is to create a market leading world class product. This will ensure that the UK remains a prime supplier of interference measurement systems to the global market. It will also establish a close link with UK academia to promote industry-university partnership.