Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Tabel of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Position of the Reverberation Chambers in Common Electromagnetic Tests -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electromagnetic fields and plane waves -- 1.2.1. Definition and properties of plane waves -- 1.2.2. General plane wave representation -- 1.2.3. Assimilation of the far-field to a local plane wave -- 1.2.4. Induction phenomena produced by plane waves -- 1.3. Electromagnetic tests in confined areas -- 1.3.1. Emission of a small rectangular loop -- 1.3.2. Tests carried out in a TEM cell -- 1.3.3. Measurements carried out in an anechoic shielded chamber -- 1.3.4. Position of the reverberation chambers in tests carried out in a confined space -- 1.4. Discussion -- 1.4.1. On the use of the plane wave concepts -- 1.4.2. On the uncertainty margin of the measurements carried out in a reverberation chamber -- 1.5. Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Main Physical Features of Electromagnetic Cavities -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Reduction of the modes in a 1D cavity -- 2.2.1. Description of the 1D cavity -- 2.2.2. Solutions of the 1D waves equation -- 2.2.3. Eigenmodes computation -- 2.2.4. Comparison of a cavity to a network of LC resonators -- 2.2.5. Contribution of the quality factor to the cavity -- 2.2.6. Optimal coupling of the energy on an eigenmode -- 2.2.7. Deviation of the modal frequencies produced by an obstacle -- 2.2.8. Implementation of mode stirring -- 2.3. Physical features of an empty rectangular cavity -- 2.3.1. Geometrical description of the reverberation chamber -- 2.3.2. Calculation of the eigenmodes' frequencies -- 2.3.3. The first eigenmode -- 2.3.4. Higher order modes -- 2.3.5. Mode spacing and mode density -- 2.3.6. Quality factor of the 3D cavity -- 2.3.7. Regarding the excitation conditions of the cavity.

2.3.8. Plane wave spectrum -- 2.3.9. Influence of the energy losses on the plane wave spectrum -- 2.4. The 3D cavity operating in stirred modes -- 2.4.1. Role given to mode stirring -- 2.4.2. Mechanical mode stirring -- 2.4.3. Experimental proof of the modal excursion -- 2.5. Discussion -- 2.5.1. On the geometry of reverberation chambers -- 2.5.2. On the use of the RLC resonators -- 2.5.3. On the contribution of the modal interferences -- 2.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 3. Statistical Behavior of Stirred Waves in an Oversized Cavity -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Descriptions of the ideal random electromagnetic field -- 3.2.1. The electromagnetic field assumed as a random variable -- 3.2.2. Statement of the postulate of an ideal random field -- 3.2.3. Presentation conventions of the random variables -- 3.2.4. χ2 probability distribution -- 3.2.5. Probability density function of the absolute field amplitude -- 3.2.6. Probability density function of the power variable -- 3.3. Simulation of the properties of an ideal random field -- 3.3.1. Construction of the plane wave spectrum -- 3.3.2. Construction of the interferences by random trials -- 3.3.3. Use of the central limit theorem -- 3.4. Contribution of the statistical tests -- 3.4.1. Role given to the size N of the statistical sampling -- 3.4.2. Assessment of the experimental data to the probability distributions -- 3.4.3. Estimate of the variances and means -- 3.4.4. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test -- 3.5. Balance of power in a reverberation chamber -- 3.5.1. Review of the main features of antennas -- 3.5.2. Receiving antenna immersed in an ideal random field -- 3.5.3. Measurement of the power radiated by a device in a reverberation chamber -- 3.6. Discussion -- 3.6.1. On the hypothesis of the ideal random field -- 3.6.2. On the simulation of the disordered field by plane waves trials -- 3.7. Bibliography.

Chapter 4. Impact of the Physical and Technological Parameters of a Reverberation Chamber -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Main parameters for reverberation chamber design -- 4.2.1. List of the main building parameters -- 4.2.2. Impact of the geometrical and physical parameters of the chamber -- 4.2.3. Factors influencing the quality factor of a chamber -- 4.2.4. Space correlation of an ideal random electromagnetic field distribution -- 4.3. The usual techniques of mode stirring -- 4.3.1. Mechanical mode stirring -- 4.3.2. Frequency agitation of the modes or electronic stirring -- 4.3.3. Stirring by switching the transmitting antennas -- 4.3.4. Mode stirring by dimensional modulation of the chamber -- 4.4. The characterization of reverberation chambers -- 4.4.1. Aims of the characterization of reverberation chambers -- 4.4.2. Characterization of the efficiency of mode stirring -- 4.4.3. Test of the stationary random electromagnetic field distribution -- 4.4.4. Measurements of the quality factor -- 4.4.5. Localization of the lowest usable frequency of the chamber -- 4.5. Discussion -- 4.5.1. Regarding the law of large numbers -- 4.5.2. On the impact of the volume of the large devices under test -- 4.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 5. Radiated Immunity Tests in a Reverberation Chamber -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The calibration process -- 5.2.1. Measurement methods of the statistical uniformity of the field distribution -- 5.3. Examples of calibration results -- 5.4. Implementing of the immunity test for a piece of equipment -- 5.4.1. The loading effect of the device under test -- 5.4.2. Incidence on the statistical uniformity of the field -- 5.4.3. Observation of possible malfunctioning of the device under test -- 5.4.4. An example of immunity tests -- 5.5. Immunity test in reverberation and anechoic chambers.

5.5.1. The conventional approach of illumination in an anechoic chamber -- 5.5.2. Illumination in a reverberation chamber -- 5.6. Rectangular components of the electric field and the total electric field -- 5.7. Discussion -- 5.7.1. The limits of statistical uniformity from one standard to another -- 5.7.2. The choice of the number of stirrer positions from one standard to another -- 5.7.3. The nature of immunity tests in reverberation chambers -- 5.8. Bibliography -- Chapter 6. Emissivity Tests in Reverberation Chambers -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. A few notions on electromagnetic radiation and antennas -- 6.2.1. Origin of electromagnetic radiation -- 6.2.2. Properties of the electromagnetic field at a distance from the radiation source -- 6.2.3. Intensity and directivity of the electromagnetic radiation -- 6.2.4. Polarization and partial directivities -- 6.2.5. Efficiency and gain of an antenna -- 6.2.6. Effective area of an antenna -- 6.2.7. Transmission balance between two antennas − Friis expression -- 6.2.8. Formulation and properties of the radiation in a spherical graph -- 6.3. Measurement of the total radiated power in free space -- 6.3.1. Definitions -- 6.3.2. Conventional measurement methods of the total radiated power -- 6.4. Measurement of the unintentional emission of a device under test -- 6.4.1. Calibration and evaluation of the total radiated power in reverberation chambers -- 6.5. Measurement examples of the total radiated power -- 6.5.1. The calibration phase -- 6.5.2. The measurement phase of the device under test -- 6.6. Total radiated power and radiated emissivity -- 6.7. Measurement of the efficiency and of the diversity gain of the antennas -- 6.7.1. Measurement of the antenna efficiency -- 6.7.2. Measurement of the diversity gain of the antennas -- 6.8. Discussion.

6.8.1. On the measurement of the radiated emissivity of a device in a reverberation chamber -- 6.8.2. On the measurements of radiofrequency devices in a reverberation chamber -- 6.9. Bibliography -- Chapter 7. Measurement of the Shielding Effectiveness -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Definitions of the shielding effectiveness -- 7.2.1. Shielding effectiveness of cables and connectors -- 7.2.2. Attenuation of the shielded enclosures -- 7.2.3. Shielding effectiveness of the materials -- 7.3. Measurement of the effectiveness of shielded cables and connectors in reverberation chambers -- 7.3.1. Electromagnetic coupling on wires placed in a reverberation chamber -- 7.3.2. The effective area of a cable or a shielded connector -- 7.3.3. Relationship between the reference power and the current induced on a device under test -- 7.3.4. Conversion of the shielding attenuation into a transfer impedance -- 7.3.5. Examples of the measurements of the shielding effectiveness of the connectors -- 7.4. Measurement of the attenuation of the shielded enclosures -- 7.4.1. Expected electromagnetic coupling mechanisms -- 7.4.2. Example of attenuations measured on a shielded enclosure -- 7.5. Measurement of the shielding effectiveness of the materials -- 7.5.1. On the size of the devices under test with respect to the wavelength -- 7.5.2. Examples of attenuation measurements carried out on a material -- 7.6. Discussion -- 7.6.1. The accuracy of the measurement of the shielding attenuation of the materials -- 7.6.2. The recorded curves of shielding attenuation -- 7.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 8. Mode Stirring Reverberation Chamber: A Research Tool -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. A non-ideal random electromagnetic field -- 8.2.1. An estimate of the statistics of a rectangular component of an electric field in an effective reverberation chamber.

8.2.2. Resorting to a replacement distribution: the Weibull distribution.