MIL-STD-461 CS118 Conducted Susceptibility EMC Testing
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Summary of MIL STD-461G Test Method CS118 Personnel Borne Electrostatic Discharge
This MIL-STD 461 compliance testing method is applicable to electrical, electronic, and electromechanical subsystems and equipment that have a man-machine interference. The MIL-461 CS118 test is not applicable to ordnance items.
This immunity test procedure is used to verify the ability of the EUT to withstand personnel-borne electrostatic discharge (ESD) in a powered-up configuration.
Scope of MIL-STD-461 Standard CS118 Conducted Susceptibility Testing
The equipment under testing (EUT) cannot show any signs of malfunctioning or degradation of performance. The EUT must not show signs of deviation from specified indications when subjected to values while discharging from a 150 picofarad capacitor. This includes beyond the tolerances indicated in the individual equipment or subsystem specifications.
Contact discharge at 8 kV is required for conductive surfaces. Air discharge is only required where contact discharge cannot be applied.
Unintentional Radiator CS118 Conducted Susceptibility Testing Procedures
The test is set up specifically as follows:
- The electrostatic discharges are applied to points and surfaces of the EUT which are accessible to the operator during normal use.
- Test points to be considered include any conductive or non-conductive points in the control or keyboard area, and any other point of human contact such as switches, knobs, buttons, connector shells, and other accessible areas. As a minimum, each face is included.
- The calibration procedures are crucial to the EUT. First, the ESD network and air discharge tip are installed onto the ESD generator. Next, the measurement is left for stabilization. Lastly, the ESD generator is verified.
The test procedures are carried out as follows:
- The ESD Generator is ground to the EUT chassis ground point in the setup.
- The EUT is powered and operated during this test in a manner sufficient to verify its operation.
- The ESD generator’s tip voltage is set to the selected test level.
- Five positive discharges and five negative discharges are applied to each EUT test point.
- The discharges are applied directly on the test point. For air discharges, the tip starts at a distance and is moved closer to the EUT slowly until the discharge occurs or until the tip physically contacts the test point.
- The EUT is monitored for degradation of performance during testing,
- Lastly, the MIL 461-test is repeated for each applicable level of voltage.
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