EMP Preferred Test Procedures. Revision

Abstract : IIT Research Institute has developed EMP PREFERRED TEST PROCEDURES for selected electronic components. This is part of a continuing program to formulate and recommend procedures by which EMP test data may be obtained and reported. In this connection, it is important to realize what these preferred procedures are and what they are not. They are a formal recognition of good practices and methods based on sound physical principles which can lead to useful EMP data. They provide a means of communicating useful information among workers in a large multidisciplined technology. These preferred procedures are not necessarily cook-book simplifications and are not intended to be a MIL-SPEC or a panacea for designers of hardened systems. The EMP PREFERRED TEST PROCEDURES require some experience and intelligence on the part of the experimenter.