Ellipticus CW Illumination System

Abstract

The Ellipticus Illuminator is a CW counterpart to the ATHAMAS II (Horizontally Polarized Dipole or HPD) electromagnetic pulse (EMP) Simulator. As such, it is designed to be used as an aid in evaluating the EMP shielding on aircraft and other test objects and used as a hardness maintenance/hardness surveillance (HM/HS) tool during the system's lifetime. This paper describes the design, construction, and electromagnetic properties of the Ellipticus Illuminator and shows some limited comparisons of measurements made in both pulse and CW simulators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 07, 2012
Accession Number
ADA587835

Entities

People

  • Garland Anderson
  • Jory Cafferky
  • Leonard Ortiz
  • William D. Prather

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Construction
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Frequency Bands
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Periodic Variations
  • Signal Generators
  • Simulators
  • Transmission Lines
  • Transport Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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