Device for testing electrical or electronic systems with electromagnetic pulses

Claim 1

A device for testing an electric or electronic system with electromagnetic pulses, said electric or electronic system having a height H, comprising a gas-filled test cell which accommodates the electric or electronic system under test, to which cell a pulse generator is connected, wherein the test cell is constructed over its entire length as a coaxial line having a ribbon-shaped inner conductor witha width b and a thickness d and a cylindrical outer conductor with a diameter D, said inner conductor being spaced from said outer conductor by at least a shortest distance a, wherein a ribbon-shaped potential plate connected to the outer conductor is arranged plane-parallel to the inner conductor inside the outer conductor at a distance from said inner conductor which corresponds to at least twice the height H of the electric or electronic system under test, said distance being greater than the shortest distance a between the inner conductor and the outer conductor and a ratio between a sum of the width b of the inner conductor and its thickness and the diameter D of the outer conductor is between 0.4 and 0.9.

Claim 2

A device for testing an electric or electronic system with electromagnetic pulses, said electric or electronic system having a height H, comprising a gas-filled test cell which accommodates the electric or electronic system under test, to which cell a pulse generator is connected, wherein the test cell is constructed over its entire length as a coaxial line having a ribbon-shaped inner conductor witha width b and a thickness d and a cylindrical outer conductor with a diameter D, said inner conductor being spaced from said outer conductor by at least a shortest distance a, wherein a ribbon-shaped potential plate connected to the outer conductor is arranged plane-parallel to the inner conductor inside the outer conductor at a distance from said inner conductor which corresponds to at least twice the height H of the electric or electronic system under test, said distance being greater than the shortest distance a between the inner conductor and the outer conductor and a ratio between a sum of the width b of the inner conductor and its thickness and the diameter D of the outer conductor is between 0.4 and 0.9.

Claim 13

A device for testing an electric or electronic system with electromagnetic pulses, said electric or electronic system having a height H, comprising a gas-filled test cell which accommodates the electric or electronic system under test, said test cell being constructed to be gas-tight for an overpressure of at least five times ambient pressure or for a vacuum, to which cell a pulse generator is connected, wherein the test cell is constructed over its entire length as a coaxial line having a ribbon-shaped inner conductor with a width b and a thickness d and a cylindrical outer conductor with a diameter D, said inner conductor being spaced from said outer conductor by at least a shortest distance a, wherein a ribbon-shaped potential plate connected to the outer conductor is arranged plane-parallel to the inner conductor inside the outer conductor at a distance from said inner conductor which corresponds to at least twice the height H of the electric or electronic system under test, said distance being greater than the shortest distance a between the inner conductor and the outer conductor and a ratio between a sum of the width b of the inner conductor and its thickness and the diameter D of the outer conductor is between 0.4 and 0.9, said potential plate subdividing the inner space of said cylindrical outer conductor into first and second part spaces with said inner conductor being arranged in said first part space, and wherein connecting lines of the electric or electronic system under test are carried through the outer conductor into said second part space and from there through the potential plate over a distance to the electric or electronic system under test, the distance traversed by said connecting lines from said potential plate to said electric or electronic system under test being as short as possible.

Claim 14

A device for testing an electric or electronic system with electromagnetic pulses, said electric or electronic system having a height H, comprising a gas-filled test cell which accommodates the electric or electronic system under test, said test cell being constructed to be gas-tight for an overpressure of at least five times ambient pressure or for a vacuum, to which cell a pulse generator is connected, wherein the test cell is constructed over its entire length as a coaxial line having a ribbon-shaped inner conductor with a width b and a thickness d and a cylindrical outer conductor with a diameter D, said inner conductor being spaced from said outer conductor by at least a shortest distance a, wherein a ribbon-shaped potential plate connected to the outer conductor is arranged plane-parallel to the inner conductor inside the outer conductor at a distance from said inner conductor which corresponds to at least twice the height H of the electric or electronic system under test, said distance being greater than the shortest distance a between the inner conductor and the outer conductor and a ratio between a sum of the width b of the inner conductor and its thickness and the diameter D of the outer conductor is between 0.4 and 0.9, said potential plate subdividing the inner space of said cylindrical outer conductor into first and second part spaces with said inner conductor being arranged in said first part space, and wherein connecting lines of the electric or electronic system under test are carried through the outer conductor into said second part space and from there through the potential plate over a distance to the electric or electronic system under test, the distance traversed by said connecting lines from said potential plate to said electric or electronic system under test being as short as possible.