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Method and apparatus for monitoring electromagnetic emission levels
Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
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Filing: 1986-07-30
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Granted: 1989-05-09
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Expires: 2006-07-30
Abstract
Abstract Electromagnetic emission from a printed circuit board is monitored by energizing the board while it is located adjacent an array of electromagnetic emission measuring probes. The probes are successively addressed and currents induced in the probes are measured at a receiver. A memory map of the electromagnetic emission as a function of board position is generated and is displayed together with the circuit board layout so that regions of high emission level can be identified in the circuit. Each probe of the array is a series connected pair of wire loops, the planes of the loops being perpendicular to each other and to the plane of the array.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard R. Goulette
- 👤 Stanilus K. Xavier
- 👤 Raymond L. Greenfield
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 11:28
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/001; G01R31/002; G01R29/00; G01R29/08; G01R29/0807; G01R29/0814
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the method comprising the steps of positioning a plurality of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes in predetermined positions immediately adjacent to the body, successively addressing the probes to measure detected current induced in the probes by electromagnetic emission from respective immediately adjacent regions of the body, analyzing electrical outlets from the probes to obtain a measure of electromagnetic emission levels associated with each predetermined position immediately adjacent to the body and displaying a map of said measures with each measure displayed at a position on the map corresponding to the associated predetermined position.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the method comprising the steps of positioning a plurality of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes in predetermined positions immediately adjacent to the body, successively addressing the probes to measure detected current induced in the probes by electromagnetic emission from respective immediately adjacent regions of the body, analyzing electrical outlets from the probes to obtain a measure of electromagnetic emission levels associated with each predetermined position immediately adjacent to the body and displaying a map of said measures with each measure displayed at a position on the map corresponding to the associated predetermined position.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for testing a circuit board for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the method comprising the steps of energizing a circuit supported by the circuit board, successively addressing electromagnetic emission monitoring probes located immediately adjacent the board at predetermined locations in a grid thereof extending parallel to the board, measuring the current induced in each of the probes by electromagnetic emission from respective immediately adjacent regions of the body during an address period using a receiver tuned to a predetermined frequency, directing circuit layout design data to a controller, operating the controller to illustrate the circuit layout at a visual display unit, directing a value of said measured current to the controller, and operating the controller to illustrate the circuit layout at a visual display unit, directing said value of measured current to the controller, and operating the controller to illustrate a map of electromagnetic emissions corresponding to said circuit layout at the visual display unit.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for testing a circuit board for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the method comprising the steps of energizing a circuit supported by the circuit board, successively addressing electromagnetic emission monitoring probes located immediately adjacent the board at predetermined locations in a grid thereof extending parallel to the board, measuring the current induced in each of the probes by electromagnetic emission from respective immediately adjacent regions of the body during an address period using a receiver tuned to a predetermined frequency, directing circuit layout design data to a controller, operating the controller to illustrate the circuit layout at a visual display unit, directing a value of said measured current to the controller, and operating the controller to illustrate the circuit layout at a visual display unit, directing said value of measured current to the controller, and operating the controller to illustrate a map of electromagnetic emissions corresponding to said circuit layout at the visual display unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of displaying a map further comprises generating a contour map having contour lines joining identical electromagnetic emission levels, and displaying said contour map.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of displaying a map further comprises generating a colour coded map, each of the displayed colours denoting a predetermined range of electromagnetic emission levels and, displaying said colour coded map.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
92 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: an array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from locations on the body immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; and display means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
92 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: an array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from locations on the body immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; and display means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 particularly adapted for testing a circuit board for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus further comprising a memory at which circuit layout design data is stored, and means for inputting said circuit layout design data to the controller means said controller means operable to generate a circuit layout map from the circuit layout design data said display means being operable simultaneously to display said memory map of electromagnetic emission from the circuit board and said circuit layout map whereby the level of electromagnetic emission is related to elements of the circuit with said maps superimposed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the probe array is planar.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 7 in which a pair of such loops are electrically connected in series and wherein the plane of the two loops are perpendicular to one another and to the plane of the array.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
Apparatus as claim in claim 8, further comprising a respective switch in series with each of the probes, the switch being located at an intersection between an X and a Y probe addressing line, the switch actuated when an energizing voltage is applied simultaneously to the X and Y lines.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
11 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the switches are diodes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein a plurality of such probes are fixed in an XY lattice.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
86 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 11, the XY lattice having a plurality of column conductors, a plurality of row conductors, and probes at intersections between the row and column conductors, the apparatus further comprising a first decoder and driver circuit associated with the column conductors and a second decoder and driver circuit associated with the row conductors, the decoder and driver circuits adapted to take instructions from the controller means and to convert them to a voltage applied to successive conductors of the row/column probe array.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the probes are received in recessed portions of a supporting board for supporting the probe array.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein the receiver is tunable to selected frequencies and has a variable bandwidth which is adjustable to selected frequency bands.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
100 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: an array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from locations on the body immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; displaying means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body; wherein the probes are interconnected by strip line interconnect.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
100 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: an array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from locations on the body immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; displaying means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body; wherein the probes are interconnected by strip line interconnect.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
103 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: a planar array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes each of the probes having at least one wire loop; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from the body when located immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; and display means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
103 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: a planar array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes each of the probes having at least one wire loop; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from the body when located immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; and display means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 16 wherein the probe wire has a magnetic core to increase probe sensitivity to low frequency magnetic fields.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 16 wherein the probe wire has an electric field shielding outer layer.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
100 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: an array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from the body when located immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; display means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body; and a thin dielectric layer overlying the probe array.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
100 words
Apparatus for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the apparatus comprising: an array of electromagnetic emission monitoring probes; addressing means for successively addressing the probes of the array; a receiver connected to said addressing means for measuring current induced in the monitoring probes by electromagnetic emission from the body when located immediately adjacent to the array; controller means for developing a memory map of electromagnetic emission from the body; display means for displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on the body; and a thin dielectric layer overlying the probe array.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom comprising the steps of: (a) positioning an electromagnetic monitoring probe in successive positions of a planar array extending parallel to an adjacent body undergoing test; (b) addressing said probe at each said position in said array; (c) at each said array position measuring a current induced in said probe by electromagnetic emissions from the adjacent body; (d) developing a memory map of said emissions at said array positions; and (e) displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map and relating levels of electromagnetic emissions to locations on said adjacent body.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom comprising the steps of: (a) positioning an electromagnetic monitoring probe in successive positions of a planar array extending parallel to an adjacent body undergoing test; (b) addressing said probe at each said position in said array; (c) at each said array position measuring a current induced in said probe by electromagnetic emissions from the adjacent body; (d) developing a memory map of said emissions at said array positions; and (e) displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map and relating levels of electromagnetic emissions to locations on said adjacent body.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
92 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, comprising the steps of: (a) placing a body to be measured adjacent to an electromagnetic monitoring probe array; (b) successively addressing and connecting a receiver to each said probe in said array; (c) for each said connection measuring current induced in said probe by electromagnetic emission from said adjacent body; (d) developing a memory map of said electromagnetic emission from said body; and (e) displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on said body.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
92 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom, comprising the steps of: (a) placing a body to be measured adjacent to an electromagnetic monitoring probe array; (b) successively addressing and connecting a receiver to each said probe in said array; (c) for each said connection measuring current induced in said probe by electromagnetic emission from said adjacent body; (d) developing a memory map of said electromagnetic emission from said body; and (e) displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map whereby levels of electromagnetic emissions are related to locations on said body.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emissions therefrom as recited in claim 21 further comprising placing a thin dielectric layer overlying said probe array.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
114 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom comprising the steps of: (a) forming at least one electromagnetic monitoring probe, said probe having at least one wire loop, (b) positioning said electromagnetic monitoring probe in successive positions of a planar array extending parallel to an adjacent body undergoing test; (c) addressing said probe at each said position in said array; (d) at each said array position measuring a current induced in said probe by electromagnetic emissions from the adjacent body; (e) developing a memory map of said emissions at said array positions; and (f) displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map and relating levels of electromagnetic emissions to locations on said adjacent body.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
114 words
A method for testing a body for electromagnetic emission therefrom comprising the steps of: (a) forming at least one electromagnetic monitoring probe, said probe having at least one wire loop, (b) positioning said electromagnetic monitoring probe in successive positions of a planar array extending parallel to an adjacent body undergoing test; (c) addressing said probe at each said position in said array; (d) at each said array position measuring a current induced in said probe by electromagnetic emissions from the adjacent body; (e) developing a memory map of said emissions at said array positions; and (f) displaying said electromagnetic emissions memory map and relating levels of electromagnetic emissions to locations on said adjacent body.
Claim 33
Independent Claim
118 words
A method for testing a circuit board for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the method comprising the steps of energizing a circuit supported by the circuit board, addressing an electromagnetic emission monitoring probe located immediately adjacent the board at successive predetermined locations in a grid thereof extending parallel to the board, measuring the current induced in the probe at each successive location using a receiver tuned to a predetermined frequency, directing circuit layout design data to a controller, operating the controller to illustrate the circuit layout at a visual display unit, directing said measured current data to the controller, and operating the controller to illustrate a map of electromagnetic emissions corresponding to said circuit layout at the visual display unit.
Claim 34
Independent Claim
118 words
A method for testing a circuit board for electromagnetic emission therefrom, the method comprising the steps of energizing a circuit supported by the circuit board, addressing an electromagnetic emission monitoring probe located immediately adjacent the board at successive predetermined locations in a grid thereof extending parallel to the board, measuring the current induced in the probe at each successive location using a receiver tuned to a predetermined frequency, directing circuit layout design data to a controller, operating the controller to illustrate the circuit layout at a visual display unit, directing said measured current data to the controller, and operating the controller to illustrate a map of electromagnetic emissions corresponding to said circuit layout at the visual display unit.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method for testing a circuit board for electromagnetic emission therefrom as recited in claim 24 further comprising the step of forming at least one electromagnetic monitoring probe, said probe having at least one wire loop.
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