Terms, definitions and abbreviations for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) are standardised in IEC 60050-xxx, made freely available via electropedia.org.
119 terms
AC
Alternating Current
AF
Antenna Factor
AM
Amplitude Modulation
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ATE
Automated Test Equipment
ATT
Attenuator
AUT
Antenna Under Test
BCI
Bulk Current Injection
BW
Bandwidth
CDN
Coupling Decoupling Network
CE
Conducted Emissions
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CF
Crest Factor
CI
Conducted Immunity
CISPR
International Special Committee on Radio Interference
CM
Common Mode
CMAD
Common Mode Absorption Device
CMRR
Common Mode Rejection Ratio
CS
Conducted Susceptibility
CSA
Canadian Standards Association
CW
Continuous Wave
DC
Direct Current
DM
Differential Mode
DPI
Direct Power Injection
EEE / E3
Electromagnetic Environmental Effects
EFT
Electrical Fast Transient
EIRP
Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power
EM
Electromagnetic
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EME
Electromagnetic Environment
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
EMS
Electromagnetic Susceptibility
EN
European Standards
ERP
Effective Radiated Power
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
EUT
Equipment Under Test
EUT
Equipment Under Test
FAR
Fully Anechoic Room
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FFT
Fast Fourier Transform
FM
Frequency Modulation
GDT
Gas Discharge Tube
GND
Ground
GTEM
Gigahertz Transverse Electromagnetic
HEMP
High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
HF
High Frequency
HIRF
High Intensity Radiated Field
HV
High Voltage
IC
Integrated Circuit
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEMI
Intentional Electromagnetic Interference
IL
Insertion Loss
ILCL
Insertion Loss Common Mode
ISM
Industrial Scientific and Medical (radio bands)
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
LEMP
Lightning Electromagnetic Pulse
LF
Low Frequency
LISN
Line Impedance Stabilisation Network
LNA
Low Noise Amplifier
LTE
Long Term Evolution (4G standard)
LV
Low Voltage
MF
Medium Frequency
MIL-STD
Military Standard
MIMO
Multiple Input Multiple Output
MOV
Metal Oxide Varistor
NF
Near Field
NSA
Normalized Site Attenuation
OAT
Open Area Test Site
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
PA
Power Amplifier
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PDN
Power Distribution Network
PE
Protective Earth
PESD
Transient Voltage Suppression Diode
PIMD
Passive Intermodulation Distortion
PLC
Power Line Communication
PM
Phase Modulation
PMM
Peak/Quasi-peak/Average Measurement
PRAT
Partial Radiated Assessment Test
PSD
Power Spectral Density
PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene (low-loss dielectric)
QP
Quasi-Peak (detector type)
RBW
Resolution Bandwidth
RCD
Residual Current Device
RE
Radiated Emissions
RF
Radio Frequency
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
RI
Radiated Immunity
RMS
Root Mean Square
RS
Radiated Susceptibility
RSE
Radiated Spurious Emission
SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers
SAR
Specific Absorption Rate
SEM
Spectral Emission Mask
SINAD
Signal to Noise and Distortion ratio
SMA
SubMiniature version A (RF connector)
SNR
Signal to Noise Ratio
SURGE
Surge Immunity Test
SWC
Spike Wave Conducted
SWR
Standing Wave Ratio
TDR
Time Domain Reflectometry
TEM
Transverse Electromagnetic
TL
Transmission Line
TLP
Transmission Line Pulse
TRP
Total Radiated Power
TVS
Transient Voltage Suppressor
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
UL
Underwriters Laboratories
VBW
Video Bandwidth
VDE
Verband der Elektrotechnik (German Standards)
VHF
Very High Frequency
VLF
Very Low Frequency
VMAD
Voltage Mode Absorption Device
VNA
Vector Network Analyser
VSWR
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
WBAN
Wireless Body Area Network
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
ZDR
Zero Data Retention