Simulating measurements for a cable radiation study

Accurate numerical simulations are needed for analyzing and developing better electrical interconnects and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) measurement systems. Numerical simulations enable one to predict the field behavior and compute voltages, currents, impedances and other parameters of interest for a given structure such as cable shielding. In this work, a numerical simulation is used to analyze measured data from a cable radiation study. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and the method-of-moments-based Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC) are used to compute the total radiated power from the cable, and the results are shown to be in agreement with measured data. A numerical study is carried out in this paper to demonstrate the usefulness of the method at aiding the design of a measurement system without much additional experimental work.