Assuming 50/60 Hz power and CE measurements made at a CISPR 16 LISN EMI port, the only possible difference I can think of is increased probability of 50/60 Hz overload with a spectrum analyzer capable of measurements that low. If your spectrum analyzer doesn't tune below 9 kHz, that shouldn't be a problem. In any case, the CE limits are such that you can easily afford to put a 20 dB pad on the LISN port and that should stop any overload effect. An EMI receiver provides several features different than an analyzer: increased sensitivity, front end filtering (preselection), and (typically) a variety of detection modes, although spectrum analyzers are catching up in this regards. If you need to make average measurements, this is more easily accomplished with an EMI receiver.
---------- >From: "Muriel Bittencourt de Liz" <[email protected]> >To: "EMC-PSTC List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Difference between SA and Receiver >Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2001, 8:15 AM > > > Hello Group, > > What are the differences that result using: > > 1. A Spectrum Analyzer (SA) > > or > > 2. A Receiver > > When I make measurements of conducted emissions of an equipment?? > > Best Regards > > Muriel > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
