Disagree. Westin had it right. A current probe can be used to isolate either cm or dm current. If at any frequency the signal amplitude on individual line and neutral conductors are very close, then all you can say is that at that frequency either cm or dm predominates, but you can¹t say which. With a LISN, a separate device must be used. Mark Nave of EMC Services designed a three port device (connects to each LISN port and to the EMI receiver) trademarked LISNMATE in the 1980s to isolate common mode, and sometime later he produced LISNMARK, which isolated DM. Within the past decade, Ray Adams while at Fischer Custom Communications packed both functions in one piece of equipment, which if memory serves was named LISNUP.
EMC Services, Mark Nave¹s company, is no longer producing his products, but I believe the FCC product is still available. Ken Javor Ph. (256) 650-5261 From: Elliott Martinson <[email protected]> Reply-To: Elliott Martinson <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:36:18 +0000 To: <[email protected]> Conversation: [PSES] Commom mode current vs. differential mode current and LISN Subject: Re: [PSES] Commom mode current vs. differential mode current and LISN http://www.hottconsultants.com/techtips/CM_vs_DM%20Conducted_Emission.html This is a great resource for your question. Your second point kind of contradicts your first, if it¹s trying to say what I think it is. DM and CM each show up on L, but the same is true for N. It¹s a linear combination of both, so even if L and N are almost equal, you can¹t say anything about the proportion of DM to CM currents. If they are not equal, then this implies current is travelling back via the ground conductor and/or energy¹s being lost to radiated emissions. What you need is a physical circuit to do the adding/subtracting of the LISN outputs. (otherwise your 3rd bullet point is correct) Your 4th bullet, well I refer you to the link above. Elliott Martinson Product Assurance Specialist I Electronic Theatre Controls 3031 N PLEASANT VIEW RD MIDDLETON WI 53562-4809 Work: 608.824.5696 / Cell: 608.209.9897 [email protected] <[email protected]> From: Amund Westin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 1:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Commom mode current vs. differential mode current and LISN Please correct me, if I am wrong (that happens quite often ): · Let one wire (L) pass through a current clamp, and you measure the combination of current mode and differential mode currents · Do the same with wire N. If L and N are (almost) equal, you either have major part of DM currents or major part of CM current · Let both wire (L and N) pass through a current clamp, and you measure the only CM current (DM is canceled) · When doing conducted emission test by LISN, you actually get what you get. LISN do not see the difference between CM or DM. From LISN measurements, you can¹t say if noise is CM or DM. B.regards Amund - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
