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Stirring Coherence Time to Predict Stirrer Efficiency in Loaded Reverberation Chambers

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The last two decades have seen numerous investigations about the optimal design of mechanical stirrers for reverberation chambers (RC), with the aim of improving their stirring efficiency, without leading to a clear consensus on the reasons for their limited efficiency. This paper introduces a new criterion, by focusing on the incremental disorder introduced by mechanical stirrers, measured by their stirring coherence time, a measure of the rate of loss of coherence independent from the RC loading and excitation source. The model predicts that increasing losses would result in a loss of disorder, and therefore of stirring efficiency. Therefore, the stirring efficiency is not limited by a stirrer being too small (electrically) or too simple-shaped, but by the limited time they have to introduce disorder in a lossy RC. Experimental tests confirm the accuracy of the model's predictions under variable loading conditions. The model can predict the maximum loading for which a stirrer can be acceptably efficient. It applies to EMC testing of lossy devices, as well as over-the-air (OTA) tests for wireless communication devices, where absorbers are introduced in order to emulate different propagation environments.
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hal-04282233 , version 1 (13-11-2023)

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Andréa Cozza. Stirring Coherence Time to Predict Stirrer Efficiency in Loaded Reverberation Chambers. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, In press, ⟨10.1109/TEMC.2023.3333006⟩. ⟨hal-04282233⟩
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