MIL STD 464A Defense Interface Part Standard - Electromagnetic Environmental Effects - Requirements for Systems

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MIL STD 464A Defense Interface Part Standard - Electromagnetic Environmental Effects - Requirements for Systems

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of MIL STD 464A testing. This standard specifies electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) interface requirements and verification criteria for air, sea, space and ground systems.

MIL STD 464A Defense Interface Part Standard - Electromagnetic Environmental Effects - Requirements for Systems

Reference is made to the documents listed in this section in sections 3, 4 and 5 of the main part of this standard. This section does not include documents referenced in other parts of this standard or suggested for additional information or examples. While every effort has been made to ensure that this list is complete, users of documents are cautioned that they must meet all specified requirements of documents set out in sections 3, 4 and 5 of this standard, whether listed or not.

The system will be electromagnetically compatible with all subsystems and equipment within the system and with the environments caused by electromagnetic effects outside the system. Verification will be performed on systems representing production as specified here.

Safety-critical functions must be verified for electromagnetic compatibility within the system and with external environments before use in these environments. The validation will address all aspects of the system's lifecycle, including (as applicable) normal in-service operation, control, storage, transportation, handling, packaging, loading, unloading, startup, and normal operating procedures for each element.

Margins will be provided based on system operational performance requirements, tolerances in system hardware, and uncertainties associated with verification of system-level design requirements. Safety-critical and mission-critical system functions shall have a margin of at least 6 dB. EIDs shall have a margin of at least 16.5 dB maximum non-fire stimulus (MNFS) for security assurances and 6 dB MNFS for other applications. Compliance should be verified by testing, analysis or a combination of these.

Instrumentation fitted to system components during margin tests will achieve maximum system response and will not adversely affect the component's normal response characteristics. Using environment simulations below the specified levels, instrumentation responses can be estimated to the full environment for components with linear responses (such as hot bridge wire EIDs). When the response is below the instrumentation sensitivity, the instrumentation sensitivity will be used as the basis for the extrapolation. For components with non-linear responses (such as semiconductor bridge EIDs), no extrapolation is allowed.

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