Abstract: A method for operating a TEM cell to determine the characteristics of a radiation source in a circuit. The circuit is placed in the TEM cell such that the relative orientation of the circuit and the TEM cell is measurable. The TEM cell provides an output signal indicative of the energy radiated by the circuit when the circuit is operated in the TEM cell. The output signal of the TEM cell is measured for at least 6 different relative orientations of the circuit and the TEM cell. The electric and magnetic dipole moments of a radiation source having an orientation and physical dimension associated therewith are determined from the measured output signals. The electric and magnetic dipole moments determined from the measured output values are compared to moments predicted by each of a plurality of antenna types to provide an estimate of the orientation of the radiation source relative to the circuit.

Abstract: A system and method for assessing the electric and magnetic field generated by equipment under test (EUT) by maintaining the EUT in a specified, fixed tilt position, allowing the EUT to rotate while in that specified position and tilting the TEM cell through at least two angles about the EUT. Embodiments contemplate that a fixed tilt mechanism for maintaining the EUT in a fixed position relative to the tilting of the TEM cell is used. The present invention further contemplates various schemes for determining the electric and magnetic fields generated from the EUT based upon the composite electromagnetic reading from the TEM cell. These schemes, which result in improved measurements of the magnetic and electric fields, determine the angles to which the TEM is tilted.