ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE EFFECT ON MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND SAFETY DEVICES. VOLUME III. AUTOMOTIVE EMC GUIDELINES

The report presents a set of basic guidelines to promote EMC in the use of electronic control and safety devices in automobiles. The applications and technological developments concerned with current automotive electronics are discussed. The research conducted by the automotive industry to explore the feasibility of a central processor or control system and potential problem areas are reviewed. A section is presented on the automotive electrical environment including a summary of source and coupled waveforms. A large section discusses guidelines for design, installation and testing of electronic control and safety devices in automobiles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-262 823.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Telecommunication Science

  Office of Telecommunications, 325 Broadway
  Boulder, CO  United States  80302

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Espeland, R H
  • Morrison, ELJ
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 92 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control devices; Electrical equipment; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Electronic control; Guidelines; Motor vehicles; Safety equipment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Instructions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151178
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-109 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01097
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM