Watts to volts per meter (V/m) conversion

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satcom

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what design can be used to get generate EM electromagnetic field with strength about 60-65 V/m, in form of directed beam that cover the area of approx. ≈ 400cm2, within frequency range ≈ 2000-2500 MHz, at a min distance from the emitter? What is suitable for this, only microwave tubes or other approach?
 

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satcom

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For example, what is field strength (V/m) at the output of magnetron tube used in microwave oven? Suppose that power regulator is set to min power 140W.
 

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satcom

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Thank you, that's helpful document.

PG/4πD² = E² /120π
For P=120 Watt, G = 1, D = 0.24 meter,
I got E = 251 V/m

Is my calculation correct?

I used P=120 Watt, its just minimal electrical power that marked on microwave oven power regulator, the actual power on magnetron output can be completely different. I used G=1 just for sample in this calculation.
 
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satcom

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There's probably mistype in this document:

4BD² is the surface area of the sphere centered at the radiating source whose surface is D meters from the radiating source.
120B is the characteristic impedance of free space in ohms.

I think it shold be 4πD² and 120π ?
 

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satcom

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I thought "B" printed due to π (pi) symbol conversion issue, possibly π symbol not converted correctly?
 

DickCappels

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Thank you for making that clear.

Here is an image from Acrobat Reader on my computer. It shows 4πD² and 120π. So maybe you are seeing a font problem.
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But in post #9 you wrote "PG/4πD² = E² /120π"

Does that mean you figured it out back then? If so, good work!
 

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satcom

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This equation in pdf doc is displayed on my computer exactly the same, since it's embedded image. But two sentences below equation (blue text in my post #11) contain these garbled symbols, that display "B" instead of π.
 
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DickCappels

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That's probably what happened then.

Happens to me when I send manuscripts to magazines. The editors immediately change the fonts the their preferred font, which changes the symbles to text fonts, making a mess of things that can remain undetected for a number of editing iterations.
 
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