System oriented view on High-Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) Effects and Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI)

The last two decades have witnessed increased interest in High-Power Electromagnetics (HPEM), particularly generation of high-power electromagnetic fields and their effects on electronics. Up to now most investigations on HPEM are characterizing the HPEM environment (e.g. source output, HPEM threat) employing frequency domain parameters of classical EMC. Nevertheless an efficient discussion of HPEM effects requires addition information on the time domain waveform as well as the probability of occurrence. This paper will analyze intentional electromagnetic interference (IEMI) as a system. A novel system based interference model, which will solve problems of current investigations will be introduced. 1