Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-18: Testing and measurement techniques - Damped oscillatory wave immunity test

This part of IEC 61000 focuses on the immunity requirements and test methods for electrical
and electronic equipment, under operational conditions, with regard to:
a) repetitive slow damped oscillatory waves occurring mainly in power, control and signal
cables installed in high voltage and medium voltage (HV/MV) substations;
b) repetitive fast damped oscillatory waves occurring mainly in power, control and signal
cables installed in gas insulated substations (GIS) and in some cases also air insulated
substations (AIS) or in any installation due to high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)
phenomena.
The object of this document is to establish a common and reproducible reference for
evaluating the immunity of electrical and electronic equipment when subjected to damped
oscillatory waves on supply, signal, control and earth ports. The test method documented in
this part of IEC 61000 describes a consistent method to assess the immunity of an equipment
or system against a defined phenomenon.
NOTE As described in IEC Guide 107, this is a basic EMC publication for use by product committees of the IEC.
As also stated in Guide 107, the IEC product committees are responsible for determining whether this immunity
test standard is applied or not, and if applied, they are responsible for determining the appropriate test levels and
performance criteria. 1
The document defines:
– test voltage and current waveforms;
– ranges of test levels;
– test equipment;
– calibration and verification procedures of test equipment;
– test setups;
– test procedure.

Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit (EMV) - Teil 4-18: Prüf- und Messverfahren - Prüfung der Störfestigkeit gegen gedämpft schwingende Wellen

Compatibilité électromagnétique (CEM) - Partie 4-18: Techniques d'essai et de mesure - Essai d'immunité à l'onde oscillatoire amortie

IEC 61000-4-18: 2019 traite des exigences d'immunité et des méthodes d'essai des matériels électriques et électroniques dans des conditions d'exploitation, vis-à-vis:
a) des ondes oscillatoires amorties lentes répétitives se manifestant principalement sur les câbles d’alimentation, de commande et de signal installés dans les postes à haute et à moyenne tension (HT/MT);
b) des ondes oscillatoires amorties rapides répétitives se produisant principalement sur les câbles d'alimentation, de commande et de signal installés dans les postes métalliques sous enveloppes à isolation gazeuse (GIS) et dans certains cas également dans les postes à isolation par air (AIS) ou toute installation du fait des phénomènes d’impulsion électromagnétique à haute altitude (IEMN-HA).
Le présent document a pour objet d'établir une référence commune reproductible dans le but d'évaluer l’immunité des matériels électriques et électroniques, quand ils sont soumis aux ondes oscillatoires amorties sur des accès d’alimentation, de signal, de commande et par les bornes de terre. La méthode d'essai documentée dans cette partie de l’IEC 61000 décrit une méthode logique en vue d'évaluer l'immunité d'un équipement ou d'un système vis-à-vis d'un phénomène donné.NOTE Comme décrit dans le Guide 107 de l’IEC, il s’agit d’une publication fondamentale en CEM pour une utilisation par les comités de produits de l’IEC. Comme indiqué également dans le Guide 107, les comités de produits de l’IEC sont chargés de déterminer si cette norme d’essai d’immunité est appliquée ou non. Si tel est le cas, il leur incombe de déterminer les niveaux d’essai et les critères d’aptitude à la fonction appropriés. Le document définit:
la tension d'essai et les formes d'ondes de courant;
les plages de niveaux d'essais;
le matériel d'essai;
les procédures d’étalonnage et de vérification du matériel d'essai;
les montages d'essai;
une procédure d’essai.
Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2006 et l'Amendement 1:2010. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) ajout d’une modélisation mathématique de la forme d’onde oscillatoire amortie;
b) nouvelle Annexe B sur l’incertitude de mesure;
c) ajout d’un CDN à grande vitesse;
d) ajout des procédures d’étalonnage pour les CDN;
e) ajout de l’utilisation de la pince de couplage capacitive sur les lignes d’interconnexion pour les ondes oscillatoires amorties rapides;
f) ajout d’une procédure d'essai pour les convertisseurs continu/continu en cas de non-fonctionnement du CDN;
g) nouvelle Annexe C sur les problèmes liés à l’alimentation des EUT équipés de convertisseurs continu/continu en entrée.
Mots clés : exigences d'immunité et des méthodes d'essai des matériels électriques et électroniques
Le contenu du corrigendum d'août 2019 a été pris en considération dans cet exemplaire.

Elektromagnetna združljivost (EMC) - 4-18. del: Preskusne in merilne tehnike - Preskus odpornosti proti nihajnemu valu

Ta del standarda IEC 61000 se osredotoča na zahteve glede odpornosti ter preskusne metode za električno in elektronsko opremo pri obratovalnih pogojih v zvezi z naslednjim:
a) ponavljajoči se počasni pridušeni nihajni valovi, ki se pojavljajo predvsem v napajalnih, krmilnih in signalnih kablih v visokonapetostnih ter srednjenapetostnih (HV/MV) postajah;
b) ponavljajoči se hitri pridušeni nihajni valovi, ki se pojavljajo predvsem v napajalnih, krmilnih in signalnih kablih v s plinom izoliranih postajah (GIS) ter v nekaterih primerih tudi v z zrakom izoliranih postajah (AIS) ali v kateri koli inštalaciji zaradi pojava elektromagnetnih impulzov z velikih višin (HEMP).
Cilj tega dokumenta je vzpostaviti skupno in ponovljivo sklicevanje za oceno odpornosti električne ter elektronske opreme, podvržene pridušenim nihajnim valovom na napajalnih, signalnih, krmilnih in ozemljitvenih vratih. Preskusna metoda, dokumentirana v tem delu standarda IEC 61000, opisuje skladno metodo za oceno odpornosti opreme ali sistema proti opredeljenemu pojavu.
OPOMBA: To je osnovna objava o elektromagnetni združljivosti, ki jo uporabljajo tehnični odbori v okviru Mednarodne elektrotehniške komisije (IEC), kot je opisano v vodilu 107 Mednarodne elektrotehniške komisije.
Poleg tega je v vodilu 107 navedeno, da so tehnični odbori v okviru Mednarodne elektrotehniške komisije odgovorni za določitev morebitne uporabe tega standarda s preskusom odpornosti, v primeru uporabe pa so odgovorni za določitev ustreznih preskusnih ravni in meril učinkovitosti. 1
Dokument določa:
– preskusno napetost in valovno obliko toka;
– obseg preskusnih ravni;
– opremo za preskušanje;
– postopke za umerjanje in preverjanje preskusne opreme;
– postavitve za preskušanje;
– preskusni postopek.

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Current Stage
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Start Date
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 61000-4-18:2019
01-september-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 61000-4-18:2007
SIST EN 61000-4-18:2007/A1:2011
Elektromagnetna združljivost (EMC) - 4-18. del: Preskusne in merilne tehnike -
Preskus odpornosti proti nihajnemu valu
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-18: Testing and measurement techniques -
Damped oscillatory wave immunity test
Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit (EMV) - Teil 4-18: Prüf- und Messverfahren - Prüfung
der Störfestigkeit gegen gedämpft schwingende Wellen
Compatibilité électromagnétique (CEM) - Partie 4-18: Techniques d'essai et de mesure -
Essai d'immunité à l'onde oscillatoire amortie
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61000-4-18:2019
ICS:
33.100.20 Imunost Immunity
SIST EN IEC 61000-4-18:2019 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61000-4-18

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2019
ICS 33.100.20 Supersedes EN 61000-4-18:2007
English Version
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-18: Testing and
measurement techniques - Damped oscillatory wave immunity test
(IEC 61000-4-18:2019)
Compatibilité électromagnétique (CEM) - Partie 4-18: Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit (EMV) - Teil 4-18: Prüf-
Techniques d'essai et de mesure - Essai d'immunité à und Messverfahren - Prüfung der Störfestigkeit gegen
l'onde oscillatoire amortie gedämpft schwingende Wellen
(IEC 61000-4-18:2019) (IEC 61000-4-18:2019)
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Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
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European foreword
The text of document 77B/797/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61000-4-18, prepared by SC 77B "High frequency
phenomena" of IEC/TC 77 "Electromagnetic compatibility" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote
and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 61000-4-18:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by (dop) 2020-03-20
publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-06-20
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61000-4-18:2007.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61000-4-18:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD

applies.

NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60050-161 -  International Electrotechnical Vocabulary. - -
Chapter 161: Electromagnetic compatibility

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 9
3.1 Terms and definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 11
4 General . 12
4.1 Types of damped oscillatory waves . 12
4.2 Slow damped oscillatory wave phenomenon . 13
4.3 Fast damped oscillatory wave phenomenon . 14
4.3.1 General . 14
4.3.2 Disturbances produced by switchgear and controlgear . 14
4.3.3 Disturbances produced by high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) . 15
5 Test levels . 15
6 Test instrumentation . 16
6.1 General . 16
6.2 Damped oscillatory wave generators . 17
6.2.1 Slow damped oscillatory wave generator . 17
6.2.2 Fast damped oscillatory wave generator . 19
6.3 Coupling/decoupling networks . 21
6.3.1 General . 21
6.3.2 Coupling/decoupling networks for slow damped oscillatory waves . 22
6.3.3 Coupling/decoupling networks for fast damped oscillatory waves . 28
6.4 Calibration of coupling/decoupling networks . 30
6.4.1 General . 30
6.4.2 Calibration of CDNs for slow damped oscillatory waves . 31
6.4.3 Calibration of CDNs for fast damped oscillatory waves . 32
6.5 Capacitive coupling clamp for fast damped oscillatory waves . 34
6.5.1 Characteristics of the capacitive coupling clamp . 34
6.5.2 Calibration of the capacitive coupling clamp . 35
7 Test setup . 36
7.1 Test equipment . 36
7.2 Verification of the test instrumentation . 36
7.3 Test setup . 37
7.3.1 General . 37
7.3.2 Particular requirements for tests on shielded lines for slow damped
oscillatory waves . 39
7.3.3 Particular requirements for the test setup for fast damped oscillatory
waves testing . 40
7.4 Equipment under test . 42
7.5 Coupling/decoupling networks . 42
8 Test procedure . 42
8.1 General . 42
8.2 Laboratory reference conditions . 42
8.2.1 Climatic conditions . 42

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8.2.2 Electromagnetic conditions . 42
8.3 Execution of the test . 43
9 Evaluation of test results . 44
10 Test report . 44
Annex A (informative) Information on test levels for the damped oscillatory wave . 46
Annex B (informative) Measurement uncertainty (MU) considerations . 47
B.1 General . 47
B.2 Legend for damped oscillatory wave parameters . 47
B.3 Uncertainty contributors to the damped oscillatory wave MU . 48
B.4 Uncertainty of the output voltage and current measurement . 48
B.4.1 General . 48
B.4.2 Rise time of the 3 MHz damped oscillatory wave . 48
B.4.3 Peak of the 3 MHz damped oscillatory wave . 50
B.4.4 Further MU contributions to time measurements . 51
B.4.5 Rise time of the step response and bandwidth of the frequency
response of the measuring system . 51
B.4.6 Impulse peak and width distortion due to the limited bandwidth of the
measuring system . 52
B.5 Application of uncertainties in the damped oscillatory waveform compliance
criterion . 53
Annex C (informative) Issues relating to powering EUTs having DC/DC converters at
the input . 54
C.1 General . 54
C.2 Considerations for remediation . 55
Bibliography . 57

Figure 1 – Example of waveform of the damped oscillatory wave . 13
Figure 2 – Example of schematic circuit of the generator for the slow damped
oscillatory wave . 17
Figure 3 – Representation of a slow damped oscillatory wave . 18
Figure 4 – Example of schematic circuit of the test generator for the fast damped
oscillatory wave . 19
Figure 5 – Representation of a fast damped oscillatory wave . 20
Figure 6 – Selection of coupling/decoupling method for slow damped oscillatory waves . 22
Figure 7 – Example of a CDN for capacitive coupling on AC/DC lines: line-to-ground
coupling . 23
Figure 8 – Example of a CDN for capacitive coupling on AC lines (three phases): line-
to-ground coupling . 23
Figure 9 – Example of a CDN for capacitive coupling on AC/DC lines: line-to-line
coupling . 24
Figure 10 – Example of a CDN for capacitive coupling on AC lines (three phases): line
L2-to-line N coupling . 24
Figure 11 – Example of a CDN for interconnection lines: line-to-ground coupling . 25
Figure 12 – Example of a CDN for unshielded unsymmetrical interconnection lines:
line-to-line and line-to-ground coupling . 26
Figure 13 – Example of a CDN for unshielded symmetrical interconnection lines: line-
to-ground coupling . 27
Figure 14 – Example of a CDN for unshielded symmetrical interconnection lines: line-
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Figure 15 – Example of CDN for AC/DC single-phase power supply: line-to-ground
coupling . 29
Figure 16 – Example of CDN for AC three-phase power supply: line-to-ground coupling . 29
Figure 17 – Example of CDN for interconnection lines for fast damped oscillatory
waves: line-to-ground coupling. 30
Figure 18 – Example of a calibration setup of CDNs for AC/DC power ports for fast
damped oscillatory waves . 33
Figure 19 – Example of a calibration setup of CDNs for interconnection lines for fast
damped oscillatory waves . 33
Figure 20 – Example of a capacitive coupling clamp . 35
Figure 21 – Transducer plate for coupling clamp calibration . 35
Figure 22 – Calibration of a capacitive coupling clamp using the transducer plate . 36
Figure 23 – Example of a verification setup of the capacitive coupling clamp . 37
Figure 24 – Example of a test setup . 39
Figure 25 – Example of test setup applied to shielded lines . 40
Figure 26 – Example of test setup using a floor standing system of two EUTs . 41
Figure C.1 – Example of the addition of a damping circuit to the CDN for DC/DC
converter EUTs . 55
Figure C.2 – Example of direct injection of damped oscillatory waves . 56

Table 1 – Values of the parameters of w(t) for each standard oscillation frequency . 12
Table 2 – Test levels for the slow damped oscillatory wave (100 kHz or 1 MHz) . 16
Table 3 – Test levels for the fast damped oscillatory wave (3 MHz, 10 MHz or 30 MHz) . 16
Table 4 – Damped oscillatory waveform specifications at the EUT port of CDNs for
slow damped oscillatory waves . 32
Table 5 – Damped oscillatory waveform specifications at the EUT port of CDNs for
fast damped oscillatory waves . 34
Table B.1 – Example of uncertainty budget for the rise time of the open circuit voltage
of the 3 MHz damped oscillatory wave (T ) . 49
1
Table B.2 – Example of uncertainty budget for the peak of the open circuit voltage of
the 3 MHz damped oscillatory wave (Pk ) . 50
1
Table B.3 – α factor of different unidirectional impulse responses corresponding to the
same bandwidth of system B. 52

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International Standard IEC 61000-4-18 has been prepared by subcommittee 77B: High
frequency phenomena, of IEC Technical Committee 77: Electromagnetic compatibility.
It forms Part 4-18 of the IEC 61000 series. It has the status of a basic EMC publication in
accordance with IEC Guide 107.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2006 and its
Amendment 1:2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) addition of a mathematical modelling of damped oscillatory wave waveform;
b) new Annex B on measurement uncertainty;
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d) addition of calibration procedures for CDNs;
e) addition of the use of the capacitive coupling clamp on interconnection lines for fast
damped oscillatory waves;
f) addition of a test procedure for DC/DC converters in case the CDN does not work;
g) new Annex C on issues relating to powering EUTs having DC/DC converters at the input.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
77B/797/FDIS 77B/799/RVD

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INTRODUCTION
IEC 61000 is published in separate parts, according to the following structure:
Part 1: General
General considerations (introduction, fundamental principles)
Definitions, terminology
Part 2: Environment
Description of the environment
Classification of the environment
Compatibility levels
Part 3: Limits
Emission limits
Immunity limits (in so far as they do not fall under the responsibility of the product
committees)
Part 4: Testing and measurement techniques
Testing techniques
Part 5: Installation and mitigation guidelines
Installation guidelines
Mitigation methods and devices
Part 6: Generic standards
Part 9: Miscellaneous
Each part is further subdivided into several parts, published either as international standards
or as technical specifications or technical reports, some of which have already been published
as sections. Others will be published with the part number followed by a dash and a second
number identifying the subdivision (example: IEC 61000-6-1).
This part is an international standard which gives immunity requirements and test procedures
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1 Scope
This part of IEC 61000 focuses on the immunity requirements and test methods for electrical
and electronic equipment, under operational conditions, with regard to:
a) repetitive slow damped oscillatory waves occurring mainly in power, control and signal
cables installed in high voltage and medium voltage (HV/MV) substations;
b) repetitive fast damped oscillatory waves occurring mainly in power, control and signal
cables installed in gas insulated substations (GIS) and in some cases also air insulated
substations (AIS) or in any installation due to high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)
phenomena.
The object of this document is to establish a common and reproducible reference for
evaluating the immunity of electrical and electronic equipment when subjected to damped
oscillatory waves on supply, signal, control and earth ports. The test method documented in
this part of IEC 61000 describes a consistent method to assess the immunity of an equipment
or system against a defined phenomenon.
NOTE As described in IEC Guide 107, this is a basic EMC publication for use by product committees of the IEC.
As also stated in Guide 107, the IEC product committees are responsible for determining whether this immunity
test standard is applied or not, and if applied, they are responsible for determining the appropriate test levels and
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performance criteria.
The document defines:
– test voltage and current waveforms;
– ranges of test levels;
– test equipment;
– calibration and verification procedures of test equipment;
– test setups;
– test procedure.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of
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