Elite Offers Automotive EMC Testing Capabilities for Vehicle Component Compliance

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Elite Electronic Engineering provides vehicle component electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing services to support automotive, commercial vehicle, and component manufacturers in verifying compliance before final vehicle validation. The company’s testing programs are designed to confirm that vehicle radios, communications systems, navigation equipment, and electronic subsystems operate without interference from RF noise, while also evaluating immunity to high-intensity RF fields and electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Elite states that component-level EMC testing has become increasingly important as modern vehicles incorporate large numbers of microprocessor-based modules, sensors, communications equipment, motors, and electronic sub-assemblies. Because full-vehicle EMC testing typically occurs late in the production process, individual components must be validated separately before final vehicle testing.

The company supports automotive EMC programs through trained EMC engineers, vehicle-focused technical support, extensive automotive EMC experience, several iNARTE-certified staff members, dedicated software engineers focused on test automation, and participation in ISO and CISPR standards committees.

Elite operates as an ISO 17025-accredited test laboratory and reports more than 20 years of A2LA assessment and accreditation. Its automotive EMC testing capabilities are recognized by OEM specifications including Ford FMC 1278 and FMC 1280, General Motors GMW 3097, Stellantis CS.00054/244/245/246, Hyundai-Kia ES96200-00, as well as programs associated with Mazda, Jaguar Land Rover, and Harley-Davidson.

The company maintains a range of EMC testing facilities and chambers configured for automotive validation. These include ALSE emissions chambers for CISPR 25 radiated emissions testing, with six chambers listed on its A2LA scope of accreditation. ALSE immunity chambers support RF radiated immunity, bulk current injection (BCI), and portable transmitter testing. Additional facilities include shielded chambers for conducted RF emissions and magnetic field emissions testing, three reverberation chambers for automotive, military, and commercial aviation programs, bench test stations for conducted transient immunity and electrical stress testing, .and an ESD laboratory equipped with five ESD test stations, electrostatic voltmeters, and calibration and verification instrumentation.

Elite’s test equipment portfolio includes emissions instrumentation such as R&S ESW receivers supporting swept and FFT measurements, 2 Gs/s four-channel oscilloscopes, sub-1 Gs oscilloscopes with up to 16 channels, and high-voltage artificial networks (HVANs). RF immunity testing systems support frequencies from 10 kHz to 40 GHz with field strengths up to 300 V/m, 400 MHz to 18 GHz testing up to 500 V/m, pulsed RF testing up to 1,500 V/m, and mode-tuned pulsed RF testing up to 4,000 V/m.

The company also provides electrical transient and power system testing in accordance with standards such as ISO 7637 and SAE J1113. Its facilities include CTI generator stations capable of supplying up to 100 A during testing, specialty waveform generators for Toyota, Honda, JASO, and other requirements, 1500 VDC/60 A bi-directional supply/load systems, and 1500 VDC/125 A power supplies.

For electric vehicle applications, Elite offers EMC and electrical testing for high-voltage components including motors, e-axles, inverters, converters, onboard chargers, battery systems, electric heaters, and auxiliary modules. The company operates two AMETEK PowerWave 250 test systems that can be used individually at 250 kW or combined for 500 kW operation. Its AMETEK test platform is rated for 1,500 VDC, 1,000 A, and 500 kW in bi-directional operation, and is complemented by an AMETEK Ripple NX generator capable of 1,000 A output.

Elite’s automotive EMC testing programs support a wide range of industry standards and methods, including CISPR 25 conducted and radiated RF emissions testing, ISO 11452-2 RF Immunity ALSE, ISO 11452-4 RF Immunity BCI, ISO 11452-5 Stripline Immunity, ISO 11452-8 magnetic field immunity, ISO 11452-9 portable transmitter RF immunity, ISO 11452-11 reverberation chamber testing, ISO 7637-2 and ISO 7637-3 supply line and I/O transient testing, ISO 16750-2 electrical loads testing, ISO 21498-1 and ISO 21498-2 testing for electrically propelled road vehicles, and ISO 7637-4 electrical transient conduction testing on shielded high-voltage supply lines. OEM and industry standards supported include Nissan 28400 NDS 91, PSA B21 7110/12, Stellantis CS.00245, Renault 36-00-811, BMW GS 95023, VW 80303/80300, Mercedes MBN 11123, and ECE Regulation 10.

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