The EMCLab includes a semi-anechoic chamber and boasts a wide selection of instrumentation and software tools for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) research, acquired over the years and constantly increased and/or updated to the state of the art. The laboratory is aimed at supporting research activities carried out in the EMC sector by a group of Professors and Ph.D. students, with particular emphasis on:

• Development of innovative measurement methods and/or test procedures overcoming the mere requirements of current Standards, specifically in the following sectors: automotive, aerospace, power systems, and railway;
• Electromagnetic characterization of devices, equipment and systems, at the frequencies of interest for EMC, for the identification of suitable models accounting for parasitic effects;
• Characterization of interconnections (for instance, multiwire lines and cables) with specific reference to the propagation of conducted electromagnetic interference.

Additionally, the EMCLab provides "pre-compliance" consultancy services to industry, that is, a set of experimental tests and investigations (radiated and conducted emission and immunity) in the prototyping stage, including project revisions, so that new products will be ready for the final EMC verifications, carried out by certification bodies.

Some examples of experimental activities carried out in this lab are listed in the following.

• Characterization of bulk current injection (BCI) probes, and experimental validation of innovative BCI-based radiated-susceptibility tests in the frequency range 10 kHz – 400 MHz, for the automotive and aerospace sectors;
• Characterization of near-field probes and development of innovative susceptibility testing procedures at printed-circuit-board level, based on near-field probes and the injection of disturbances with arbitrary waveforms and bandwidth up to 6 GHz, specifically developed for the automotive sector;
• Design, development and validation of innovative measurement chains for radiated emissions of high-speed trains, in the frequency range 9 kHz – 1 GHz, conforming to (and extending) requirements of standard IEC 62236;
• Experimental characterization of dc/dc converters and wiring harness used in satellite power buses for the identification and validation of prediction models of conducted emissions, in the frequency range 100 kHz – 100 MHz;
• EMC and signal integrity analyses of electronic units for smart grids.

Assessmentof human exposure to electric and magnetic fields for workers involved in arc-welding processes (standard EN 50444), through electromagnetic simulation of complex 3D body models, and the experimental characterization of industrial welding equipment.