Advances in Radio Science www.adv-radio-sci.net 1684-9965 1684-9973 2 Kleinheubacher Berichte 2003 2004 10.5194/ars-2-63-2004 http://www.adv-radio-sci.net/2/63/2004/ http://www.adv-radio-sci.net/2/63/2004/ars-2-63-2004.html http://www.adv-radio-sci.net/2/63/2004/ars-2-63-2004.pdf 63 69 2005-05-27 Susceptibility of personal computer systems to electromagnetic pulses with double exponential character M. Camp H. Garbe Inst. für Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik und Messtechnik, Univ. Hannover, Appelstrasse 9A, 30167 Hannover, Germany In this paper the susceptibility of personal computer systems to fast transient electromagnetic pulses with double exponential pulse shapes (EMP, UWB) is determined. The influence of the computer generation, RAM-values, different program states and the pulse shape, as well as the destruction thresholds of single PC-components (CPU, RAM, BIOS, Mainboard) have been investigated.