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LTspice FFT not giving same EMC conducted emissions graph as actual graph

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Hello,
The attached LTspice simulation is a buck converter which has the same waveforms as the buck converter in the document RDR-506 by power.com……

RDR-506 report on 1.44w offline buck converter…
https://ac-dc.power.com/sites/default/files/PDFFiles/rdr506.pdf

Page 23 of this report shows the conducted EMC scan of this buck converter. However, the LTspice simulation of this buck converter , using its FFT function, does not give a graph anything like this. Do you know why not?

Pdf schem of LTspice simulation also attached


However, Another thing is that surely the conducted emissions graph on page 23 of RDR-506 looks wrong? I mean, if you look at the schematic of the buck converter on page 5 of RDR-506, it has a really heavy PI filter consisting of a 1mH inductor and a 4.7uF capacitor either side of it………for a buck converter of just 1.44W rating, that is an extremely heavy filter….how can all the Megahertz frequencies on page 23 of the RDR-506 document be there? If you look at the input current waveform, it is very smooth, there is utterly no evidence of the 10MHz waveforms which the EMC scan of page 23 suggests. Do you know what’s going on here?
 

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The P23 graph and the LTS FFT graph are not plotted with the same units, which makes comparison difficult. I understand 'dB' (as per the FFT), but how are 'dBuV' (P23) derived?
Another difference is that LTs values are ground referenced, whereas the P23 graph is for a floating ground situation (if that is significant?).
 
I might use SPICE to get idea of "noise" at the switching frequency. BUT at high frequency much of the problem is so related to the PCB and parts placement. (which is not in SPICE)

I do not trust SPICE for "noise". I trust spice for building a filter. If you add a filter you can check what the noise reduction will be.
Remember to build real world Cs and Ls in you SPICE filter. (watch for resonant frequency)
 
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