Santa Rosa, California, March 2023 – Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is a growing concern in medical technology and regulatory standards continue to implement measures to prevent disruption in wireless communication between medical applications, which can have severe consequences for the patient. SCHURTER works diligently to stay abreast of equipment trends and their … [Read more...]
EMC War Stories: Letters from Home Part 2: It’s hard for my computer to sleep when I’m doing the laundry
Candace Suriano Suriano Solutions John Suriano Nidec Automotive Motors Americas Dear John, Once again it’s a cold dry winter here and I have found that there is a great way to keep warm— by doing the laundry. I discovered something really strange, though: when I’m taking the laundry out of the dryer it sometimes wakes up the computer on the desk almost ten feet away! I knew … [Read more...]
EMI Across Randomly-Patterned Multiple Traces on a PCB of an Audio/Multimedia Infrastructure: Crosstalk Performance Vis-à-Vis Smart Handheld Devices
PERAMBUR S. NEELAKANTA*, Ph. D., C. Eng., Fellow IEE and AZIZ U. NOORI, M. S. E. E Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Abstract In the state-of-the-art wireless devices accommodating a dense layout of copper traces on the associated printed-circuit boards (single and/or multi-layered), is inevitable. Relevantly, considering the baseband … [Read more...]
FCC Changes Certification Process
By David A. Case NCE, NCT Senior Technical Leader Regulatory Cisco Systems IncAbstract: The FCC Authorization and Evaluation Branch has been the forefront in regards to reviewing and issuing of FCC certification. With the adoption of the Telecommunications Certified Body (TCB) program, a number of these approvals were done via TCB reviewers with FCC oversight, though the FCC … [Read more...]
Radio Equipment Directive
By Charlie Blackham,Principal Consultant and Director of Sulis Consultants Ltd. This article provides an introduction to the recently published Radio Equipment Directive (RED). It looks briefly at the history of the requirements, the changes in the product and regulatory landscape and looks at what it means to equipment manufacturers. History The current Radio and … [Read more...]
Harmonic Comb Generators Are Useful Tools
By Kenneth Wyatt INTRODUCTION One tool every EMC test lab should own is a harmonic comb generator. A comb generator is simply a device that will produce a set of harmonically related CW signals whose spacing is based on a fundamental oscillator frequency. For example, if we were to start with a 10 MHz clock oscillator and feed the digital output into a coax connector, we’d … [Read more...]
2015 Directory & Design Guide
Interference Technology has published its annual Directory & Design Guide. In this issue is a government personnel list, articles on testing and design, standards updates, calendar events and more. New this year is a special EMC Supplier Quick Guide, where you can find suppliers by product and company name. To read this issue, click here. … [Read more...]
2015 EMC Directory & Design Guide
Every year, Interference Technology publishes the EMC Buyers’ Guide — our most up-to-date look at the providers of hundreds of EMC-related products and services. In this issue is articles on testing and design, listings of products and services, company directories, calendar events and more! View the issue here. … [Read more...]
