(June 15, 2016) The Federal Communications Commission moved to provide testing laboratories with an additional year to meet an accreditation requirement under its equipment authorization rules. The Commission will also provide guidance on the process for recognition of accreditation bodies. The Commission took these actions through a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Order on … [Read more...]
Coaxial and Board-Mounted EMI Filters Available
API Technologies offers a wide range of EMI filters focused on medical product applications. The range of filters includes surface mount, low pass feed-through, filtered terminal blocks, filtered connectors, as well as gaskets and shielding products. … [Read more...]
Medical Grade Power Adapter Meets IEC/EN 60601-1-2 4th Edition EMC Standards
TRUMPower launched the TMP65 series of low cost medical grade AC/DC desktop power adapters, which meet the 4th edition IEC/EN 60601-1-2 EMC standards. It will also withstand ESD of 8kV contact and 15kV air.The TMP65 Class I units come with an IEC 320/C6 AC inlet that has a ground pin. Class II units, furnished with an IEC 320/C8 AC inlet without a ground pin, are double … [Read more...]
Blog Post – EMC & It’s Role in Reliabilty
By Ken Javor Totally anecdotal, but this just happened to me. My wife uses a powered wheelchair. A very high end, high quality chair. We were on vacation driving north and had just crossed the 45th parallel in the state of Michigan. The 45th parallel anywhere is halfway between the equator and the North Pole. In Michigan it’s also halfway to nowhere, and it was there my wife’s … [Read more...]
In-House Verification of EMI Test Equipment
SAE International has made available the AIR6236A document. This AIR provides guidance to the EMI test facility on how to check performance of the following types of EMI test equipment: current probe, Line Impedance Stabilization Network (LISN), directional coupler, attenuator, cable loss, low noise preamplifier, rod antenna base, and passive antennas. All performance checks … [Read more...]
New 3.2 / 7.5 GHz Spectrum Analyzer Released
Rigol Technologies recently announced their new DSA832E 3.2 GHz spectrum analyzer, based on the small DSA800-series form factor. The analyzer is ideal for design and development implementing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other RF standards. The 7.5 GHz instrument enables engineers to investigate the 3rd harmonic of all of their critical 2.4 GHz applications while the 3.2 GHz models … [Read more...]
New Stealth Technology Makes Russian Electronic Equipment Undetectable
(August 5, 2016) Russian scientists have developed a new ferrite-based fabric that promises to have the ability to make Russian military hardware much harder to detect for enemy electronic warfare systems. According to Sputnik News, "The new lightweight and highly flexible fabric, developed by the Rostec subsidiary JSC Ruselectronics, can protect the electronic equipment … [Read more...]
EMC Standards Package
This EMC Standards package includes standards that address the unintentional generation, propagation, and reception of electromagnetic energy, the associated unwanted effects, and the correct operation of different equipment involving electromagnetic phenomena in their operation. In the package: 220+ active, draft, and archived IEEE and ANSI EMC related standards; robust … [Read more...]
Heart Implant Devices Tested to Resist MRI Interference
(August 22, 2016) According to the Guernsey Press, “A new model of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) which is resistant to the MRI's strong magnetic fields has been tested at Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire.” “The Ellipse ICD, developed by US manufacture St Jude Medical, will now be tested in a further 165 patients at 60 MRI centres around … [Read more...]
New CENELEC Standards Recently Released
Rein Tech Laboratories recently listed several updates to standards in their July 2016 newsletter “MultiPoint”. Among them are the following updates as published by CENELEC. There are additional standards updates listed for IEC and ETSI standards. This is a shortened list of the CENELEC standards published or made available during the past month: EN 62610-5:2016 - 6/24/2016 … [Read more...]
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