The Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse has issued a 208-page report detailing a grim scenario of cascading disasters as critical infrastructures fail. If terrorists were to obtain a nuclear weapon and to detonate it over the continental United States, every facet of modern life that depends on electricity would be impacted. The … [Read more...]
Filtered AC Inlet Performs at High Frequencies up to 1 GHz
The 5150 Series of AC Filtered Inlets from Schurter utilizes X2Y® filter technology. These devices are characterized by broadband suppression properties to 1 GHz in tandem with a simple and universal input. Unlike previous products that used X2Y® but were limited to DC applications, the 5150 Series provides EMI protection for AC power input. X2Y® combines the X and Y capacitors … [Read more...]
News from 2008 EMC Detroit: Teseq Announces Partership with Milan-Based NARDA
Well known EMC test systems firm Teseq announced a partnership with NARDA today, an Italian test solutions firm, to offer an expanded range of EMC components including field probes, measurement receivers, signal generators, and power meters to the North American consumer electronics, automotive, telecommunications, medical, aerospace, and defense markets. With locations … [Read more...]
New ESD Simulator Features Reduced Feature Set and Full Compliance Performance
The new NSF 437 30-kV ESD simulator from Teseq boasts a reduced feature set and economical pricing while maintaining full compliance performance to meet major global standards. The new simulator guarantees optimized reproducibility of a test by meeting the holding time of at least five seconds as required by global ESD standards. Accuracy of the simulators voltage tip is … [Read more...]
Solar Inverters and the Issue of EMC Compliance
EMC regulation of solar installation equipment has failed to keep pace with actual developments. Siegfried W. Best As populations throughout the world become more aware of environmental issues and the necessity of forestalling further damage and pollution, attention has been focused on finding eco-friendly means of generating electric power. Wind farms are one highly touted … [Read more...]
Industry Reacts to JAMA Article on Possible RFID Hazards to Medical Electronics
As regular eNews readers may recall, a Dutch study on RFID tags and medical equipment published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicated that the radio frequency emissions from these tags could have unintended and dangerous consequences by interfering with vital medical devices. Electrical interference was found to alter the rates of ventilators that … [Read more...]
MRI Shielding and Anechoic Chamber Firms Forge Trans-Atlantic Joint Venture Agreement
Braden Shielding Systems USA and Rainford EMC Systems UK have entered into a joint venture relationship that includes technology transfer, cooperative sales, and marketing strategies for their respective medical MRI and EMC anechoic chamber technologies. Rainford with its existing shielding capabilities and support structure throughout Europe and Asia will be the exclusive … [Read more...]
TI unveils lowest power zero-drift instrumentation amplifier for portable, precision applications
Providing an unmatched combination of precision, low power and low supply voltage, Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced the industry's lowest power zero-drift instrumentation amplifier. The device features the lowest quiescent current and lowest input bias current versus the nearest competition, as well as an impressive power-to-noise ratio, very low offset voltage/drift … [Read more...]
Impinj Acquires Intel’s UHF RFID Reader Chip Operation
RFID Solutions Provider Impinj has acquired the UHF RFID chip operation of Intel Corporation. Chip maker Intel had developed the awarding-winning R1000 RFID reader chip. The acquisition of Intel’s RFID unit enhances the range of Impinj’s RFID offerings. It is especially noteworthy that the single R1000 chip enables 90 percent of the components required all reader form … [Read more...]
Instrumentation Amplifier Includes Filters to Reduce RF Interference
The new INA333 is a is a zero-drift instrumentation amplifier from Texas Instruments with input bias current of 200 pA and quiescent current of 75 µA. Offset voltage is 25 µV, and offset drift is 0.1 µV/°C. The INA333 yields an input voltage noise of 50 nV/rt-Hz with a proprietary switched capacitor notch filter. The MSOP-8-packaged amplifier has 3 op-amp architecture and … [Read more...]
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