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WHICH STANDARD ?

This page contains the contents of an article by EMC Technologies' Technical Director Chris Zombolas. The article gives a detailed treatment of emissions and immunity requirements for both International and Australian markets, preparation of a test plan, and discussion of the IEC1000-4-X series.

The following article by EMC Technologies' Technical Director is also available as a compressed Word file standard.zip 37kB

CHOOSING THE EMC CORRECT STANDARD

ARTICLE CONTENTS

 

1. INTRODUCTION
2. AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL EMC REQUIREMENTS

   2.1 Australian EMC Standards

   2.2 Principal Immunity Standards

   2.3 Deviations In National Standards and Test Requirements

   2.4 EMC - Emission Requirements

   2.5 Harmonic Distortion and Voltage Flicker

   2.6 EMC Immunity Standards Requirements

   2.6.1 Immunity to Electrostatic Discharge

   2.6.2 Immunity to Radiated Electromagnetic Fields: IEC 1000-4-3

   2.6.3 Immunity to Conducted Electrical Fast Transients (EFT/B): IEC1000-4-4

   2.6.4 Immunity to Powerline Surge Transients: IEC 1000-4--5

   2.6.5 Immunity to Conducted RF Disturbances: IEC 1000-4-6

   2.6.6 Immunity-Household Appliances, Tools and Similar Equipment: EN55104

    

3. EMC TEST PLAN REQUIREMENTS

   3.1 Who Prepares EMC Test Plan?

   3.2 Adequate Immunity Investigations.

   3.3 Cycle Times

   3.4 Content of an EMC Test Plan

    

4. COMPLIANCE WITH AUSTRALIAN EMC REGULATIONS

   4.1 Compliance with the EMC Framework (Regulations)

   4.2 Advantages of Using NATA (Accredited) Testing

   4.3 Risks of Non-NATA (Non-Accredited) Testing

   4.4 Which Route to Compliance - TCF or Standards ?

    

5.  SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE EMC STANDARD

   5.1 Basic Standards

   5.2 Generic Standards

   5.3 Product Family Standards

   5.4 Product Standards

    

6. EMC REQUIREMENTS FOR EUROPE (CE MARKING)

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