EMC/EMI/ESD STANDARDS FOR GENERIC EQUIPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRY

dBi Corporation


Laboratory
Certificate Number 1985-01

John R. Barnes
23 JUL 2002
jrbarnes@iglou.com

News flash -- FCC changes Conducted Emissions limits, 10 JUL 2002.

Many countries require generic equipment intended for use in residential, commercial, and light-industry environments (the users do not have their own dedicated power transformers) to meet certain:

to be marketed and/or used in those countries.

In some markets the manufacturer/distributor may choose from several standards. Each of these standards has different test requirements and different spans of time over which they may be used. A key factor in your decision should be the "withdrawn" date or the "date of cessation of presumption of conformity", which is the latest date at which you may legally import products into that market under the standard.

This document briefly summarizes the EMC/EMI/ESD standards for residential/ commercial/ light-industry generic devices that are to be marketed and used in:

Generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in Australia and New Zealand, must meet this emissions standard:
Generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in Canada, must meet one of these two emissions standards:
Not aware of any test standards for generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in China.
Generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in Europe, must meet an: The emissions standard must be one of: The immunity standard must be one of: The harmonics standard must be one of: The flicker standard must be one of:
Not aware of any test standards for generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in Japan.
Not aware of any test standards for generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in Taiwan.
Generic equipment for residential, commercial, and light industry, that is to be marketed in the United States, must meet one of these two emissions standards:
CISPR Class A Radiated Limits at 10m: CISPR Class A Conducted Limits for Mains Ports: CISPR Class A Conducted Common Mode Voltage Limits for Telecommunication Ports: CISPR Class A Conducted Common Mode Current Limits for Telecommunication Ports:
CISPR Class B Radiated Limits at 10m: CISPR Class B Conducted Limits for Mains Ports: CISPR Class B Conducted Common Mode Voltage Limits for Telecommunication Ports: CISPR Class B Conducted Common Mode Current Limits for Telecommunication Ports:
CSA C108.8-M1983 Class A Radiated Limits at 30m: CSA C108.8-M1983 Class A Conducted Limits for Mains Ports:
CSA C108.8-M1983 Class B Radiated Limits at 3m: CSA C108.8-M1983 Class B Conducted Limits for Mains Ports:
The FCC requires Radiated Emissions to be measured up to: FCC Class A Radiated Limits at 10m: FCC Class A Conducted Limits for Mains Ports up to 10 JUL 2002: FCC Class A Conducted Limits for Mains Ports after 10 JUL 2002: Two-year transition period (10 JUL 2002 to 10 JUL 2004) for new authorizations under FCC Part 15 and Part 18- may use old or new FCC conducted limits. Three-year transition period (10 JUL 2002 to 10 JUL 2005) for manufacturing and imports of FCC Part 15 and Part 18 devices- may comply with old or new FCC conducted limits. After transition period all authorizations and newly- manufactured/imported devices must comply with new limits.
FCC Class B Radiated Limits at 3m: FCC Class B Conducted Limits for Mains Ports up to 10 JUL 2002: FCC Class B Conducted Limits for Mains Ports after 10 JUL 2002: Two-year transition period (10 JUL 2002 to 10 JUL 2004) for new authorizations under FCC Part 15 and Part 18- may use old or new FCC conducted limits. Three-year transition period (10 JUL 2002 to 10 JUL 2005) for manufacturing and imports of FCC Part 15 and Part 18 devices- may comply with old or new FCC conducted limits. After transition period all authorizations and newly- manufactured/imported devices must comply with new limits.
Performance criterion A: the equipment operates as intended without operator intervention.

Performance criterion B: no degradation of performance or loss of function (below a level specified by the manufacturer) during the test; after the test the equipment operates as intended without operator intervention.

Performance criterion C: loss of function is permitted during the test if it is self-recoverable or can be restored by the operator; must not lose functions or data stored in non-volatile memory or protected by battery backup.

NOTE: ??? means that no withdrawal date has been published for this standard, as of the date of this document.

DISCLAIMER
These documents are freely offered to anyone who wishes to use them. No warranty for their use is expressed or implied. The most-current versions may be downloaded from the dBi Corporation web site http://www.dbicorporation.com/. The information in these documents is believed to be correct, as far as it goes, because they are based strictly on the FCC regulations, Official Journal of the European Communities (OJ) and the test standards themselves- see Bibliography. Nevertheless, please base your decisions on the current FCC regulations, appropriate issue(s) of the OJ, the pertinent test standard(s), and their amendments.

COMMENTS
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Please send critiques, corrections, and/or additions to jrbarnes@iglou.com , or by snailmail to:
John Barnes
dBi Corporation
216 Hillsboro Ave
Lexington, KY 40511-2105

dBi Corporation is an A2LA-Accredited EMC/EMI/ESD test house based in Lexington, Kentucky. We test information technology equipment (ITE) and related products for manufacturers/distributors of these products. We also offer training, consulting, and design review services in these areas.

We are closely associated with Robust Electronic Design , Inc., which researches topics of general interest to the electronics industry. This web site is shared by both companies, and may be accessed via http://www.dbicorporation.com/ or http://www.r-e-d-inc.com/

Both companies may be contacted by E-mail at jrbarnes@iglou.com or by snail-mail at:
dBi Corporation
216 Hillsboro Ave
Lexington, KY 40511-2105
     OR
Robust Electronic Design, Inc.
216 Hillsboro Ave
Lexington, KY 40511-2105

Last revised July 23, 2002.