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Standards for electronic products

Typically a series of standards

Product Standard
e.g. IEC 60601 series for
medical devices

EMC Safety Usability Performance

Various sub-standards for general requirements

and particular requirements

CISPR 11 – Industrial scientific medical products

Product- CISPR 12 – Vehicles boats and internal combustion
family engines
standards CISPR 14 - Household appliances
………………..
Generic emission /
For devices not covered by
immunity standards a specific product standard
IEC / EN 61000-6-x
Basic standards General and fundamental rules
EMC testing and measurement methods
IEC / EN 61000-4-x, CISPR 16-x-y EMC measurement equipment
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EMC Standards – Relations

EMC standards have numerous references to other standards.

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Relevant EMC Standards for pre-compliance testing

Standards Description

CISPR 16 / EN 55016 Base standard used by EMCview for control and settings of the spectrum analyzers during measurement

CISPR 11 / EN 55011 Industrial, scientific and medical equipment - Radio-frequency disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement

CISPR 12 / EN 55012 Vehicles, boats and internal combustion engines - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement for the protection of off-board receivers

CISPR 13 / EN 55013 Sound and television broadcast receivers and associated equipment -Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement; replaced by CISPR 32

CISPR 14 / EN 55014 Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus

CISPR 15 / EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of electrical lighting and similar equipment

CISPR 22 / EN 55022 Information technology equipment – Radio disturbance characteristics – Limits and methods of measurement; replaced by CISPR 32

CISPR 25 / EN 55025 Vehicles, boats and internal combustion engines - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement for the protection of on-board receivers

CISPR 32 / EN 55032 Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment - Emission requirements

CISPR 36 / EN 55036 Electric and hybrid electric road vehicles - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement for the protection of off-board receivers below 30 MHz

IEC / EN 61000-6-3 generic EMC emission standard applicable only if no relevant dedicated product EMC standard has been published; residential environments

IEC / EN 61000-6-4 generic EMC emission standard applicable only if no relevant dedicated product EMC standard has been published; industrial environments

IEC / EN 300330 Short Range Devices; Radio equipment in the frequency range 9 kHz - 25 MHz and inductive loop systems in the frequency range 9 kHz - 30 MHz

IEC / EN 60945 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems

EN 15194 Electrically power assisted cycles

MIL-STD-461G United States Military standard for electromagnetic compatibility

FCC15 Subpart B FCC emission limits for two major classes of unintentional radiators

IEC / EN 61000-4-6 Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields; used for immunity feature in EMCview PRO

ISO 11452-4 Road vehicles - Component test methods for electrical disturbances from narrowband radiated electromagnetic energy; used for immunity feature in EMCview PRO

IEC / EN 61000-4-20 Emission and immunity testing in transverse electromagnetic (TEM) waveguides; used for Near-field to far-field correlation feature in EMCview
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EMC Standards – Products for industrial or domestic use

EMC standards and norms define terms, rules and test methods for EMC. Furthermore,
they specify limits and minimum test levels for electric and electromagnetic
emissions and immunity of electromechanical and electronic products.
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EMC Standards – Products for automotive use

EMC standards and norms define terms, rules and test methods for EMC. Furthermore,
they specify limits and minimum test levels for electric and electromagnetic
emissions and immunity of electromechanical and electronic products.

ISO 11452
IEC 61000-4-3 ISO 10605

ISO 7637-2
ISO 7637-2 ISO 11451
ISO 11451 ISO 11452
ISO 11452 IEC 61000-4-4
IEC 61000-4-4

Cranking voltage
Load dump
Transients, pulses, RF currents
Transients, pulses, RF currents
Vehicle battery
Contol
Data
Voltage fluctuation
Jump start

CISPR 12 CISPR 12
CISPR 25 CISPR 25
CISPR 36 CISPR 36
OEM standards OEM standards

CISPR 12
CISPR 25
CISPR 36
OEM standards
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Relevant CISPR 16 specifications for EMC pre-compliance

It is essential to configure the spectrum analyzer in compliance with CISPR 16 to

obtain measurement results that can be compared with test-house results:

• CISPR 16 compliant IF filters

• CISPR 16 compliant resolution bandwidth
• CISPR 16 compliant detectors
• CISPR 16 compliant sweep time
• CISPR 16 compliant frequency spacing between adjacent measurement points

Provided that the spectrum analyzer is equipped with an EMI option, a suitable test
software such as EMCview of Tekbox will take care of correct analyzer settings.

Furthermore, compliant test equipment and a correct test setup is necessary

• CISPR 16 compliant test equipment (LISN, CDN, BCI-probe)

• CISPR 16 compliant EUT and test equipment placement

The relevant standards specify the test equipment and measurement set up.
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Relevant CISPR 16 specifications for EMC pre-compliance

To get measurement results that can be compared with test-house results, the
spectrum analyzer must be configured in accordance with CISPR 16:

• CISPR 16 compliant IF filters

• CISPR 16 compliant resolution bandwidth
• CISPR 16 compliant detectors
• CISPR 16 compliant sweep time
• CISPR 16 compliant frequency spacing between adjacent measurement points

If the spectrum analyzer has an EMI option, a suitable test software, such as EMCview
from Tekbox, will take care of right analyzer settings.

Furthermore, compliant test equipment and a proper test configuration are required.

• CISPR 16 compliant test equipment (LISN, CDN, BCI-probe)

• CISPR 16 compliant EUT and test equipment placement

The test equipment and measurement setup are specified in the appropriate
standards.
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How to obtain EMC standards

Standards can be found in the webshops of many standardisation agencies. A single

standard can cost between $300 and $800 USD. Several standards are usually
required, therefore a few thousand USD is readily spent.

There are a few cost-cutting options:

A few national standardization institutions, such as the Estonian Centre For

Standardisation And Accreditation, provide single user standards at a fraction of the
cost. https://www.evs.ee/en/search

Various CISPR and other standards can be found on a website of the Bureau of Indian
Standards, https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/manifest.litd.9.html
However, the versions of the standards are somewhat old.

A few companies publish test-house reports of their products. These reports reveal
information on standard compliant measurement set ups and EMC limits.

Download EMCview from the Tekbox website. Following installation, a subdirectory

docu is created that provides information on all pre-configured test projects. The
pdfs contain the EMC limits of all CISPR standards as well as other information.
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EMC resources

The academy of EMC

https://www.academyofemc.com/
This website is one of the best free and independent sources of information about
Electromagnetic Compatibility.

Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility - - In a Nutshell

Author Reto B. Keller, 416 pages
Free pdf download at
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-14186-7.pdf?pdf=button

EMCFastPass
https://emcfastpass.com/
Another excellent website full of information on EMC; guides, online training courses

emc STANDARDS UK
https://www.emcstandards.co.uk/emc-testing
Lots of information; many excellent practical guides in the download area
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