FYI, IEC 60601-1-2: 2ED, EMC for Medical Electrical Equipment requires 3/10 V/m testing to 2.5 GHz!
Best regards, Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pettit, Ghery Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:19 AM To: 'Sandy Mazzola'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Status of Frequency extension of EN 61000-4-3 Sandy, Whether or not IEC (or EN) 61000-4-3 has its applicable frequency range extended, there is no effect on EN 55024:1998 or CISPR 24 until such time as these documents are amended to increase the frequency range for the test. As a member of CISPR SC G WG3, I can tell you that there is no proposal in CISPR to increase the frequency range for this test in CISPR 24 at this time. Of course, we're meeting in Bristol, England next week and anything could happen, but I don't expect this to come up. Given the speed(?) with which changes work their way through the system, it would be 2 or 3 years before CISPR 24 could be amended if we started next week, then a 3 year transition period in the EU, so if a successful effort to increase the frequency range of this test were to start next week, you'd be looking at 5 to 6 years before it became mandatory in Europe. Other countries using CISPR 24 (Korea and Russia, for example) might act faster, but still nothing could happen until CISPR 24 was amended and I would expect that to take 3 years. Bottom line - don't start placing purchase orders for new equipment just yet. Ghery S. Pettit, NCE Intel -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Mazzola [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Status of Frequency extension of EN 61000-4-3 To all, My question pertains to EN 55024:1998, Information Technology Equipment-Immunity Characteristics, flowing down to EN 61000-4-3 :1997, Radiated Immunity. I am looking for the status of a frequency extension to EN 6100-4-3 radiated Immunity. EN 61000-4-3:1997 lists 80 MHz to 1 GHz as the test frequency range. Is anyone aware of the Radiated Immunity requirements being extended to 3 Ghz or higher sometime in the near future. If there are any drafts proposing this can you list the draft number. Finally, if no present plans exist could anyone venture a prediction for when and if the radiated Immunity frequency will be extended. Thx Sandy Mazzola Santo Mazzola Regulatory Engineer Symbol Technologies Inc 1 Symbol Plaza Holtsville, N. Y. 11742-1300 Phone: (631) 738-5373 Fax: (631) 738-3318 E-mail: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
