"handheld device" is how you described it. As such, it cannot be a mobile device by definition and must be classified as portable. As a handheld device you cannot require 20cm separation distance. It must be tested as portable and RF exposure compliance will most likely require SAR testing.
Hans Mellberg Engineering Manager BACL 230 Commercial Street Sunnyvale CA 94085 USA 408-732-9162 x38 408-732-9164 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: <richwo...@tycoint.com> To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 6:41 AM Subject: FCC Human Exposure Limits > > Consider a handheld wireless device operating in the 915 MHz band or 2.45 > GHz band. Do I understand correctly that such a handheld device where the > radiating elements are expected to be at least 20 cm from the head and torso > of the body is considered to be a "mobile device" by the FCC, and thus it is > sufficient to demonstrate compliance by whole body exposure using the > spatially averaged field? > > Richard Woods > Sensormatic Electronics > Tyco International > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > 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: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
