RE: EMC Emissions Safety Margins

2002-02-28 Thread Andy White (EWU)
Russell, The margin issue is usually a much discussed subject when it comes to initial product EMC emission certification. As most experienced EMC engineers know that variances in production units will occur. Also to ensure that if a production unit is tested in a different 'accredited lab' a pro

RE: EMC Emissions Safety Margins

2002-02-28 Thread John Shinn
There are two factors to take into account when determining the minimum margin for compliance with an EMC emissions limit. The first is the level of uncertainty of the measurement. This number should be in your test report from your lab. If not, ask for that number. This is the amount that the p

RE: EMC Emissions Safety Margins

2002-02-28 Thread Alex McNeil
: John Barnes [mailto:jrbar...@iglou.com] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:39 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC Emissions Safety Margins Russell, At IBM and Lexmark, our EMC department was comfortable if one unit showed at least a 3dB margin between the measured emissions and the

Re: EMC Emissions Safety Margins

2002-02-28 Thread John Barnes
Russell, At IBM and Lexmark, our EMC department was comfortable if one unit showed at least a 3dB margin between the measured emissions and the specified test limits. If we were a little closer than that, and unable to improve the margin for whatever reason, they would have us test two more units