EMC/EMI/ESD TESTING STANDARDS
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Commercial Product Standards
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Administrator/coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary
standardization system.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
A non-profit
professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation related
to electricity.
ANSI/IEEE C62.41
Guide for surge voltages in AC power circuits to 600V. It requires the
combination wave and the 100kHz ring wave at levels up to 6kV, depending on the
category of the application. This standard requires surges on two lines
simultaneously.
ANSI/IEEE C63.16
American National Standard Guide for Electrostatic Discharge Test Methodologies
& Criteria for Electronic Equipment.
Underwriters
Laboratories (UL)
An independent
product safety certification organization. Established in 1894,[1] the company
has its headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois.[2] UL develops standards and test
procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and equipment,
chiefly dealing with product safety.
UL 294
Standard for
safety access control systems units. Requires a 100v/microsecond voltage ramp
test to 2.4kV, and a 100khz ring wave test of up to 6kV.
UL 864
Standard for control units and accessories for fire alarm systems. Requires a
100v/microsecond voltage ramp test to 2400 volts, and a 100khz ring wave test to
6kV.
UL 1034
Applies to the
construction, performance, and operation of burglary-resistant electric locking
mechanisms and their related devices, such as control units, control switches,
and power supplies, and such used to secure and release doors. Requires a
100v/microsecond voltage ramp test to 2.4kV, and a 100kHz ring wave test of up
to 6kV.
UL 1449
Covers Surge
Protective Devices (SPDs) designed for repeated limiting of transient voltage
surges as specified in the standard on 50 or 60Hz power circuits not exceeding
1kV.
Government Standards
Radio Technical
Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)
RTCA, Inc. is a
private, not-for-profit corporation formed to advance the art and science of
aviation and aviation electronic systems for the benefit of the public. It
develops consensus-based recommendations regarding communications, navigation,
surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues. RTCA functions
as a Federal Advisory Committee. Its recommendations are used by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) as the basis for policy, program, and regulatory
decisions and by the private sector as the basis for development, investment and
other business decisions.
RTCA
DO-160E/F, section 22
Lightning induced
transient susceptibility.
Military Standards
MIL-STD-461E
Department of Defense interface standard for the control of electromagnetic
interference characteristics of subsystems and equipment.
Subsections:
CE101
Conducted emissions for power leads from 30Hz to 10kHz.
CE102
Conducted emissions for power leads from 10kHz to 10MHz.
CE106
Conducted emissions for antenna terminal from 10kHz to 40GHz.
CS101
Conducted Susceptibility for power leads from 30Hz to 150kHz.
CS103
Conducted Susceptibility for intermodulation on antenna port
from 15kHz to 10GHz.
CS104
Conducted Susceptibility for rejection of unwanted signals on
antenna port from 30Hz to 20GHz.
CS105
Conducted Susceptibility for cross-modulation on antenna port
from 30Hz to 20GHz.
CS106
Conducted susceptibility, transients, power leads.
CS109
Conducted Susceptibility for structure current from 60Hz to
100kHz.
CS114
Conducted Susceptibility for bulk cable injection from 10kHz
to 400MHz.
CS115
Conducted Susceptibility for bulk cable rejection, impulse excitation.
CS116
Conducted Susceptibility for damped sinusoidal transients in cables and power
leads from 10kHz to 100MHz.
RE101
Radiated Emissions for magnetic field from 30Hz to 100kHz.
RE102
Radiated Emissions for electric field from 10kHz to 18GHz.
RE103
Radiated Emissions for antenna spurious and harmonic outputs
from 10kHz to 40GHz.
RS101
Radiated Susceptibility for magnetic field from 30Hz to
100kHz.
RS103
Radiated Susceptibility for electric field from 10kHz to
40GHz.
RS105
Radiated Susceptibility for transient electromagnetic field; pulsed EMI, EMP.
MIL-STD-1399; section 300A, 300B
Interface standard for AC electric power in shipboard systems.
International/European Standards
European Union
(EU)
An economic and political union of 27
member states located primarily in Europe.
RoHS
Restriction of
Hazardous Substances: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ether.
European Organization for Civil
Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE)
Develops performance specifications
and other documents exclusively dedicated to the aviation community.
EUROCAE/ED-14
Lightning induced
transient susceptibility.
International
Electrotechnical Commision (IEC) Standards
The international
standards and conformity assessment body for electricity, electronics, and
related technologies.
IEC
61000-4-2
Electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) Part 4-2: Systems-level electrostatic discharge immunity
test; requires a 150pF/330 ohm discharge network, air discharge tests up to
15kV, contact mode tests up to 8kV.
IEC
61000-4-4
The evaluation of
the immunity of electrical and electronic equipment when subjected to electrical
fast transient/bursts on supply, signal, control and earth ports. Electrical
fast transient (EFT), 5/50 nanosecond impulses in bursts with a 15ms duration
and a 300ms period with voltages up to 4kV into a 50 ohm load.
IEC 61000-4-5
Lightning and voltage surges, defined by the combination wave (or bi-wave), it
is defined as an open circuit voltage waveform of 1.2/50 microseconds and a
short circuit current waveform of 8/20 microseconds, with voltages up to 4000
volts.
IEC 61000-4-6
Test to determine immunity of a product to conducted
disturbances induced by low frequency RF fields generated by intentional
transmitters such as broadcast radio, TV, cell, etc. Applicable to AC input and
I/O cabling greater than three meters in length at voltages of 10Vrms from 0.15
to 80MHz. The voltage is amplitude modulated with a 1kHz sine wave to a depth of
80%.
IEC 61000-4-8
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); Part 4-8: Power frequency magnetic field
immunity test.
IEC 61000-4-9
Pulse magnetic field immunity test with an 8/20 microsecond current waveform.
IEC 61000-4-11
Line voltage dips, short interruptions, and voltage variations immunity test;
requires dips of 40% and 80%, as well as 0% short and open.
IEC 61000-4-12
Oscillatory ring wave tests occurring on power, control, and signal lines at
100khz and 1Mhz.
IEC 61000-4-29
Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations on DC input power port
immunity tests.
European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardisation (CENELEC)
Responsible for
generic standards for electrical emissions and electrical immunity.
EN50082-1
Generic immunity standard - part 1: residential, commercial
and light industry.
EN50082-2
Generic Immunity Standard - part 2: industrial environment.
EN-Series Product Standards
EN50090 (HBES), EN50130, EN55011 (CISPR 11), EN55103,
EN55104, EN 60601, EN60945, EN60947, EN61131, EN61800
For EN-61000 series, see IEC standards above
ISO 10605
Testing for electrical disturbances
from electrostatic discharge in road vehicles.
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