EMC Technical Library (RelQual)

EMC ( Electromagnetic Compatibility )

The following are various voluntary, non government standards organizations that have developed documents that play an important role in EMC. The documents include standards, recommended procedures, information reports, practices, reporting format test methods, definitions, and installation guides. Some of the documents in this section were developed as long as 20 years ago and are still in effect. Many of these older documents are still useful in helping to achieve EMC in new systems. Other types of documents require periodic revision to remain useful in EMC programs for newer systems.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI): ANSI is a federation of industrial, trade, technical, labor, and professional organizations, government agencies., and consumer groups. The principal functions of ANSI are to coordinate the development of voluntary standards in the private sector and to provide national representation to international standardization organizations. Many ANSI standards in the areas of computers, data transmission and information processing have been adopted by the federal government. ANSI C63 and ANSI C95 committees address EMI measurements and radiation hazards, respectively.
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Electronic Industries Association (EIA): The EIA is a nonprofit organization representing manufacturers of electronic products. The activities of EIA include the development of voluntary standards for electronic components, circuits, and equipment. Standardization activities of EIA are coordinated with ANSI and other organizations. Some of these activities, such as standardization in the area of digital interface circuits, directly impact government standards.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): The IEEE is a professional organization, and one of its activities is the development of voluntary standards in the area of communications-electronics with emphasis on measurement techniques and definitions of terms. Several IEEE standards have been used as a basis for developing communications standards in the MIL-STD-188 series of documents.
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Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA): RTCA is an association of government and industry aeronautical organizations in the dedicated to the advancement of aeronautics, RTCA seeks sound technical solutions to problems involving the application of electronics and telecommunications to aeronautical operations. Its objective is the resolution of such problems by mutual agreement of its member organization findings of RTCA are in the nature of recommendations to all organizations concerned.
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Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE): The SAE a professional society of engineers in fields of self-propelled ground, flight, and space vehicles. Its objective is to promote design, construction, and utilization of self-propelled mechanisms, prime movers, components thereof, and related equipment. One of its publications is an annual handbook on standards.
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INTERNATIONAL EMC-RELATED STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS


International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC): Standardization with respect to electrical and electron engineering is the goal of the IEC. The IEC was founded in 1906 to promote international cooperation in the electro technical industry. The IEC has originated a multi-language vocabulary with more than 100,000 terms, originated the “International System" (S.I.) of units of measurement, and established worldwide standards for electrical equipment and installation.
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International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR): The CCIR is part of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and was established to promote standardized radio communications on a worldwide basis. Reports and recommendations published by the CCIR have formed the basis of many radio-communications standards.
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International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR): The Comite Internationale Special des Pettlirbations Radioelectrique.'s (International Special Committee on Radio Interference) was founded in 1934. It promotes agreement on many aspects of radio interference (such as methods of measurement and limits for conducted or radiated interference from many different apparatus and appliances and their statistical interpretation) with the primary objectives of fostering satisfactory reception of radio and television broadcasting services and of facilitating international trade. Standardization documents of the CISPR that play an important role in EMC are listed here.
List of CISPR Standards