Courtland, The TCF (Technical Construction File) is a route that is unique to the EMC Directive. This route, as opposed to the Standards Route, is preferred when there are no specific standards that apply to a product line or when there are many variants of a product, proving it too costly to test each variant. I recommend reading Chapter 8 of the Guidelines to the EMC Directive found on the Web at :
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/emc/guides/ Joseph C. Fries AM Communications Phone: 215-538-8748 Fax: 215-538-8779 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Courtland Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 1:09 PM To: emcpost Subject: TCF's Hello group, I would like to know the intent of TCF's for CE. There are numerous standards such as Radiated Emissions, Conducted Emissions, ESD, Radiated Immunity, Fast Transients, Surge, etc..., that apply. What actually is the intent of the TCF? Is it to allow the manufacturer to select only certain standards in lieu of testing to all the standards? Courtland Thomas Patton Electronics ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
