It would depend a lot on how the product marketed. Are the two devices sold separately or together? Are they integrated into a single system? If so who is the integrator?
It appears that both products would fall under FCC Part 15 in the US. If the two are sold separately in the US, there is no legal requirement for one party to effect a fix as both devices operate on a sufferance basis, any interference problems would need to be worked out amongst the players. If integrated into a system, the integrator is responsible for the system's overall compliance. If they are in proximity by reason other than integrator's action, it seems to me neither party would have liability from an equipment authorization point of view as long as each device displayed compliance with its respective requirements. The scenario you describe is similar to having a 27 MHz CB portable radio operating near a computer - the 27 MHz will couple into the power lines and perhaps will result in line conducted emissions that exceed the limits, but it's not an equipment authorization issue. - or so it seems to me. best regards Tom Cokenias T.N. Cokenias Consulting www.tncokenias.org P.O. Box 1086 El Granada CA 94018 tel 650 726 1263 fax 650 726 1252 At 8:46 AM +0530 3/13/04, [email protected] wrote: >Dear Experts, > Our device which is an unintentional radiator is to be >installed near to an intentionally radiating device. That >intentional radiator operates at 13.56 MHz. The field @ 13.56 MHz >emanated by the integral antenna of that intentionally radiating >device is getting coupled with the d.c power line of our device. >This coupling injects conducted emission noise into the power supply >which supplies power to our device. The power supply is a part of a >control panel, which draws power from the a.c. mains. Ultimately the >noise is getting injected into the a.c. mains. > Who is responsibled for this and who should make the >preventive measures to overcome this issue? Control panel >manufacturer ? The intentional radiator device installer? or we? >Sincerely > >K.Balasubramanian This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
