Hi Daniel Currently for the FCC there is no requirement that a SAR lab be accredited. I believe the same exists for the EU. However, many SAR facilities are including the various SAR standards on their existing scopes of accreditation. For the US and for any certification body operating under ISO guide 65 there is a little caveat that is yet to be fully comprehended by the certification bodies. The little caveat mentioned is the fact that while a TCB has the responsibility to accept data from an accredited lab, if data comes from a lab that is not accredited, the certification body must have confidence in that data. This gets into a whole can of worms as to how a certification body establishes this confidence. The FCC and ANSI have not fully established a set of criterion by which a TCB is to use in establishing confidence of the non accredited lab. The gamut runs from some ANSI assessors wanting the certification body to do a full ISO17025 type audit to ensure confidence, to those that only want a ‘warm fuzzy’. Needless to say, until the FCC decides on exactly what and how much of 17025 a non accredited lab is to be put through by the certifier, this issue will remain a problem. The easiest and less worrisome process is to use a lab that at least has their SAR testing capabilities included in their scope of accreditation. If one cannot be found, the next best thing is to discuss this with the TCB/certifier of your choice as see what must be done for the certification body to establish confidence.
If you wish, you may contact me on this issue off line for a more in depth discussion on the SAR issue. Dennis Ward Evaluation Engineer American TCB Certification Resource for the Wireless Industry www.atcb.com 703-847-4700 fax 703-847-6888 direct - 703-880-4841 or 209-966-2145 NOTICE: This E-Mail message and any attachment may contain privileged or company proprietary information. If you received this message in error, please return to the sender. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Liang Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: SAR testing of telecom product. Dear all, If I take a telecom product to test the SAR in a lab, how can I know their SAR test facilities is recongnized by International Approval body? The SAR report i.e. for standard FCC and EN50371 is recongnized by International Approval body or not. Is there any accreditation or registration scheme for SAR test lab? Thanks advance for all comment/ information. Daniel. _______________________________________ 辣茩妏蚚閉湮講捇誥蚘眊 http://cn.mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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
