Re: [PSES] Stricter limits than legal (CISPR11, IEC, etc,) Where?

[Douglas Powell]

Patrick, In your story, what you did was a small statistical study. Multiple samples allow you to do this. It is similar to the problems of EMC. One possibility is to test  multiple units and record the results as a probability or simply record the worst case. When dealing with large expensive equipment that can take days to evaluate, it is far simpler to build confidence by simply adding, pause for effect, margin.   Doug ‎Douglas E Powell doug...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01   From: Patrick Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 5:13 PM To: doug...@gmail.com Cc: EMC-PSTC@listserv.ieee.org Subject: Re: [PSES] Stricter limits than legal (CISPR11, IEC, etc,) Where? Ahhh, our old friend: "Margin". Margin is one of those timeless EMC topics.   IMHO- there is simply no evidence that margin is helpful. In a practical sense we all know that a "single-measurement-plus-margin" is not a confidence builder. As an example, think about the last time you worked on your home wiring. How many times did you read that multi-meter before you touched the wires?   Did you read it just once?  Then add some margin? Nope- I'll bet you did like me:  I read that meter, and double-read it.   Then I read it again. One measurement is simply not enough to build confidence. Next time someone asks you for "reasonable margin" ask them about their last wiring project....   -Patrick OOO.   On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Douglas Powell <doug...@gmail.com> wrote: Ted, Very good points. If minimum passing margins are a result of ‎edge rates on transistors, diodes or ICs, then a second source or "upgrade" to a faster device can be counterproductive with regard to the emissions profile.   If such engineering changes or supplier changes have occurred, then a retest is often the best policy. I was also aware that several cumulative engineering changes over time can result in a non-compliance.    ‎Each change, when evaluated by itself was inconsequential. But in aggregate, result was a failure. This is often the reason I would require a retest after some number of engineering changes had been applied to a product.  Of course, keeping full data test reports on each passing result is really the only way to do this well.   Doug Douglas E Powell doug...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01   From: Ted Eckert Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 2:44 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Reply To: Ted Eckert Subject: Re: [PSES] Stricter limits than legal (CISPR11, IEC, etc,) Where? In addition to the responses from Doug, Ghery and Brian, I will note that margin protects you from unexpected or unknown changes from component suppliers. To some extent, this falls under the manufacturing variance Doug mentioned, but component changes is just another area that can be hard to control.   I’ve had IC vendors do a die shrink on a part resulting in sharper edge rates on the outputs. At a previous employer, I was running emissions testing on a number of samples where Motorola did a die shrink on the microcontroller we were using. Some of my test samples had the old part and some had the new. It took a long time to figure out why some samples were significantly worse than others after controlling for all other variables. Having 6 dB margin to begin with provides some protection against this type of change.   Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation ted.eck...@microsoft.com   The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.   From: Itzenheiser, Jerry (GE Healthcare) [mailto:gerald.itzenhei...@med.ge.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 12:26 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Stricter limits than legal (CISPR11, IEC, etc,) Where?     Hello EMCers, I would like to ask… Is there anyone out there that tests to stricter limits than the legal (CISPR, IEC, etc.) limits? If so, what was the rationale behind selecting the stricter limits? Our engineering teams are curious as to where the stricter recommended limits come from, such as the 6dB margin for emissions testing.   Thanks,   Jerry Itzenheiser Jr EMC Technician - Waukesha GE Healthcare Global Engineering Technologies EMC Laboratory Waukesha   T  + 262-548-2217 M + 262-720-8846 gerald.itzenhei...@med.ge.com www.ge.com   3000 N. Grandview Blvd. Mail Code W618 Waukesha, WI  53188   - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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