EMI receiver: Dynamic Sciences DSI-2020

2003-11-19 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)

Hello,

Has anyone had any experiance with this receiver
that they would be willing to share with me (on or 
off the listserve?)  Interested, also if you are using 
any other EMI control S/W package to control this 
guy.  I am interested in it's price and it's advertised
compliant cispr 16 detector.)

Thanks,

dave garnier

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RE: Conducted immunity of a USB port

2003-11-19 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)
Gents,
 
You might be happy to know, that according to the
USB 1.1  2.0 Specification standard, 
http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/
the defined shield coverage for 1.1  2.0 USB cable is:
a minimum of a 65% tinned copper braided + aluminum 
metalized polyester inner shield.
 
I can't help asking what were the USB developers 
thinking when they spec'ed such a thin cable shield
coverage?   Performing the 61000-4-6 test (on the 
5M length USB cable) to an external box connected
to our product has certainly caused me gas!  (New
product is tested to 60601-1-2 Rev 2.)
 
dave garnier
 

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[mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Ken Javor
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:32 PM
To: Ton Bouw; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Re: Conducted immunity of a USB port


I can only answer parts of this question.  You should test for the maximum
length the USB interface could attain, but since that length is 5 meters in
this case, the limit lower frequency should be tailored upwards to account for
that.  There is no use testing at 150 kHz on such a short cable.  This is
right out of IEC 61000-4-6.

If CDN design presents obstacles to testing high speed USB, I think an EM
clamp is a better approach.  In fact, I believe an EM clamp is a better
approach for any shielded cable.  The point of a CDN is to inject a signal
into an equipment connector pin.  When a cable is shielded, the mechanism for
getting the rf signal on a pin is the transfer impedance of the shield.  In
order  to test that, you need to get current flowing down the length of the
shield.  I think an EM clamp is a better mechanism for achieving that.



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Subject: Conducted immunity of a USB port




Dear group,
I have the following questions on testing a USB port for conducted immunity

1) USB extension cables are available in the consumer market. The USB 1.0 spec
limits the cable length to 5.0m. Therefor I believe that the conducted
immunity test is required even if the cable length of the DUT is less than 3m,
unles a restriction is made in the user manual.. Is that correct?

2) I tested conducted immunity using a CDN-S9 with home-made adaptors from DB9
to USB using 4 pins of the DB-9 and the screen connection. I assume that this
should give a representative result? 
For information: this does not work for hi-speed USB because of the LPF in the
CDN.

3) Are CDN's for USB available? Or is it better to use an EM clamp?

kind regards,

Ton Bouw







Experiance with the PMM-9000 emi receiver?

2003-11-14 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)

Hello,

Anybody have any experiance with this box that
they would be willing to share?

This is a 9 Khz to 1.2 Ghz emi receiver that is 
fully CISPR 16-1 compliant.

Thanks,

dave garnier

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RE: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-27 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)

... BB conducted emissions from a battery charger...


The last product that I cert'ed was a PC based product, 
its ATX supply was a special model which contained a UPS.
During product certification I discovered the our product's 
worst conducted emissions occured when our product was off 
and the UPS was trickle charging its batteries. I don't like
surprises like this that end up add extra modes of operation
for product testing.

dave garnier

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From: Doug Smith [mailto:d...@emcesd.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:38 AM
To: Grasso, Charles
Cc: 'lfresea...@aol.com'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Re: OK, what's going on?



Hi All,

Just wanted to put my 2 cents worth in. The same thing may be 
happening in Mil-spec testing. Recently, I was at a client's site for 
a purpose unrelated to this story.

I noticed interference to the measurement I was trying to make on a 
piece of equipment. The equipment had enough common mode current on 
its leads to fail emissions, even though it was turned off! There was 
a military battery charger for small batteries on their bench so I 
connected my current probe to its power cord and noticed enough common 
mode current to cause a 30 dB+ failure of emissions over a broad 
frequency range. I would suppose the battery charger had been tested 
to mil-specs. If so there is a problem here, even accounting for the 
repeatability problems in mil-spec testing.

Doug

Grasso, Charles wrote:
 Hi Derek - Go Reds!!
  
 This is not a surprise to me. I have railed at much length a couple
 of years ago as to the latest FCC changes to the emissions
 qualification. I am sure you are familiar with it so I won't
 belabour the point. Fundementally the FCC PC emissions procedure
 has rendered the EMC discipline almost irrelevent. The new procedures
 coupled with the lack of enfocement makes it difficult to justify 
 the increased costs of EMC design  test. It also makes the 
 whole measurement uncertainty  push ridiculous. After all
 if the procedures allow for prodcut that 20dB out of spec why
 bother with a couple of dB of error??
  
 Lets give the emissions standards some teeth or eliminate it
 all together.
  
 Best Regards
 Charles Grasso
 Senior Compliance Engineer
 Echostar Communications Corp.
 Tel:  303-706-5467
 Fax: 303-799-6222
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RE: Fw, Yahoo Groups Recommendation?: Changes to IEEE emc-pstc we b-based services...

2003-03-13 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)
Pardon me if this has been decided already but I think you need to be 

made aware of this.

 

Our corporate net nanny has blocked access to all Yahoo accounts 

(and other free mail accounts) - moving the EMC listserve there would 

prevent access from anyone within the GE.COM domain.  Our local IEEE

EMC chapter is blocked, (all appeals for access have been ignored.)

 

You might me asking yourself why should I care? (Dave could certainly

subscribe to the listserve at home - ((please enable the digest mode.)) 

This company is a trendsetter and many others emulate our practices, 

your impending move may impact other subscribers in the future.

 

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Waukesha, Wi. 53188 
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Subject: RE: EMC-PSTC Email Forum 
 
 
We have had a couple major glitches with the movement of data. We are working
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On the  http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/index.html
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I can read :

The EMC-PSTC archives will be moved to another site shortly. The new location
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Thank you for all the comments on the listserver-based service versus the
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The IEEE listserver WILL continue.
 
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Is EMC Test Design magazine kaput?

2003-02-07 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)

Gentlemen,

Is EMC Test  Design magazine still being published?  I can't
find seem to find a listing for it...

Thanks

dave garnier

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RE: Circuit Breaker Tripping Dring Fault Tests

2003-01-29 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)
I am going to jump into this frey, here is my 2 cents...
 
In the case of Medical Electronics, if the fault condition would cause 
more exposure of radiation to the patient than what was dialed in
(X-Ray, MRI, Ultrasound) that would be a BAD thing. End of subject.
 
dave garnier


From: Lou Aiken [mailto:ai...@gulftel.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:00 PM
To: peter merguerian; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Re: Circuit Breaker Tripping Dring Fault Tests


Here is what I think the requirements are:
 
If the product remains safe, within the meaning of the standard, and the
branch circuit overcurrent protection device does, or does not, operate as a
result of fault testing, internal overcurrent is unnecessary.
 
If the product does NOT remain safe, within the meaning of the standard, as a
result of fault testing, internal overcurrent protection IS necessary, branch
circuit overcurrent protection is   inadequate, and internal overcurrent
protection is necessary.
 
Safe within the meaning of the standard:  Does not exceed allowable fault
temperature limits, does not catch fire, enclosure does not deform to the
extent that parts involving the risk of electric shock or personal injury
become exposed to the test finger or probe, will pass the required electric
strength test after the fault, etc.
 
IN order to be confident that the design is safe one must continue the fault
testing until steady state conditions exist, OR for the maximum clearing time
(for the resulting fault current) as stated in the standard for the particular
overcurrent device.  It is incorrect consider the result acceptable when the
overcurrent device opens the circuit.  The overcurrent device should be
removed from the circuit and the current monitored during the fault test. 
Only approved fuses and circuit breakers should be specified if they are
necessary make the product remain safe - within the meaning of the standard.
 
There is a significant difference in the endurance and clearing limits between
the UL and IEC standards for fuses and circuit breakers with the same current
rating. 
 
 
 
Lou Aiken, LaMer LLC 
27109 Palmetto Drive
Orange Beach, AL
36561 USA
 
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fax ++ 1 251 981 3054
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From: peter merguerian mailto:pmerguerian2...@yahoo.com  
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org 
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: Circuit Breaker Tripping Dring Fault Tests


Dear All,

For safety, it is not clear from the standards whether the main branch circuit
breaker tripping during fault conditions is an acceptable result.

I see no reason why this should not be acceptable. What is your view? Some
third party labs find it acceptable and others do not.

Anyone can lead me to some inernational decisions regarding this issue?

Thanks,

Peter

 

 




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RE: radiated emission from 15 inch TFT-LCD

2002-02-08 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)

Hi,

The Hitachi Europe website has a app note on
flat panel displays called APPS/043/1.0, titled
flat panel displays - emi considerations.  
I have a copy on my hard drive that I would be
willing to send.

dave garnier

-Original Message-
From: XU,CATHERINE (HP-SanDiego,ex1) [mailto:x...@hp.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:27 PM
To: EMC-PSTC Internet Forum
Subject: RE: radiated emission from 15 inch TFT-LCD



Hi,

The following paper might be a good references on this topic:

EMC analysis of an 18 LCD monitor 
Zeeff, T.M.; Hubing, T.H.; Drewniak, J.L.; Dussroff, R.E.; Van Doren,
T.P. 
Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2000. IEEE International Symposium on ,
Volume: 1 , 2000 
Page(s): 169 -173 vol.1


Catherine Xu

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-Original Message-
From: Chris Maxwell [mailto:chris.maxw...@nettest.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:02 PM
To: EMC-PSTC Internet Forum
Subject: Re: radiated emission from 15 inch TFT-LCD
Importance: High



Hi,

It has been my (limited) experience that the LCD itself isn't much
trouble for emissions.  However, typically the LCD is in the face of the
product and there may be some high speed, processor type circuits behind
it.  We have run into trouble with the processor emissions leaking
around the LCD.

Most of the LCD's that I have experience with have a metal plate on the
back of them.  This plate is usually a fairly good shield.  So,
emissions don't go through the LCD.  However, if this plate isn't bonded
well to the metal chassis at its edges (either with gasketing or with
straps placed every 1/2 or so), then emissions will leak around the
LCD.

I'm wondering what type of shielded window you have.  If it is an ITO
(Indium Tin Oxide) coating, it is conductive enough to dissipate static;
but not very good for emissions.  We have tried them before only to
remove them  (because they hurt visibility) and concentrate instead on
sealing around the LCD as mentioned above with better results. 

However, if you have a metal mesh shielded window, that should be good
enough to contain any emissions; but again, check how it is sealed
around the edges.  I still think that even in this case, it would be
worth a try to get rid of the shielding window and concentrate on
bonding the metal backplate of the LCD to your product chassis.   

In a pinch at the lab, we've done it with copper tape with decent
results.

Another thing to look at is the power and signal interface cables to the
LCD.  They may be carrying processor noise up to your LCD.  We typically
filter them with some very light capacitance ( 10's of pF or so).  Just
enough to let the video signals through while bleeding off some of that
nasty processor noise.  

We have also tried clamp on ferrites on these cables.

Best of luck my man.

Chris Maxwell | Design Engineer - Optical Division
email chris.maxw...@nettest.com | dir +1 315 266 5128 | fax +1 315 797
8024

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ESD isolation of RS232 port

1999-03-22 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)
Hello

I am looking for advice from the emc group on the ESD / EMC design
of an RS-232 port device that is a patient connected medical device.

I am one of those troublesome technicians that has to test and
certify our company's products, and then report back the results to 
those in charge.  Esd testing is going badly because I am breaking
things at low discharge levels.

First off, our product requires 510K approval.  During normal of the
device, the patient is capacitively coupled to the device, other times 
the patient can be directly coupled to an ECG connection.  It is roll
around device the plugs into a 15 amp outlet,  In most installations,
the unit will be connected to an external modem (supplied locally by 
that country, meeting their reg requirements) for external service 
diagnostics.  Our RS-232 cable design has an full outside shield 
(for EMC) which connects the sub-d backshells together, but the
mounting screws are exposed metal. The RS-232 connection on 
the back of our product has been designed to float the backshell 
and mounting hardware.  I presume the design reason here was to 
have an extra layer of isolation from the patient. 

I see 2 problems (maybe more) with this design:

1) This design negates the nice 360 degree EMC shielded cables
by isolating the sub-d backshells and mounting hardware from
ground.  

2) PCB layout needs lots of trace isolation, high breakdown RS-232
transceivers and opto isolators to standing off the ESD discharge 
to ground.  The nice Maxim parts survive but the optocouplers
(2.5 kV RMS) aren't so lucky.  A side effect of the design is that the
isolated circuity floats and maintains the ESD discharge for a while.

I would like to ground the sub-d backshell and mounting hardware
at the bulkhead and be done with it.  Comments???
g  GE Medical Systems
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Senior Technician
Ultrasound Engineering
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FW: CAN Bus system

1998-11-06 Thread Garnier, David S (MED)
Hello,

Can someone enlighten me here, what is a Category 5 cable?

thanks,

dave garnier

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From:   mkel...@es.com[SMTP:mkel...@es.com]
Reply To:   mkel...@es.com
Sent:   Monday, November 02, 1998 1:25 PM
To: emc-p...@ieee.org
Subject:RE: CAN Bus system

I don't have any particular expertise in this area.  However, it looks
like Phillips CAN controller PCA82C250T, for instance, has a speed
control input that can control the rise and fall slope.  A shielded
Category 5 cable might provide protection against transients and limit
radiated emissions.

Max Kelson

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From:   Martin Johnson [SMTP:calpe1...@yahoo.com]
Sent:   Monday, November 02, 1998 9:13 AM
To: emc-p...@ieee.org
Subject:CAN Bus system

Any pointers to good information for EMC related problems on CAN
bus
systems would be appreciated
Ideally looking towards ESD, transient immunity and radiated
emissions
etc.

Martin

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