Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-21 Thread Ken Javor
technique. -- From: Doug McKean dmck...@auspex.com To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMI guard bands Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 10:48 AM John Woodgate wrote: I would be suspicious of that; it is a 'near-field' scenario, which means that the emission field

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-21 Thread Doug McKean
John Woodgate wrote: I would be suspicious of that; it is a 'near-field' scenario, which means that the emission field strengths are complex and impossible to calculate. The Class B limits are related to a 10 m separation of source and potential victim, and that implies far-field conditions

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-21 Thread Ken Javor
be a long way from a broadcast tower. -- From: John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMI guard bands Date: Thu, Dec 20, 2001, 1:52 PM I read in !emc-pstc that Doug McKean dmck...@auspex.com wrote (in 006801c18988$24b4a2a0$3e3e3...@corp.auspex.com

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-21 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Doug McKean dmck...@auspex.com wrote (in 006801c18988$24b4a2a0$3e3e3...@corp.auspex.com) about 'EMI guard bands', on Thu, 20 Dec 2001: Anywho, the answer I got back from him was that the limits were empirically derived in reference to interfering with television

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread Doug McKean
Thanks to all who responded. Yes, Ralph Showers. I kept the response from him for the longest time. But, after several program and hard drive crashes, it's lost. Thanks again. Regards, Doug McKean --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread John Shinn
To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: Re: EMI guard bands Historical bit of news ... I asked a similar question a couple of years ago here and was referred to a gentleman who was in the writing of the original FCC limits. Can't remember the man's name but he's a professor at Univ. Penn. if I

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread Doug McKean
Historical bit of news ... I asked a similar question a couple of years ago here and was referred to a gentleman who was in the writing of the original FCC limits. Can't remember the man's name but he's a professor at Univ. Penn. if I remember correctly. Anywho, the answer I got back

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread Ken Javor
and measurements to reflect this difference in sensitivity, but no action was taken. -- From: rehel...@mmm.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMI guard bands Date: Thu, Dec 20, 2001, 6:03 AM After listening to this thread, it brings up a question that I have had over the years

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that rehel...@mmm.com wrote (in of6c4e54e3.fd742a66-on86256b28.0040f...@mmm.com) about 'EMI guard bands', on Thu, 20 Dec 2001: Does anyone have any historical development data or insights into the creation of limits? See my direct response to the OP. Even if limits were

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that CE-TEST cet...@cetest.nl wrote (in nfbbilofgmjcamhepkbaaeglceaa.cet...@cetest.nl) about 'EMI guard bands', on Thu, 20 Dec 2001: It's just for a few months now that CISPR/IEC are considering to implement measurement faults into the required margin. No, the subject has

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread CE-TEST
...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of douglas_beckw...@mitel.com Sent: woensdag 19 december 2001 16:50 To: Stone, Richard A (Richard) Cc: 'Gary McInturff'; Doug McKean; EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: RE: EMI guard bands From: Douglas Beckwith@MITEL on 12/19/2001 10:50 AM Legally you are not required

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-20 Thread reheller
After listening to this thread, it brings up a question that I have had over the years regarding limit lines and passing margins. Are there EMI guard bands already built into the limit lines? I find it very difficult to believe that a group of reasonable people developing a limit line would

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-19 Thread Patrick Webb
, Richard A (Richard) [mailto:rsto...@lucent.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 7:06 AM To: 'Gary McInturff'; Doug McKean; EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: RE: EMI guard bands Does anyone make Class A AND Class B products? if so, do you allow for a much smaller margin on the B since its approx

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-19 Thread richwoods
To: 'Gary McInturff'; Doug McKean; EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: RE: EMI guard bands Does anyone make Class A AND Class B products? if so, do you allow for a much smaller margin on the B since its approx. 10 db quieter than A to start with. or do you treat them equally. Also Oats site to Oats

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-19 Thread Gary McInturff
? Richard, -Original Message- From: Gary McInturff [mailto:gary.mcintu...@worldwidepackets.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:19 PM To: Doug McKean; EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: RE: EMI guard bands I hold with the 3 db under class B, as well as A. The only effective argument

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-19 Thread Douglas_Beckwith
...@lucent.com To: 'Gary McInturff' gary.mcintu...@worldwidepackets.com, Doug McKean dmck...@auspex.com, EMC-PSTC Discussion Group emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org cc:(bcc: Douglas Beckwith/Kan/Mitel) Subject: RE: EMI guard bands Does anyone make Class A AND Class B products? if so, do

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-19 Thread Stone, Richard A (Richard)
, -Original Message- From: Gary McInturff [mailto:gary.mcintu...@worldwidepackets.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:19 PM To: Doug McKean; EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: RE: EMI guard bands I hold with the 3 db under class B, as well as A. The only effective argument, in my mind

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-18 Thread George Stults
George -Original Message- From: Gary McInturff [mailto:gary.mcintu...@worldwidepackets.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:19 AM To: Doug McKean; EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject:RE: EMI guard bands I hold with the 3 db under class B, as well as A. The only

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-18 Thread Gary McInturff
] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 3:15 PM To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: Re: EMI guard bands Tania Grant wrote: Amund, My minimum criteria and recommendation has always been at least 6dB. However, how many engineering managers, upon finding a 1.5 dB margin in their favor, rule ship

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-17 Thread Doug McKean
Tania Grant wrote: Amund, My minimum criteria and recommendation has always been at least 6dB. However, how many engineering managers, upon finding a 1.5 dB margin in their favor, rule ship it! nod Although in some markets, there are customers who require -6dB under the Class A limit.

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-17 Thread Jim . Hulbert
...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent by: cc: owner-emc-pstc@majordom Subject: Re: EMI guard bands

Re: EMI guard bands

2001-12-17 Thread Tania Grant
Amund, My minimum criteria and recommendation has always been at least 6dB. However, how many engineering managers, upon finding a 1.5 dB margin in their favor, rule ship it! Education (repeated brainwashing of as many 'powerful company managers) has been my response;-- but that often takes

RE: EMI guard bands

2001-12-10 Thread Jim Conrad
Cecil, We design our products for -10 dB limit, accept -8 dB for a lab prototype pre-production) and allow -6 dB for production units. We feel this is not conservative based on past history of measurement uncertainty and production variations. Jim -Original Message- From: