Cynthia, I'd be tempted to say 0 dB if you are selling a complete system. I ask for 5 dB with the products we sell here since they are components and not a complete system (it's in our ISO procedures). If the product does not meet the margin then it can still be released but requires a signed statement by the product manager before it can be released that they understand it has less than the company standard margin. Amazing how much the threat of having them sign up for some responsibility has on the EMI testing here! They actually take the margin seriously and are very reluctant to let something go through with less. It's only happened here once or twice and then it was only one frequency and only a couple of dB.
Maybe you should be looking at a political solution like this instead of a purely technical one. -- Dan Roman | Work: [email protected] Fun: [email protected] Compliance Engineer | Work Website: http://www.dialogic.com Dialogic Corp, NJ | Homebrew is better brew!
