The Santa Clara Chapter of IEEE's EMC Society is presenting two talks on: Tuesday, December 14th, 1999
at: Silicon Graphics’ Café Iris Building 5 2025 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA. Time 7:00pm - 9:30pm. Topics/Speakers: "Biological Hazards from RF Energy" Thomas N. Cokenias and; "Safety and the Use of EMI Filters" Gary Liu Details: 1) - "Biological Hazards from RF Energy" - In recent weeks the media has aired stories warning cell phone users about possible links between cancer and exposure to RF and microwave energy, with countering stories that dismiss these studies as failing to show any such links. Whether or not cell phones use increases risk of contracting certain brain cancers is a matter of continuing debate and research, but it has been known since the beginning of radio science that exposure to high levels of RF can cause skin burns and tissue damage due to RF induced heating, the same way that microwave ovens elevate the temperature of food. This talk will be an overview of RF hazard testing and regulations, with some discussion of ANSI, FCC and OSHA regulations limiting RF exposure hazard, specific absorption rate (SAR), measurement equipment and techniques, and how local industries (such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendors and wireless system installers) are affected by the requirements of the regulatory agencies. THOMAS N. COKENIAS is an EMC consultant from the SF Bay area. He spent 8 years as an engineer with the Equipment Authorization Branch at the FCC Laboratory in Columbia MD, working mostly with Part 15 transmitters and other unlicensed RF devices. He served 12 years as VP engineering of Electro Service Corporation, an independent EMC test laboratory in Belmont,CA, and for the last 5 years has been an independent consultant with special interests in wireless device certifications , in situ EMC testing, and helping clients prepare for laboratory accreditations. Mr. Cokenias is a member of the Ultra Wideband Working Group and serves as an officer in the Santa Clara Valley IEEE EMC Society chapter. 2) - "Safety and the Use of EMI Filters" - GARY LIU has a BSEE from Cal State LA, 1990. Joined UL in June of 1990. Gary worked in Sec. G the entire time, worked on products including audio, video, and tv products, some transformers and motor operated appliances, some EMI filters and havily involved in TVSS (surge suppressors) and power strip in the last few years. ===== Best Regards Hans Mellberg EMC Consultant __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
