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Trends in Electronic
Manufacturing and their
Impact on Businesses
The fact that all electronic parts must meet
certain levels of electromagnetic interference and
electromagnetic compatibility standards is not
new. Whether you work in aerospace, automotive,
commercial, medical, military, or any other industry,
there are levels of standards you must meet.
It is also not new that many a lot of products fail
the required tests. According to the results of a
survey of EMC test lab providers:
• 50 percent fail the first test
• 35 percent must test more than
three iterations.
The test lab providers also reported that in general,
the people who bring products in for testing fall
into two main categories:
1. They have no idea if their product will pass
or not
2. They have way over-designed their product
in hopes that it will pass
Neither of these situations is ideal. And considering
the rising density of electronics-based products, it
will just get worse unless changes are made.
WHITEPAPER
Arena Standard Details
Aerospace DO-160 Aircraft EMC requirements
Aerospace SAE ARP5412B Aircraft lightning environment
and related test waveforms
Aerospace SAE ARP5416A Aircraft lightning test methods
Automotive SAEJ1113 General automotive EMC
Commercial ANSI C63.4 Methods of measurement
Commercial CISPR 11 ISM equipment EN 55011
Commercial CISPR 16 Methods of measurement
Commercial CISPR 22 ITE equipment EN 55022
Commercial FCC Part 15B ITE equipment
Commercial IEC 61000-3-2 Harmonics
Commercial IEC 61000-3-3 Flicker
Commercial IEC 61000-4-2 Electrostatic Discharge, ESD
Commercial IEC 61000-4-3 Radiated immunity
Commercial IEC 61000-4-4 Electrically Fast Transient
Commercial IEC 61000-4-5 Surge (lightning)
Commercial IEC 61000-4-6 Conducted immunity
Commercial IEC 61000-4-8 Magnetic immunity
Commercial IEC 61000-4-11 Voltage dips, interrupts & variations
Medical IEC 60601-1-2 Medical products
Military MIL STD 461F EMC test requirements
Part of an ever-growing list EMI/EMC standards
companies must follow
