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New EN55022 Requirements Slated to Go Into Effect
By David Bare, CTO, Elliott Laboratories
Manufacturers of Information Technology Equipment (ITE) intended for sale in the European Union should take note of some important changes that are slated to go into effect with regard to their EMC testing requirements under EN55022. The 1994 version of the standard will be withdrawn as of August 1, 2007 and the 1998 version is scheduled to be withdrawn on October 1, 2009. Any products that will be on the market after those withdrawal dates will need to be tested to demonstrate compliance with the new 2006 version of the standard. This article describes these changes in some detail.
Conformance to the European Union's CE marking requirements for ITE products involves compliance with both EMC emissions and immunity standards. The emissions standards are regulated by EN55022 and the immunity standards by EN55024. (Common examples of ITE products are desktop and laptop computers, data storage devices, networking equipment, etc.) EN 55022:1998 introduced requirements for measuring conducted emissions from telecommunications ports. Telecommunication ports include Local Area Network interfaces (Ethernet, 10/100 Base-T, 1000 Base-T) and Wide Area Network interfaces (telephone, DSL, POTS, T1, E1, Synchronous serial and DS3).
The 1994 version of the EN55022 standard did not have requirements for conducted emissions on telecommunications ports, and with the 1994 version "Date of Withdrawal" approaching many products will require retesting or, at minimum, changes to their EU Declaration of Conformity in order to remain in compliance with the CE marking requirements. Any manufacturer who has applied the 1994 version of EN 55022 in determining the conformity of their product will have to change their EU Declaration of Conformity to reference a newer version of EN 55022, either the 1998 version or the 2006 version, by August 1, 2007.
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Elliott Laboratories and G&M Compliance form Product Safety Partnership
SUNNYVALE, CA, May 14, 2007 - Elliott Laboratories and G&M Compliance have formed a strategic partnership to provide Product Safety testing, consulting and certification services on an accelerated basis for electronic product manufacturers in the US and overseas markets. The partnership is designed to leverage the collective strengths of the two companies to better meet the increasingly demanding time requirements of today's electronic product development marketplace.
"Our customers are always looking to us for ways to help them speed up the Product Safety testing and certification process. Today Elliott Labs and G&M Compliance are bringing a new solution to the table," said Eddie Pavlu, President of Elliott Laboratories. "This partnership reflects our ongoing commitment to find innovative ways to help our customers meet their Product Safety compliance objectives as quickly and efficiently as possible. We are excited to be working with G&M Compliance and we look forward to expanding this partnership as we move forward together."
Working together, the two companies will be able to expedite the overall product certification process for manufacturers by closely aligning Elliott's core EMC and Wireless testing capabilities with G&M Compliance's extensive expertise in the area of Product Safety testing and certification services. The goal of the partnership is to provide a seamless and easy-to-use solution for electronic product manufacturers to quickly achieve all of their compliance objectives through a single point of contact. Elliott and G&M Compliance have strong working relationships with all of the major Product Safety certification agencies, including Underwriters Laboratories, CSA, TUV and others.
Click here to read the complete press release.
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Elliott is Hiring! |
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Elliott is currently searching for talented individuals to join our team.
Please click here to see a list of current openings.
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Summer BBQs are back at Elliott Labs! |
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Please join us for our first BBQ of the summer on Friday, May 25, 2007 at our Sunnyvale, CA facility.
The BBQ will be fired up by noon and it is great opportunity to come out for a tasty lunch, stay informed about the world of compliance, see our world class test labs and meet some of our senior engineers and sales representatives.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
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Did you know? |
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Did you know that there are more than 200 operators worldwide planning to deploy WIMAX this year?"
Source: 'WiMAX Comes of Age in Asia' by Al Senia, editor, America's Network magazine -- BusinessWeek, April 30, 2007
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