TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. provides EMC consultation, testing and certification services to help manufacturers comply with domestic emissions requirements (FCC) and the EMC requirements of the European EMC Directive 89/336/EEC.
The EMC Directive, 89/336/EEC, sets the requirements for the control of emissions and immunity that products must meet in order to receive the CE Mark. It covers all electrical and electronic products, in particular household appliances, data-processing equipment, information technology equipment, telecommnications equipment and machinery.
Some products, such as automotive and medical devices, are required to meet the EMC requirements of product-specific directives. In these cases, the EMC requirements specified in each directive take precedence over those stated in the EMC Directive.
These standards may be applied immediately to demonstrate presumption of conformity with the EMC Directive. They must be applied on or before the presumption of conformity cessation dates.
FCC Approval / NVLAP
TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.'s EMC and Telecom Division test labs are accredited for specific test methods by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP).
NVLAP accredits qualified laboratories that offer services in the various fields of testing and calibration. This accreditation allows TUV Rheinland of North America to greatly accelerate the FCC approval process in areas of EMC and telecommunications testing by having the ability to self-declare conformity to standards and bypass the FCC's case review process. This can save our information technology equipment (ITE) and telecom clients weeks or months of waiting.
Click here for a summary matrix of U.S. FCC and Industry Canada EMC Emissions requirements with reference links to rules and regulations.
Directives & Standards:
EMC Capabilities:
Tests can be performed to almost all Harmonized Product Family Standards and EU Directives. Standard Test reports are typically delivered within 24 hours of completion of testing for standard test.
- Size of shielded enclosure: 16 ft wide x 14 ft high x 26 ft long (4.9 m wide x 4.3 m high by 7.9 m long)
- Entry: 48" x 84" 800 lbs maximum per unit, 1500 lbs maximum per system
- Size to tips of absorber cones: 12 ft wide x 11 ft high x 20 ft long (3.7 m wide x 3.4 m high x 6.1 m long)
- Antenna to EUT separation: 3 m
- Turntable: 6 ft (2 m) diameter, 1500 lb. capacity
- Standard field strength to 10 V/m @ 3 m. Higher field strengths for particular tests.
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- 10-Meter Anechoic Chamber and Lab in Santa Clara, CA
- State-of-the-art 10 meter anechoic chamber.
- 10-meter chamber allows TUV to perform tests on large equipment weighing up to 8,800 pouinds on its four-meter turntable.
- Almost any configuration of power can be supplied for the test, including three-phase AC power up to 100A an 48 VDC up to 150A for worldwide EMC requirements such as FCC, VCCI, BSMI, CE Marking and CISPR11.
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- Raleigh, NC EMC Lab
Wireless and Wire Line Testing
FCC Part 15, 68, and 90
Most Harmonized Standards under R&TTE directive for Europe
ITU K.20, K.21, K.44, K.45, K.46
NEBS GR-1089
ETSI EN 300 386
RSS-210
Product Specific EMC Standards
FCC Part 15 and 18
Most Harmonized Standards under the EMC directive for Europe Most Common Harmonized Standards
EN 55022
EN 61326
EN 50130-4
EN 50199
EN 61000-6-1
EN 61000-6-3
EN 61326
EN 13309:2000
VCCI |
EN 55024
EN 55103
EN 50091-2
EN 50240
EN 61000-6-2
EN 61000-6-4
EN ISO 14982:1998
EN 12895:2000 |
Basic Standards (Emissions)
EN 55011
EN 55012
EN 55013
EN 55014-1 |
EN 55022
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3 |
Basic Standards (Immunity)
EN 61000-4-2
EN 61000-4-3
EN 61000-4-4
EN 61000-4-5 |
EN 61000-4-6
EN 61000-4-8
EN 61000-4-11
EN 55014-2 |
Other Testing Capabilities
ANSI C12.1
SAE J Standards
RTCA DO-160 |
CAN/CSA-C108.4-M92
AS/NZS CISPR 12:2004
EN 60601-1-2 |
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- Open Area Test Site (OATS) Newtown, CT
- Ground plane size: approximately 50 ft x 50 ft (15.2 m x 15.2 m)
- Groundplane roughness is within Rayleigh criteria specified in ANSI C63.7 for 3 and 10 m measurements at 1000 MHz
- Antenna to EUT separation: 3 and 10 m
- Structure: RF transparent Vinyl fabric, pressurized, air-supported structure
- Weather protected, heated and air conditioned
- Turntable: 10 ft ( 3 m) diameter 2000 lb. (900 kg) capacity
- Entry: 46"W x 60"D x 82"H
- 800 lbs/unit maximum, 1500 lbs max. per system
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- Mobile EMC Labs, East & West coasts
- The mobile lab is designed as an independent, complete test facility to maximize efficiency and minimize customer down time. All mobile lab equipment is dedicated to mobile testing. We do not borrow or rent test equipment. Typical test and report takes three days.
- Testing at your facility for heavy industrial equipment using EN 61000-6-2:2001 and EN 55011: 1998 as guidelines through the technical construction file method as described in section 10.2 of the EMC directive.
- Competent body representative located in the U.S. TCF review & certificate processing in the most efficient manner.
- 50hz 3 phase power provided up to 63 A per phase. Higher currents possible by arrangement.