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Indian Cars to Comply with EMC Standards

 

Beginning this year, new Indian car models will have to comply with the country’s Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC) EMC standards published in 2009. The EMC Tech Centre at the Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) in Ahmedhagar, Maharashtra, India, is the only facility in the country that can currently provide full vehicle EMC testing.Learn more … [Read more...]

TV Tuner IC Provides RF Immunity Solutions

 

Xceive’s TV tuner chips include a suite of capabilities providing enhanced immunity to many sources of RF interference, such as Wi-Fi wireless LAN adapters, 2-way radio transceivers, and signals reflecting off airplanes.  Xceive’s XC5000C features a complete RF tuner function, global multi-standard analog demodulator, and all intermediate frequency (IF) filtering and AGC … [Read more...]

Capacitor Arrays Enhance EMI Performance

 

AVX Corporation has developed advanced capacitor arrays designed to shrink the circuit footprint, enhance EMI performance and improve overall manufacturing speed. AVX’s MLCC arrays recently have been used in switched capacitor voltage doubling inverter designs to reduce the footprint and provide significant performance enhancements, including improved EMI emissions and … [Read more...]

IEEE EMC Society Solicits Award Nominations

 

Deadline: Feb. 15The IEEE EMC Society sponsors a number of awards to recognize those people who have made significant contributions to the society and/or the EMC profession. These awards are normally presented at the awards banquet during the annual symposium.  You can either nominate someone online, or you can download the nomination form, fill it out, and send it to Mike … [Read more...]

Jedec to Create Standards for Smaller SSDs

 

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association announced recently that its JC-64.8 Subcommittee for Solid State Drives will target the development of standards for SSDs in applications beyond conventional disk drive form factors. According to Jedec (Arlington, Va.), the interest in developing standards for unconventional form factor SSDs is being driven by rising demand for smaller … [Read more...]

New DOE Lab to Feature EMI Shielding

 

Washington state construction company Fowler General Construction has been awarded a $4.96 million contract to build a new wing for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The eight rooms of the 10,500-square-foot building will house high-resolution microscopes critical for research in geochemistry, … [Read more...]

Rail Car Company Works On EMI Problem

 

Kawasaki, the manufacturer of a number of new train cars slated for use in Greenwich, Conn., is working to fix software code problems, which included an electromagnetic interference problem that caused cars to disrupt railway signal systems and garbled on-board public address announcements. Under the state’s contract with Kawasaki, the first eight pilot cars must log at least … [Read more...]

Swiss Company Buys Hong Kong-Based EMC Lab

 

The Swiss company SGS SA recently acquired International Electrical Certification Centre Ltd (IECC), a Hong Kong-based Electromagnetic Compatibility and Product Safety testing laboratory. Accreditations held by IECC include the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS), FCC (USA), IC (Canada) C-Tick (Australia/New Zealand), CSA (Canada/USA). Privately owned, IECC … [Read more...]

California County Criminalizes Smart-Meter Installations

 

While citing alleged health effects from electromagnetic waves, California’s Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance recently that deems the installation of smart meters a public nuisance. A spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said the company planned to continue smart-meter installation despite the ordinance.Read more in the New York Times. … [Read more...]

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