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WHO Study Reports on Mobile Phone Cancer Risk

 

The World Health Organization’s Interphone Study Group has published the results of an international set of case-control studies in 13 countries around the world, focusing on four types of tumors in tissues that most absorb RF energy emitted by mobile phones.Learn more from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. … [Read more...]

Microphone Interface Chip Suppresses EMI/RFI Noise

 

STMicroelectronics’ new miniature printed circuit board mounted microphone interface circuitry integrates noise filtering and ESD protection on single IC. Although demand for embedded microphones is increasing, little extra space – if any – is available inside the enclosure. Designers need solutions that make the microphone smaller and allow the essential interface circuitry to … [Read more...]

Shielded Plastic Connectors Meld Advantages of Metal, Plastic

 

Amphenol’s new carbon fiber filled plastic C16-3 EMI connector is touted to offer EMI shielding and can be used in applications that previously required metal connectors.The C 16-1/16-3 Series connectors are used in a wide variety of industries and equipment. Some of these include industrial machines and controls, data processing, instrumentation and test equipment, medical … [Read more...]

Company to Stock MLCC Capacitors

 

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is stocking the KEMET Power Solutions (KPS Series) MLCC Capacitors. KEMET’s KPS series uses proprietary lead-frame technology to vertically stack one or two multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) into a single compact surface mount package. The attached lead-frame mechanically isolates the capacitors from the printed circuit board, therefore … [Read more...]

A Change in International EMC Legislation: Do Industrial Premises Become Outlawed?

 

During the last few years, many new EMC standards have been ad­opted; however, more and more standards are outside the scope of formal EMC legisla­tion. The recent change in scope of IEC ACEC, CISPR and the new European EMC Directive creates new challenges for industry, as their focus will be aimed at the protection of the general broad­casting and communication services and of … [Read more...]

Electromagnetic Attacks Case Studies on Non-Protected and Protected Cryptographic Hardware Accelerators

 

Laurent Sauvage, Olivier Meynard, Sylvian Gulley and Jean-Luc Danger, Institut TELECOM, TELECOM ParisTech, Secure-IC S.A.S., Paris, France ABSTRACT Electromagnetic analysis (EMA) is an important class of attacks against cryptographic devices. In this article, we present two attacks to disclose the key of cryptographic implementations in FPGAs by taking advantage of EMA. The … [Read more...]

JEDEC and Tape & Reel Issues

 

  This article is the second part of “The Dip Tube,” which appeared in May in the 2010 Interference Technology EMC Directory & Design Guide. A digital version is available at www.interferencetechnology.com. Over the past several years, both  European- and U.S.-based organizations have sacrificed the traditional “internal auditing process” with over reliance on … [Read more...]

Who Said Catalogs Were Old School?

 

Issue: 5 September, 2010 In these days of electronic marketing, where new marketing tools appear almost daily, the old favorites like catalogs and product brochures are often ignored. In the EMC world, several companies have told me they have ceased producing catalogs (printed or electronic) because their products change too often, or because product information is available … [Read more...]

European EMC Directives

 

The United Kingdom’s interpretation of European EMC Directive 2004/108/EC and the policy and structure of the policing and enforcement of the UK EMC Regulations Graham Mays ABSTRACT This article initially describes the concept of European Direc­tives and their legal status. It then discusses the European EMC Directive 2004/108/EC [EMCD] and how the United Kingdom interprets … [Read more...]

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