Conformity Magazine - March 2008 - (Page 4)

Contents 12 Complying with the EMC Directive, Second Edition NewsBreaks Adelstein Renominated to the FCC Industry Canada Publishes FAQs on RF Fields FDA Gives Its Scientific Capabilities Poor Marks FDA Offers Guidance on its Product Review Process FDA Publishes Updates to List of Recognized Standards FDA Warns of Patient Risk from Electric Dental Handpieces Additional Standards Published for the EU’s ATEX Directive Additional Standards for the EU’s Medical Devices Directive Also Published China to Require Bar Codes to Enhance Product Safety CPSC Releases 2007 Self-Assessment CPSC Actions in the News IEC Standards Update UL Standards Update Telcordia Standards Update From Our “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Department Looking Back: Items from Past Issues of Conformity 10 10 10 11 11 11 56 56 56 56 56 57 59 60 60 60 This article covers the compliance requirements under the new directive, with special attention to an alternative regulatory compliance scheme for “apparatus that is supplied to a specific installation and is not otherwise commercially available.” 26 Emerging Issues in Standards Challenges in Testing Korean “RoHS”: Not Like RoHS at All “Korea RoHS” exceeds its EU counterpart in scope and implementation. In fact, it could more aptly be described as “Korea RoHS, WEEE, ELV, and EuP,” since it covers aspects of all four of those directives. 34 Field-Induced Charged Device Model: What Really Happens This article describes the events which occur during a CDM test conducted using the widely accepted field induced CDM (FCDM) test and discuss some of the issues involved with the most widely used FCDM standards. 40 Design Fundamentals EMI Shielding Technologies for Consumer Electronics Equipment This article describes specific EMI shielding needs of consumer electronics equipment, and outlines various technologies available to effectively shield and test electronic devices. Editor’s Note ESD Open Forum The iNARTE Informer Product Reviews Advertisers 6 24 32 59 62 48 Focus on Compliance Software Addressing EMC-EMI design challenges with 3D electromagnetic simulation software Buyer’s Guide 55 Conformity marCh 2008

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Conformity Magazine - March 2008 NewsBreaks Editor's Note Adelstein Renominated to the FCC Industry Canada Publishes FAQs On RF Fields FDA Gives Its Scientific Capabilities Poor Marks FDA Offers Guidance On its Product Review Process FDA Publishes Updates to List of Recognized Standards FDA Warns of Patient Risk From Electric Dental Handpieces Complying with the EMC Directive, Second Edition ESD Open Forum Emerging Issues in Standards - Korean "RoHS": Not Like RoHS at All The iNARTE Informer Challenges in Testing - Field-Induced Charged Device Model: What Really Happens Design Fundamentals - EMI Shielding Technologies for Consumer Electronics Equipment Focus On...Compliance Software Buyer's Guide Additional Standards Published for the EU's ATEX Directive Additional Standards for the EU's Medical Devices Directive Also Published China to Require Bar Codes to Enhance Product Safety CPSC Releases 2007 Self-Assessment CPSC Actions in News IEC Standards Update UL Standards Update Product Reviews Telcordia Standards Update From Our "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department Looking Back: Items from Past Issues of Conformity Advertisers

Conformity Magazine - March 2008

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