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customers, and meet the specific requirements of individual manufacturers. (As an aside, in addition to simulators being developed for testing finished products for the effects of ESD, manufacturers of semiconductor devices were developing their own range of standards to deal with ESD in the manufacturing, distribution and assembly processes. This activity, of course, drove the development of early manual and automated testers3 for chips and is the subject for a later article.) The European Union – Briefly In the early 1950s, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg formed the basis of today’s European Union. By the 1990s, there were 12 member countries of the then EC (European Community), 25 members in the European Union (EU) in 2004, and it’s still expanding. It was in the 1990s that the ‘four freedoms’ (movement of goods, services, people and money) were established, and this drove the creation of key directives including the EMC Directive, which in turn required ESD tests. The EU requires each member nation to establish laws requiring applicable directives be met and as a result, meeting EMC standards became a legal requirement to ship goods.4 The EMC Directive simply says that, to move goods across borders of European countries, products need to meet certain basic criteria for immunity to certain EMC effects, keeping unwanted radiation to minimum levels. (Electrical and electronic products also must meet certain electrical and mechanical safety requirements, and some products also need to meet additional directives depending on their application.) The EMC Directive is now the driving force behind ESD standards for system level testing world-wide and, because meeting it is mandatory by law, the Directive is forcing harmonization of ESD standards and test methods at all levels – international, national, industry and corporate. How IEC Standards and Simulators Became Dominant for EMC The IEC was established in the early 1900s and became involved in EMC during the 1970s with the advent of computers and solid state electronic controls. The Industrial- DAMPED OSCILLATORY WAVES – Scalable Solutions to IEC61000-4-18, 60255 series, & ANSI / IEEE C37.90 on Power and I/O lines. Primary unit provides 100 kHz and 1 MHz. Extension adds 3, 10, 30 MHz at any time. Models MIG-OS-OS1 or MIG0603OSI. HARMONICS & FLICKER - Total solution. Simple to use. Complies with 61000-3-2 Eds. 1, 2, 3 and 61000-3-3. Report with tabular and graphic data including new 200% of limit analysis, average and maximum harmonics as a percentage of limits. Model HAR1000. ESD/EFT/SURGE/DIPS/MAG – Integrated solutions for full compliance configurations to IEC Basic Standards. Available SURGE waveforms include Combination, Ring, 10/700 waves at 4kV and 6kV plus ability to couple all phases & neutral to ground as specified in ANSI/IEEE C62.41. Model TRA2000 series. CE Mark Test Solutions Look to HVT for turn key transient test solutions meeting the latest specifications. User Friendly, Repeatable, Reliable. Damped Oscillatory Wave Harmonics & Flicker ESD/EFT/SURGE/DIPS/MAG IEC 61000-4-18, 60255; ANSI/IEEE C37.90.1 IEC 61000-3-2, -3; IEC61000-4-7, -13, -14, -17, -28 IEC 61000-4-2, -4, -5, -8, -9, -11, -12, -16, -29; ITU-T K.44; ANSI/IEEE C37.90; C62.41 Contact us today to add some real Firepower to your test equipment arsenal. Figure 3: The first completely computer ESD tester for semiconductor devices introduced in 1989 by KeyTek Instrument Corp. Tel: 703-365-2330 • www.hvtechnologies.com e-mail:emcsales@hvtechnologies.com http://www.hvtechnologies.com

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Conformity Magazine - September 2008 Contents Editor’s Note Commission Adopts Regulations for Internet-Based TRS Services Another Company Fined for Non-Compliance with HAC Requirements FCC Extends “Do-Not-Call” Registry Compliance Requirements Marketing Company Gets $1.4 Million Fine for Junk Faxes EU Commission Codifies Directive on TTE Market Competition EU Commission Releases Updated Standards List for the R&TTE Directive Updated Standards List for the “New” Low Voltage Directive Released New Standards List Released for the EU’s Machinery Directive The ESD Association: Voluntary Standards in Action ESD Open Forum Medical EMC Standards: Towards the 4th Edition of IEC 60601-1-2 iNARTE Informer Pre-Pulse Voltage in the HBM ESD Model Digital Interfaces and EMC Performance ESD Design Buyer’s Guide Product News Commission Publishes Updated Standards List for the EU’s Personal Protective Equipment Directive FDA Links “Human Factors” to Adverse Events with Medical Devices CPSC Actions in the 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

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