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Presentation #1 - Worldwide EMC/Safety Compliance Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Presentation #2 - Appropriate Immunity Test Response For the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Threat
Monrad Monsen Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Location: Front
Range Community College, Room L107 (see map), 3645 W. 112th Ave., Westminster, CO.
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maybe found at: Time: Social/Pizza 6:30 - 7:00 PM, Presentations 7:00 - 8:30 PM, Q&A 8:30 - 9:00 PM. Abstract: Presentation #1 - For those involved in the ITE industry, there are major standards changes coming in the September- December 2010 time frame. At the same time that countries are transitioning to a requirement to implement a new CISPR22 requirement to test above 1 GigaHertz for radiated emissions, product safety approvals for those products will have to be updated to IEC60950-1:2005 based safety standards. For the radiated emissions testing, not only will the products have to be tested in the range 1-6GHz (already required by FCC), but the method of testing is different from FCC methods (must have absorber on the floor for a free-space measurement) and the limits are actually 4dB tighter than FCC in the range 1-3GHz. At the same time, the safety standard change could require extra testing and possible changes to card layouts. These changes are being implemented not just in Europe but around the world. This talk will address the currently announced agency approvals deadlines and the methods of enforcement for various markets. Abstract: Presentation #2 - Many sales outlets, warehouses and even customer Information Systems (IS) shops are starting to use RFID tags to track inventory and assets. While the RFID tags themselves are very low power and slave energy from the readers, the RFID readers themselves can generate considerable field strengths especially as they are placed near the products. Some RFID tag readers are hand-held and merely give a burst of radio frequency signals, but other installations use fixed antennas that transmit signals on a 24/7/365 basis. As a result, information systems need to be able to continue operating normally even within this RFID threat environment. This presentation will show some measurement data taken from actual RFID readers and present the immunity test practices put in place by one information technology manufacturer to ensure products are prepared for the RFID threat. Bio: Monrad Monsen has worked 16 years as a compliance engineer within the information technology industry including Storage Technology Corporation and more recently Sun Microsystems. He has a BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as an MS Statistics. He has supported product approvals for a variety of agencies including FCC, Canada ICES, Japan VCCI, Taiwan BSMI, South Korean KCC/RRL, Russia GOST, and European Union CE marking. In the process, he has supported a variety of testing including electromagnetic emissions, electrostatic discharge (ESD) susceptibility, acoustics, temperature/humidity susceptibility, voltage dips & interruptions, harmonics, flicker, power factor, electrical fast transients (EFT), power surge immunity, RF field radiated & conducted immunity, and a variety of OEM customer requested EMC testing. He served as Vice Chairman for the Measurement Uncertainty standards working group within Subcommittee 1 (Techniques and Development) of the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C63 (Electromagnetic Compatibility) from Nov 1998 to Oct 2001. He serves now as a member of the US CISPR/I Technical Advisory Committee.Please RSVP to Julie Duke (julieduke@ieee.org)
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