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C63 JULY 2001 MEETING SERIES NEW SUBCOMMITTEE FORMED NEW PROJECT INITIATED SUBCOMMITTEE 1 ACTIVITY SUBCOMMITTEE 6 ACTIVITY SUBCOMMITTEE 8 ACTIVITY STATUS OF CISPR A DOCUMENTS C63 OFFICERS’ DIRECTORY

C63 JULY 2001 MEETING SERIES

The next C63 meetings will be held on July 16-20, 2001 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 8110 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA 92123. Tel: 858 277 8888, Fax: 858 279 3555.

An attendee fee of $100.00 will be charged to cover meeting expenses. Please send a check payable to USEMC Standards Corporation to Herbert K. Mertel, PO Box 300752, Escondido, CA 92030. Payment by Master Card, VISA or American Express can be made by sending credit card information to Herb via mail or fax to 760 741 5327. Payment is requested by May 10, 2001. (Herb Mertel, tel: 760 741 3301, e-mail hmertel@home.com).

The meeting schedule is:

Monday, 16 July 9 AM to Noon SC-1 Project 1-13.2 OATS>1 GHz 1 PM to 5 PM SC-1 Project 1-15.6 Antenna Calibration Wednesday, 18 July 9 AM to Noon SC-8 Medical EMC 1 PM to 5 PM SC-6 Lab. Accreditation

8 AM to Noon SC-1 Instrumentation & Techniques
1 PM to 5 PM SC-3 CISPR TAG
5 PM to 7 PM C63 Steering Committee (invited members
only)

Thursday, 19 July 9 AM to 5 PM C63 Main Committee

Friday, 20 July 9 AM to Noon C63 Steering Committee (Invited members only) 1 PM to 5 PM USEMCSC BOD (Invited members only)

NEW SUBCOMMITTEE FORMED

Herb Mertel, Mertel Associates, was appointed Chair of a reconstituted C63 Subcommittee 5 entitled "Immunity of Electronic Devices". This committee was established in response to a New Work Item Request (PINS--Project Initiation Notification System--in the ANSI lingo) prepared by Dr. Morrissey of Motorola Wireless for a test procedure to test industrial electronic equipment in the presence of cell-phones. The task of SC-5 will be guided by C63.18 Immunity of Medical Devices. The initial SC-5 members are: Ed Hare, ARRL; Ross Hansen, Retlif; Don Heirman, Don Heirman Consultants; Dan Hoolihan, Hoolihan EMC Consultants; Chrys Chrysanthou, Telecordia; Art Light, ITT; Joe Morrisey, Motorola Wireless; Jeff Silberberg, FDA-CDRH; Bill Scrivner, Southwest Research Institute; and, Keith Peavler, AT&T Wireless.

NEW PROJECT INITIATED

A task to prepare a new document entitled C63.8 "Compendium of EMC Standards on a Worldwide Basis" was recently approved. This work will be based on the DoD/Industry Document 0178 "Engineering Practice Study: Results of Detailed Comparisons of Individual EMC Requirements and Test Procedures Delineated in Major National and International Commercial Standards with Military Standard MIL-E-461E". The Project is chaired by Herb Mertel with the same members listed for SC-5 above.

SUBCOMMITTEE 1 ACTIVITY

(by Chair Don Heirman)

At its March 8, 2001 meeting, SC-1 members approved Galen Koepke’s application for membership. Mr. Koepke of NIST will be participating in three working groups: Project 1-15.7 (FAR), Project 1-15.6 (Antenna Calibrations), and Project 1-

13.2 (Test Site Acceptability Above 1 GHz). Working Group reports discussed at the meeting indicated the following project status:

Project 1-1.1 C63.15 Immunity Measurements: The ballot on C63.15 was sent to twenty people who responded positively to the invitation to ballot. A response is due by April 2. Working Group Chair Steve Bloom noted that work on this document started ten years ago; he personally has been working on it for the past five years. He commented that any new developments happening in Europe are not reflected in the current document and should be considered for the next revision. (The ballot closed in mid April and failed to gain approval. The decision on how to proceed will be made at the July meeting.)

Project 1-8.1 C63.22 Guide for Automated EMI Measurements: Working Group Chair Werner Schaefer reported that Part 1 of the document, which addresses automatic emission measurements only, was submitted for balloting and is now out for re-circulation. Part 2 of this document, which addresses automatic immunity measurements, is the second phase of the work and is the current project activity. Mr. Schaefer will integrate existing material from Windler, Kraft, and Scrivner , with his, into the new document, will identify missing material, and integrate the immunity portion into the automation document.

Project 1-8.3 C63.2 to Include Spectrum Analyzers: Discussion on this project prompted SC-1 to recommend to the parent committee C63 to replace C63.2 with a new document that includes a US forward to CISPR 16, Part 11 related only to spectrum analyzers/receivers. The Working Group will now review CISPR 16-1 in relation to C63.2. In the event there are conflicting specifications between CISPR 16-1 and C63.2, the specifications noted in CISPR 16-1 will take precedence.

Project 1-13.2 C63.4 Site Acceptability Above 1 GHz: Mike Windler, WG Chair, reported that they are still working on determining the method of evaluating site reflections. A formal test plan will be written, reference site measurements will be performed, and test site measurements are expected to be completed by the July SC-1 meeting. (They are looking at the NIST and Liberty Labs OATSs to do this work.) The upper frequency they are targeting is 18 GHz and higher.

Project 1-15.4 C63.16 ESD Standard: The SC-1 Chair noted that this document was completed in draft form (Draft #7) and submitted to C63’s Secretary at the end of September last year. After reviewing the comments since then, the C63.16 ballot was mailed to the balloting group at the end of February this year. Mr. Rhoades, WG Chair, advised that the IEC 61000-4-2 vote closes on March 23 and that all of the activity in C63.16 is also included in 61000-4-2. Mr. Heirman complimented Mr. Rhoades for the work involved in harmonizing these two documents and issuing the C63.16 ballot.

Project 1-15.5 (All C63 Standards) Measurement Uncertainty: Ed Bronaugh, WG Chair, presented the revised outline of “C63 Draft: EMC Measurement Uncertainty” and he reviewed the status of his and Monrad Monsen’s (Vice Chair) work in this area. Several items have been completed. A 21-page document of the completed items will be submitted to SC-1 before submitting it to the parent C63 committee for review and approval before further work is undertaken. The working group effort is now directed to preparing a separate stand-alone document to address measurement uncertainty as opposed to their original plan of writing forwards to add to existing C63 documents.

Project 1-15.6 C63.5 Antenna Calibration: Don Heirman, WG Chair, advised that this group met on Tuesday, March 6 from 1-5 pm. The recently issued C63.5 ballot failed and hence a new balloting group was formed for the new ballot. There were several negative comments and editorial changes that were requested. These were all resolved at the meeting on Tuesday. Their output will be submitted to the IEEE SA balloting Center for the new ballot. The group is now focusing on measurements above 200 MHz since the present draft contained a new model up to 200 MHz. The working group’s activity includes preparation of two test plans. One is for antenna calibration and parameter measurements and the second is for site qualification and Complex Fit Normalized Site Attenuation (CFNSA) validation. The reference for this work is an IEEE 2000 Symposium paper by Chen and Foegelle entitled, “An Improved Method for Determining Normalized Site Attenuation using Log Periodic Dipole Arrays”. CFNSA will be validated on at least two sites. Team members include Michael Foegelle, Michael Howard, and Mike Windler. The ETS and Liberty Labs OATS sites will be used, with the NIST site as a possible additional site to validate the tests. Calibration and pattern measurements will be completed by July 15. Test site measurements will be completed by September 15.

Project 1-15.7 Fully Absorber Lined Room (FAR): Dennis Camell, WG Chair from NIST, advised that a PINS was submitted recently to the secretary of C63 to circulate to C63 for approval. The working group’s objective is to compile a list of previous reports on this topic, determine the use of a FAR, and which standards are applicable. Mr. Camell and working group members are looking at the work conducted by CISPR (reference CISPR/A/300/CD and CISPR/A/301/CD) and CENELEC on this topic. They plan to write a white paper after they have studied the work being done internationally.

Project 1-15.8 Reverberation Chamber EMC Measurement Techniques: The objective of this proposed project is to develop a US ANSI ASC C63 document on reverberation chamber measurement techniques including emissions, immunity, shielding and other applications. This document will be harmonized with the draft of IEC 61000-4-21. This work may also include commenting upon the IEC document. The duration of the work is expected to take place from July 2001 to July 2003. SC-1 approved a motion to request the C63 parent committee to approve this project work per the PINS-C (This is C63’s management tracking system where “C” standard for “committee”) form prepared by Mr. Koepke, WG Chair, and amended by the committee.

C63.4-2002 Revision: Don Heirman, SC-1 Chair, noted that a revision of C63.4-2000 is underway. Comments received on C63.4-2000 will be addressed in the 2002 revision. Mr. Heirman has formed a task group (Project 1-15.8) and has asked Steve Berger to chair this effort. The purpose of their work will be to review the comments on the 2000 document and formulate the proposed revisions to the 2002 document. Jon Casamento, Greg Korytkowksi, Bob Hofmann and Werner Schaefer will be members of this task group.

SUBCOMMITTEE 6 ACTIVITY

(by Chair Dan Hoolihan)

Subcommittee 6 of C63 met on March 7, 2001 and there were about 15 members present at the meeting. Highlights of the meeting included the following:

A new Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) will be written by Working Group 1 to publish about 15 detailed checklists as a Recommended Practice. These checklists will include the Basic EMC immunity standards (IEC 61000-4-x) plus several other important EMC standards from the International Special Committee on Radio-Frequency Interference (CISPR).

The Working Group on Personnel Certification has been asked to review and, possibly, revise its charter relative to its mission within C63. Art Light, the Working Group Chair, will review past activities and future needs relative to personnel certification, involvement with the NARTE program of EMC certification, and other associated activities.

The third Working Group reported that the USCEL (US Council of EMC Laboratories) round robin test had run into some problems with its common noise emitter suddenly losing 13 dB of amplitude. Discussions were also held on the possibility of writing a United States version of ISO Guide 43.

Mike Howard, the chair of Working Group #4, initiated and received approval of a PINS on writing a checklist for guidance of assessors who are auditing calibration laboratories for EMC-related equipment and antennas.

A discussion was held on the ACIL Primary Test Method EMC checklist that is going to be used by NVLAP (National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program) for checking out EMC labs. There was still some concerns expressed by several individuals as to the “suitability” of the ACIL checklist.

The second edition of the ISO/IEC Guide 25 Automotive EMC Lab Recognition Program was distributed to the subcommittee prior to the meeting (electronically). It was discussed briefly at the meeting with an extended discussion to be held at a later subcommittee meeting.

Bill Hurst, representing the FCC, reported that 33 Conformity Assessment Bodies had been designated in the USA for the US/EU Mutual Recognition Agreement. Relative to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative; Taiwan was moving most quickly into Phase II of the program. The program similar to APEC for South America, CITEL, is picking up momentum with Brazil leading the effort.

Don Heirman spoke about NACLA and the upcoming annual meeting in April. He reiterated the fact that A2LA and NVLAP now accept as equivalent one another’s accreditation because of NACLA. However, if each wishes to use and accept the other’s site and document evaluation during that accreditation processing, this has to be handled under the “subcontracting” clause of each organization’s quality system.

Trace McInturff of A2LA submitted a written report for the meeting. A2LA has 80 EMC labs in their accreditation program. SAR and Bluetooth programs are increasing in number.

SUBCOMMITTEE 8 ACTIVITY

(by Chair Dan Hoolihan)

Subcommittee 8 of C63 met on March 7th with 14 members present. Highlights of the meeting included:

Working Group #1 reported that the rewrite of C63.18 – “Recommended Practice for an On-Site, Ad-Hoc Test Method for Estimating Radiated Electromagnetic Immunity of Medical Devices for Specific Radio Frequency Transmitters” is underway. Jeff Silberberg from the FDA reported that the C63.18 document had recently been referenced in three journals or magazines.

It was recommended that a parallel document to C63.18 be developed for Generic Electronic Equipment. This recommendation was forwarded to the parent committee (where it was approved).

A handout was distributed summarizing the progress of Working Group #2 relative to immunity of patient-connected medical devices. The Working Group is planning on publishing a technical report on their results.

Steve Berger reported on progress on C63.19 – “Methods of Measurement of Compatibility between Wireless Communications Devices and Hearing Aids”. The new standard has completed its public review process and is available for distribution from the IEEE. Steve also submitted for approval a proposal to revise the C63.19 standard to include inclusion of a GTEM test method in the body of the standard and to increase the frequencies of interest to cover the third generation cellular phones headed for the marketplace.

Jeff Silberberg reported on progress on the International Medical Device EMC standard, IEC 60601-1-2; it is in the final stages of approval as an international standard (Final Draft International Standard) and it should be out third quarter of this year.

Jon Casamento of the FDA reported that ANSI/AAMI PC69:2000 – “Active Implantable Medical Devices – Electromagnetic Compatibility – EMC Test Protocols for Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators” was now available to be purchased from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).

It was reported that a meeting of the AAMI/EMC Committee would be held in Baltimore on June 13th from 9 am to 5 pm to discuss U.S. deviations to the IEC 60601-1-2 standard.

STATUS OF CISPR A DOCUMENTS Issue 15, 22 April 2001 Compiled by D. Heirman, CISPR A Secretary

Number Project No. Subject Leader Status Comments
A/251/CD CISPR 16-2 Amd.2 Uniform Ristig CD issued as CD comment period closed on
f6 Ed.1.0 measurement A/293/CD of 22 March 23, 2001
arrangements Dec 2000
A/252/CD CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Coupling device Stecher CC issued as CDV delayed to work out issues
f9 Ed.2.0 for measuring A/258/CC of 17 with CISPR G ISN needs; second
signal lines Dec 1999 CD sent to Central Office on 15
(ISNs) April 2001
A/259/CDV CISPR 16-2 Measurements in Dunker RVC issued as FDIS sent to Central Office on 7
Amd.2 the presence of A/284/RVC January 2001; awaiting issuance
Ed.1.0 ambients Of 17 Nov 2000
A/260/CD CISPR 16-2 In situ Dunker CC issued as CDV issued as A/295/CDV with
Amd.2 f5 measurements A/287/CC of 17 comment closing date of 8 June
Ed.1.0 Nov 2000 2001
A/261/CD CISPR 16-1 FAR without Ristig CC issued as Second CD sent to Central Office
Amd.1 f1 ground plane A/283/CC of 17 on 5 January 2001
Ed.1.0 Nov 2000
A/262/CD CISPR 16-2 Amd.2 Emission Ristig CC issued as Second CD sent to Central Office
f4 measurements in A/280/CC of 17 on 6 January 2001
Ed.1.0 FAR Nov 2000
A/263/WG WG membership Updated list sent to Central Office
list on 24 January 2001; See
A/302/WG
A/264/DA St. Petersburg SC
A agenda
A/265/INF 61000-4-20 TEM Garbe CD issued as Comment period closed on 15 Jan
measurements (transfer from A/278/CD of 13 October 2000 2001; CC sent to Central Office on 29 March 2001; See A/304/CC;
77B/265/CD and second CD sent to Central Office
77B/279A/CC) on 22 April 2001
A/266/RVN 61000-4-21 Reverberation Measurements (transferred from 77B/260/CD: See also Hatfield CD issued as A/285/CD of 17 October 2000 Comment period closed on 16 Feb 2001: CC under development
A/242/NP)
A/267/PW Program of work Will be updated a month before the
CISPR meetings in Bristol, UK
A/268/CD CISPR 16-3 Amd.1 f1 Ed.1.0 Measurement Uncertainty Hunter CDV issued as A/291/CDV on 22 December National committee vote due on May 5, 2001
2000
A/269/Q CISPR/TC77B JTF Heirman Results issued See CISPR/A/277/RQ
questionnaire on 15 Sept
A/270/CD CISPR 16-1 Monopole Anderson CC issued as CDV issued as A/296/CDV with
Amd.1 f10 Antenna A/279/CC on comment closing date of 8 June
Ed.2.0 17 November 2001
A/271/CD CISPR 16-2 Automated Stecher CC issued as Second CD to be issued by ad hoc
Amd.2 f1 Emission A/282/CC on on or about 15 April 2001
Ed.1.0 Measurements 17 November
A/272/CD CISPR 16-3 Compliance Beeckman CC issued as Second CD to be issued by ad hoc
Amd.1 f2 Uncertainty A/281/CC on on or about 15 April 2001
Ed.1.0 17 November
A/273/CD CISPR 16-3 Voltage Beeckman CC issued as CDV issued as A/297/CDV with
Amd.1 f4 uncertainty A/286/CC on comment closing date of 8 June
Ed.1.0 17 November 2001
A/274/CD CISPR 16-1 Ave. Meas. Stecher CC issued as CDV issued as A/298/CDV with
Amd.1 f6 Ed.2.0 Receivers A/288/CC on comment closing date of 8 June
17 Nov 2000 2001
A/275/WG CISPR A WG
members
A/276/RM Minutes of St.
Petersburg Meeting
A/277/RQ Results of Established that CISPR A manages
questionnaire on work; retain 61000-4-20/21
Joint Task Force numbering
A/278/CD See A/265/CD Second CD sent to Central Office
on 22 April 2001
A/279/CC See A/270/CD
A/280/CC See A/262/CD
A/281/CC See A/272/CD
A/282/CC See A/271/CD
A/283/CC See A/261/CD
A/284/RVN See A/259/CDV
A/285/CD See A/266/RVN
A/286/CC See A/273/CD
A/287/CC See A/260/CD
A/288/CC See A/274/CD
A/289/CD CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Balance and Alexander CD issued on National Committee comments
f8 Ed.2.0 cross polar 22 December closed on 23 March 2001
antenna 2000
performance
A/290/CD CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Capacitive Amemiya CD issued on National Committee comments
f4 Ed.2.0 voltage probes 22 December closed on 23 March 2001
2000
A/291/CDV See A/268/CD Measurement Hunter CDV issued 22 National Committee Vote due on
Uncertainty December 2000 25 May 2001
A/292/CD CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Calibration of Dunker CD issued on National Committee comments
f3 Ed.2.0 Absorbing 22 December closed on 23 March 2001
Clamps 2000
A/293/CD See A/251/CD and Uniform Ristig CD issued on National Committee comments
A/257/CC measurement 22 December closed on 23 March 2001
arrangements 2000
A/294/CD CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Disturbance Steinert CD issued on National committee comments
f7 Ed.2.0 Analyzers 22 December closed on 23 March 2001
2000
A/295/CDV See A/260/CD In situ Dunker CD issued on National CommitteeVote due on 8
measurements 12 January June 2001
2001
A/296/CDV See A/270/CD Monopole Anderson CD issued on National committee Vote due on 8
Antenna 12 January June 2001
2001
A/297/CDV See A/273/CD Voltage Beeckman CD issued on National committee Vote due on 8
uncertainty 12 January June 2001
2001
A/298/CDV See A/274/CD Ave. Meas. Stecher CD issued on National committee Vote due on 8
Receivers 12 January June 2001
2001
A/299/CD CISPR 16-3 Partial frequency Dunker CD issued on National Committee comments due
Amd.1 f5 Ed.1.0 ranges in 19 January on 20 April 2001
applying 80/80 2001
rule
A/300/CD CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 FAR without Ristig Second CD National Committee comments due
f1 Ed.2.0 ground plane issued on 19 on 20 April 2001
(See A/261) January 2001
A/301/CD CISPR 16-2 Amd.2 FAR Ristig Second CD National Committee comments due
f4 Ed.1.0 measurements issued on 19 on 20 April 2001
(See A/262) January 2001
A/302/WG CISPR A WG Secretary Document sent Document issued on 23 February
members to Central 2001
Office on 24
January 2001
A/303/CD CISPR 16-1, Site validation Despres Document sent National Committee comments due
Amd.2 f2 Ed.1.0 above 1 GHz to Central on 25 May 2001
Office on 17
February 2001
A/304/CC 61000-4-20 See A/265/CD TEM measurements Garbe Collection of Comments (A/278/CC) released 7 April 2001 Second CD to be sent to National Committees on or about 15 April 2001
A/305/INF G/206&207 ISN calibration See A/252/CD replacement,
cancellation and A/3XX/CD, on same subject, soon
specifications to be released
A/306/DA Bristol A agenda
Not CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Weighting Stecher Awaiting German NP
Assigned yet f12 Ed.2 functions for
receivers
Not Assigned yet CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 f13 Ed.2 H-field antenna Waby Awaiting CD
Not CISPR 16-2 Amd.2 Probability of Stecher CD to be drafted
Assigned yet f7 Ed.1Or interference from
CISPR 16-3 Amd.1 broadband
f6 Ed.1 signals
Not CISPR 16-2 Amd.2 Conducted Stecher CD to be drafted
Assigned yet f8 Ed.1Or CISPR emission sources
16-3 Amd.1 f7Ed.1
Not CISPR 16-1 Amd.1 Amplitude Shinozuka Round robin test in progress before
Assigned yet f5 Ed.2.0 Probability Distribution CD can be written; project listed at Stage Zero
on 31 December 2000; awaiting
NP from Japanese NC to reactivate
project

C63 OFFICERS’ DIRECTORY

Dr. Ralph M. Showers, Chairman (showers@ee.upenn.edu)

Edwin L. Bronaugh, Vice-Chairman (ed.bronaugh@ieee.org)

Robert Pritchard, Secretary (r.pritchard@ieee.org)

Warren A. Kesselman, Treasurer/Newsletter Editor (w.kesselman@ieee.org)

Donald N. Heirman, Chair SC-1 Techniques and Development (d.heirman@worldnet.att.net)

Dr. J.L.Norman Violette, Chair SC-2 Terms and Definitions (enviolette@msn.com)

Art Wall, Chair SC-3 International Standardization (awall@fcc.gov); John Lichtig, vice chair,

JFL@LichtigEMC.com

Herbert K. Mertel, Chair SC-5 Immunity of Electronic Devices (hmertel@home.com)

Daniel D. Hoolihan, Chair SC-6 Accreditation/Conformity Assessment (hoolihan@emcxpert.com)

Daniel D. Hoolihan, Chair SC-8 Medical Device EMC Test Methods (hoolihan@emcxpert.com)

Pa tricia Gerdon, IEEE C63 Secretariat support (p.gerdon@ieee.org)

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