Daniel Hoolihan

Daniel D. Hoolihan is the founder and principal of Hoolihan EMC Consulting. He is the Immediate Past-Chair of the American National Standards Committee C63 on EMC. He is also a past president of the IEEE’s EMC Society and the current Chair of the History Committee of the Society’s Board of Directors. Hoolihan is also an assessor for the NIST NVLAP EMC and Telecom Laboratory Accreditation program.

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International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR)

CISPR 11: A Historical and Evolutionary Review

CISPR 11 is the International Standard for electromagnetic emissions (disturbances) from Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) Equipment. The official title of the standard is “Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Equipment – Radio-Frequency Disturbance Characteristics – Limits and Methods of Measurement.” The premiere edition of the standard was released in 1975 and the latest edition (Edition 5.0) was released in 2009. The standard includes both limits and methods of measurement for conducted phenomena and radiated phenomena. This article traces the history and development of the content of the standard over the last 35 years.

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