standards

Wondering how electronics pass EMC compliance? This guide breaks down essential standards from CISPR, IEC, FCC, and more—plus real-world examples from smartphone makers, automakers, and medical device manufacturers. Learn the testing requirements, documentation needs, and practical techniques companies use to ensure their products won't cause or suffer from electromagnetic interference.

With the increase in online transactions, use of social media, and digital connectivity, ensuring the safety and well-being of minors has become a high priority for parents, digital service providers, policy makers, and regulators across the globe. The advancement of age-appropriate design and age verification standards by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) is helping stakeholders, including digital services providers, policy makers, and regulators, to address requirements from various jurisdictions around the world. 

Effective bonding is crucial for EMC success, but requirements vary by purpose. NASA-STD-4003A defines five bond classes—from static control to lightning protection—each with different impedance and current needs. Understanding which class applies helps engineers design appropriate bonding schemes rather than over- or under-engineering connections.

Electric vehicles introduce complex EMC challenges as high-switching inverters and E-drives create electromagnetic interference affecting safety-critical ADAS systems. Traditional static testing at constant speeds is insufficient—dynamic EMC testing under realistic driving conditions is essential to properly characterize emissions and ensure compliance.

Can you use everyday electronics on an aircraft, or do they need special military-grade testing? Patrick Andre examines when commercial off-the-shelf equipment works fine versus when it could fail catastrophically in demanding environments like military aircraft and helicopters.

The IEEE EMC Society is advancing three shielding effectiveness standards: one for large enclosures, another for smaller boxes, and a new standard for portable device pouches. Measuring electromagnetic shielding in space-constrained environments presents significant technical challenges that require innovative solutions.

When equipment designs change or standards update, companies face a dilemma: perform expensive full EMC requalification or risk inadequate "Qualification by Similarity" analysis. Smart testing strategies can balance cost, time, and compliance requirements effectively.

As connected medical devices become more integral to patient care, ensuring their cybersecurity is critical to both patient safety and regulatory compliance. This article explores how the IEEE 2621™ standard and its associated certification program provide a structured, standards-based approach for engineers to design, validate, and secure these devices throughout their lifecycle

Modern electronics are too complex for traditional EMC testing approaches. IEEE 1848 offers a revolutionary framework for systematic electromagnetic risk management throughout product lifecycles—transforming reactive compliance into proactive design strategy.

This article summarizes the current state of affairs of standards documents sponsored by the IEEE EMC Society, including areas where there is active development in progress, as well as information on those standards that are currently stable and those that are currently inactive. We’ll also advise readers on how to become more directly involved in the IEEE EMC standards development efforts.