Impact Of The Use Of Commercial Off-the-shelf Equipment On The Requirements For Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Control

Abstract

With the continued need to use commercial off-the-shelf equipment, the EM1 impact must be considered. The responsibility of meeting contractual requirements for EM1 standards using commercial equipment usually falls on the contractor. This can have a major cost impact on any program using these EM1 standards. Case histories show omission of specific EM1 requirements caused failures during EM1 testing. This has had a cost impact on these programs.