Emissions versus Immunity

Topic: Should we be more concerned with emission compliance or immunity protection?

The field of EMC deals with electrical equipment operating within an "intended" environment. When we examine our environment and the products that most of us use, what aspect of EMC should we be more concerned with? Almost everyone has a hand phone, iPAD or other iProduct, wireless Internet, and numerous other electrical products. The RF spectrum is overloaded with EMI. With much RF energy out there already, will another unintentional signal really cause an EMI event especially since products already have to meet FCC/CE requirements?

Should we be more concerned with increasing the immunity level of electrical products against harmful interference or making sure that FCC requirements are met, with a focus only on emissions and not immunity?

Comments, debate and opinions are requested.

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Robert Tso on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:56 AM

It seems like we need both! The offending device can emit, as long as the victim can tolerate. We need these both of these standards so equipment makers know what they need to design and test to.

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