OVERVIEW OF EMC STANDARDS - Karen Burnham - April 18, 2024

Overview of EMC Standards
This talk provides an overview of EMC standards and how they tackle the same subject matter differently. How close are the component level radiated emissions tests from CISPR 25 and MIL-STD-461? If something has been tested to ISO 11452, does that mean it should also pass MIL-STD-461 RS103? Is there any alternative to the human body ESD model found in IEC 61000-4-2 (which is now also MIl-STD-461 CS118)? We'll be looking at standards from the military and automotive worlds, as well as the ANSI, IEEE, FCC, CISPR, IEC, etc.
Biography:
Karen Burnham is a Principal Scientist at Electro Magnetic Applications in Denver, CO. She is an iNARTE certified EMC engineer with experience in both the aerospace/defense and automotive industries. At NASA JSC she worked on the Orion spacecraft and pyrotechnic systems. She was able to work on the Dream Chaser spacecraft and the F-35 fighter jet. She spent several years working at Ford Motor Company on traditional vehicles like the Ford Edge and Lincoln Continental and also on their newest line of electric hybrid vehicles such as the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator. She sits on several international standards committees and was recently elected to the IEEE EMC Society Board of Directors.