Basic EMC Standards

Basic EMC Standards give the general and fundamental conditions or rules for the assessment of EMC and related performance of all products, systems or installations, and serve as reference documents for Generic and Product Standards. Basic Standards are general and hence are not dedicated to specific product families or products; they relate to general information, to the disturbing phenomena and to the measurement or testing techniques. They do not contain any prescribed limits or any product/system related performance specifications. However methods and guidance on how to generate appropriate limits for the protection of radio reception are given.

Two types of basic EMC standards have been identified:

 	
those for tests and measurements
 	
those related to other aspects

Basic standards for test and measurement are of particular importance in connection with generic and product standards for conformity assessment purposes.

Structure of IEC 61000

The structure of the IEC 61000 series reflects the subjects dealt with by basic EMC publications. As can be seen in the table below, they include terminology, descriptions of electromagnetic phenomena and the EM environment, measurement and testing techniques, and guidelines on installation and mitigation. Note that Part 3 does not contain basic EMC publications but is listed here for completeness as it is part of the 61000 series.

This large and considerably subdivided series of Standards and Technical Reports will eventually consist of nine parts. Since the titles of Parts 7 and 8 are still open, the present structure is as follows:

Part 1: General

 	
Basic concepts (fundamental principles, definitions, terminology) - interference model
 	
Functional Safety (what a safety function does and approaches of its being performed satisfactorily)
 	
Measurement uncertainty

Part 2: Environment

 	
Description of the environment
 	
Classification of the environment
 	
Compatibility levels

Part 3: Limits

 	
Emission limits
 	
Immunity limits (insofar as they do not fall under the responsibility of product committees)

Part 4: Testing and measurement techniques

 	
Measurement techniques
 	
Testing techniques

Part 5: Installation and mitigation guidelines

 	
Installation guidelines
 	
Mitigation methods and devices

Part 6: Generic Standards

 	
Generic emission and immunity requirements in various environments

Part 9: Miscellaneous

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