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ANNEX TO RESOLUTION # 442, DATED JULY 21, 2006

REGULATION FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTS CONCERNING


ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY ASPECTS

SECTION I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I

Objectives

Article 1 – This Regulation aims establishing the requirements of electromagnetic compatibility to be


addressed by the telecommunications products, aiming complementing the specific regulations of these
products, for the purposes of Certification with the National Telecommunications Agency – Anatel.

CHAPTER II

References

Article 2 – For the purposes of this Regulation, the following references are adopted:

I – Anatel – Resolution for the Certification and Homologation of Telecommunication Products.

II - IEC 61000-4-2(2001) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4: Testing and Measurement


Techniques. Section 2 Electrostatic discharge immunity test.

III - IEC 61000-4-3 (2002) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4: Testing and Measurement
Techniques. Section 3 Radiated electromagnetic field requirements.

IV - IEC 61000-4-4 (2004) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4: Testing and Measurement
Techniques. Section 4 Electrical fast transient.

V - IEC 61000-4-5 (2001) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4: Test and Measurement Techniques -
Section 5: Surge Immunity Test.

VI - IEC 61000-4-6 (2004) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4: Testing and Measurement
Techniques. Section 6 Immunity to conducted disturbances induced by radio-frequency fields.

VII - IEC 61000-4-11 (2004) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC): Part 4: Testing and Measurement
Techniques; Section 11: Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations; Immunity tests.

VIII - CISPR 11 (2003) - Industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) radio-frequency equipment -Electromagnetic
disturbance characteristic - Limits and methods of measurement.

IX - CISPR 22 (2005) - Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information
technology equipment

X - CISPR 24 (1997), Amend 1 (2001) e Amend 2 (2002) - Information technology equipment Immunity
characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement

XI - ITU-T Rec. K.21 (2003) - Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to
overvoltages and overcurrents.

XII - ITU-T Rec. K.44 (2003) - Resistibility tests for telecommunication equipment exposed to overvoltages and
overcurrents - Basic recommendation.

XIII - ITU-T Rec. K.38 (1996) - Radiated emission testing of physically large telecommunication systems.

XIV - ITU-T Rec. K.48 (2003) -EMC Requirements for each telecommunication equipment - product family
recommendation

CHAPTER III

Coverage
Article 3 – The following provisions are applied to telecommunication equipments. Other equipments that can
perform telecommunications terminals functions or offer access to value added services, including Internet, will
be under specific regulation.

I - The Electromagnetic Disturbance Emission Requirements apply to the equipments susceptible to


compulsory certification, as defined in the specific regulation mentioned in item I, of article 2. In case of
equipments that use radio-electric spectrum, the requirements of radiated electromagnetic disturbances
emission described herein are only applicable in the absence of requirements of intentional radio-frequency
emission or of spurious emission as provided in specific regulation on the product.

II - The Requirements of Immunity to Electromagnetic Disturbances apply to equipments classified as


Telecommunications Products Category I and Category II, as defined in the specific regulation mentioned in
item I, of article 2, provided that intended to be used by the general public (see Annex II).

III - The Requirements of Resistibility to Electromagnetic Disturbances apply to Telecommunications Products


Category I and Category II, as defined in the specific regulation mentioned in item I, of article 2, provided that
intended to be used by the general public (see Annex II).

CHAPTER IV

Definitions

Article 4 – For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions are adopted:

I – Integrated antenna: antenna used by a radio-communication equipment that cannot be turned off or
removed to accomplish measurements or tests.

II – Removable antenna: antenna used by a radio-communication equipment that can be disconnected or


removed to accomplish measurements or tests.

III – Electromagnetic compatibility: capacity of a device, equipment or system, of working in compliance with
its operational characteristics, in its electromagnetic environment, without imposing intolerable disturbance to
other equipments, devices or systems that share the same electromagnetic environment.

IV - Equipment to be certified - ESC: telecommunication equipment to be subject to tests described herein,


aiming respective certification.

V – “A” class equipment: equipment with inherent characteristics for installation in telecommunications
stations. These equipments can cause radio-interference problems if installed in residential environments or
areas.

VI – “B” class equipment: equipment intended to be used in domestic or residential environment with inherent
characteristics for the user's facilities, to be installed in access networks or situations of hand held use
(examples: portable equipment fed by batteries). These equipments can be used in telecommunication
stations.

VII – Radio-communication equipment: telecommunication equipment that uses the radio-electric spectrum
and that includes one or more radio-electric signs transmitters and / or receivers for fixed, mobile or portable
use.

VIII – Exclusion range (of radio-frequency): frequencies range related to the reception and / or transmission
characteristics of a radio-communication equipment that should be excluded of the evaluation, during the
electromagnetic compatibility tests of a radio-communication equipment involving radiated and conducted
radio-frequency disturbances.

IX – Transmission exclusion range: range of the radio-electric spectrum out of which the emissions of a
specific transmitter are predominantly related to spurious emissions.

X – Reception exclusion range: frequencies range related to the operation of the receiver in which
electromagnetic disturbances cannot be applied in the tests on radiated and conducted RF (radio-frequency)
immunity disturbance.

XI – Bandwidth required (of emission): for a specific emission class, it is the minimum value of bandwidth
used by the emission enough to ensure the transmission of the information with the transmission speed and
with the qualities required for the system used, under conditions specified.
XII – Common mode: test mode related to the electromagnetic disturbances applied between port
conductor(s) being tested and ground.

XIII – Differential mode: test mode related to the electromagnetic disturbances applied between port
conductors being tested.

XIV – Electromagnetic disturbance: electromagnetic phenomenon capable to degrade the performance of a


device, equipment or system, or of unfavorably affecting a living or inert material.

XV – External port: it is a specific interface of a specific equipment that is connected to conductors that go
beyond the limits of the facility or of the shelter.

XVI – Internal port: it is a specific interface of a specific equipment that is connected to conductors that are
restricted to the limits of the facility or of the shelter.

XVII – Polarity: characteristic of an unidirectional electromagnetic disturbance that determines the electric
current flow direction through the equipment being tested. For a positive polarity disturbance, the electric
current flows from the terminal of the generator to the ground terminal, while for a negative polarity
disturbance, the electric current flows from the ground terminal to the generator terminal.

XVIII – Power port: telecommunication equipments port with local power through which is supplied the power
intended to its operation and, in case of equipments with PLC (Power Line Communication) technology, also
carries the information.

XIX – Telecommunications port: telecommunication equipments port through which the information is carried
and, in case of remotely powered equipments, also carries the power intended to its operation; for instance:
port for connection to STFC, local network port (Ethernet), xDSL network port, etc. This definition does not
include ports intended to the connection with peripheral equipments, as for instance: RS232 port, USB port,
parallel port (printer), etc.

XX – Artificial Mains Network – AMN: device used to measure radio-frequency disturbances emitted by the
equipment in the power ports.

XXI - Electromagnetic disturbances emission requirements: limits established for electromagnetic


disturbances emitted by telecommunication equipments, either conducted or radiated form, aiming protecting
telecommunications services, including broadcasting, against electromagnetic interference.

XXII – Electromagnetic disturbances immunity requirements: limits established in order to ensure the normal
operation of telecommunication equipments, when these are subject to electromagnetic disturbances, either
conducted or radiated form, with intensity compatible with respective operation environments.

XXIII – Electromagnetic disturbances resistibility requirements: limits established in order to ensure the
normal operation of telecommunication equipments, after being subject to conducted electromagnetic
disturbances, whose intensity is compatible with respective operation environments.

XXIV - Fixed switched telephone service – STFC: it is the telecommunications service that through voice and
other signs transmission is intended to the communication between specific fixed points, using telephony
processes.

CHAPTER V

Application of this Regulation

Article 5 – The application of this Regulation shall comply with the following conditions:

I – The amount of equipments that constitutes the sample to be tested, the amount of power ports and
telecommunications ports to be tested by equipment, the acceptance criterion, as well as the configurations of
the equipment to be tested, should be defined in compliance with the Anatel regulation applicable.

II – Some tests of this Regulation require the accomplishment of operational evaluations of the equipment to
be certified. The description of this operational evaluation must be in compliance with the Anatel regulation
applicable.

III – The equipment to be certified should be tested during all the operation stages and with duration
compatible with the specificity of each product, according to respective regulation in force. The description of
these stages must be defined in compliance with the Anatel regulation applicable.

IV – In cases where details relevant to immunity electromagnetic or electromagnetic emission tests are not
described herein or in the specific regulation of the product, provisions described in references mentioned in
items X or XIV of article 2 can be used.

SECTION II

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES EMISSION REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER I

Specification of Electromagnetic Disturbances Emission Requirements

Article 6 – The provisions about emission of electromagnetic disturbances provided below are applied to the
equipments described in item I of article 3, considering the classification established in items V and VI of
article 4.

§1 – The emissions, from the power ports of the equipment to be certified should address the limits presented
in Table 1, for A class equipments, or Table 2, for B class equipments, based on the document referred in item
IX of article 2.

Table 1 – Limits of disturbance conducted in power ports for A class equipment.

Frequency Range Limits dB (µV)


MHz Almost peak Average

0.15 to 0.50 79 66

0.50 to 30 73 60

Table 2 – Limits of disturbance conducted in power ports for B class equipment.

Frequency Range Limits dB (µV)


MHz Almost peak Average

66 to 56 (the limit decreases lineally 56 to 46 (the limit decreases lineally


0.15 to 0.50
with the logarithm of the frequency) with the logarithm of the frequency)

0.50 to 5 56 46

5 to 30 60 50

§2 – The emissions radiated from the equipment to be certified should address the limits presented in Tables 3
and 4, based on the document referred in item IX of article 2. The approach on measurement uncertainty is
also described herein.

Table 3 – Limits for emission of disturbance radiated from A class equipments.

Frequency range Almost peak limits

MHz dB (µV/m)

30 to 230 40

230 to 1000 47

Table 4 – Limits for emission of disturbance radiated from B class equipments.

Frequency range Almost peak limits

MHz dB (µV/m)
30 to 230 30

230 to 1000 37

§3 – In tables 1, 2, 3 and 4, for the frequencies of transition of such ranges should be applied the limits of
smaller amount.

§ 4 – The radio-communication equipments, for the purposes of this requirement, are classified in:

(a) Equipments with integrated antenna.

(b) Equipments with antenna not integrated or removable.

§5 – To equipments described in items a and b, the requirements described in paragraph 1 are applied, and in
case there are no radiated spurious emission requirements described in specific regulation about the product,
also apply the requirements described in paragraph 2.

§6 – In the measurements of electromagnetic disturbances emission, the transmission exclusion range related
to the emission of radio-electric signs should be disregarded for the purposes of addressing the limits
described in paragraph 2.

CHAPTER II

Conditions to Verify the Requirements

Article 7 – The general conditions to verify the compliance with requirements should be in compliance with the
test procedures described in the document referred in item IX of article 2, including the approach related to
measurement uncertainty.

Sole Paragraph. When specific regulation of the product in subject provides configurations and operation
conditions applicable to the electromagnetic compatibility tests, these should be duly applied.

Article 8 – In addition, the following provisions should be complied, when applicable:

§1 - The measurement of the disturbances conducted in power ports should be accomplished using the
artificial mains network, as described in the document referred in item IX of article 2; however, in the
impossibility of using this device, due, for instance, to high current levels, the probes of voltage test as
specified in the document referred in item VIII of article 2 should be used.

§2 - In case of equipment with several telecommunications ports, the amount of ports and respective
configuration during tests shall address the provisions of document referred in item IX of article 2, and the
following conditions shall apply:

a) Only ports of the equipment that are permanently used should be included in the tests, excluding those
used for configuration of equipment, according to description of the equipment to be certified.

b) In the absence of provisions in specific regulation on the equipment to be certified and when several
subscribers’ lines exist, all of them should be tested during the test. In cases when the number of subscribers
is above 32, a minimum number of 32 (thirty two) subscribers will be accepted, chosen among the existent, to
be tested.

§3 – The cabling type used in the test shall be in compliance with the product specifications and shall be
referred in the test report.

§4 – If the equipment is intended to operate mounted in a cabinet, the test should be accomplished in this
configuration.

§5 – The test configuration should be recorded in the test report.

§6 – For power supply, converters, inverters and rectifiers used in the power supply of telecommunication
equipments, the tests of emissions performed in power ports should be accomplished in the input and output
(I/O) power ports.

§7 – When the equipment has several ports of distinct types of analogical or digital interface, unless otherwise
provided in specific regulation on the equipment to be certified, it should be tested at least one port of each
interface type.

§8 – For radio-communication equipments, the following conditions should be complied, when applicable:

a) During the measurement of radiated and conducted emissions, due the radio-communication equipment
transmitter, the transmission exclusion range shall be considered. This range depends on the frequency of the
fundamental and of the bandwidth required of the emission of such transmitter.

b) The exclusion range is not applied when the transmitter is configured in “stand by” mode or at the
measurement of emissions starting from receivers, amplifiers and other parts that do not have the function to
emit radio-electric signs.

c) In the absence of other specification, the transmission exclusion range to be considered during the tests of
electromagnetic disturbances emission is defined as being the range delimited by frequencies that are apart
from the fundamental emission frequency in ±250% of the separation between channels, or of the maximum
bandwidth of the emission of such transmitter, as provided in specific regulation about the product.

d) The equipments that use the radio-electric spectrum may have characteristics that require the manufacturer
to build-in software and / or special facilities that allow the execution of the tests. For instance, radio-
communication equipment of restricted radiation, classified as periodic operation device, needs some software
or hardware resource that allows obtaining a time of operation of the transmitter enough to execute the
measurement of the electromagnetic field intensity level emitted.

e) The equipment under test should be tested in order to represent its normal use.

f) The signal supply that may be eventually required to supply to the transmitter under test the modulation
signal should be located outside the environment test.

g) For removable antenna receivers or transmitters, the RF (radio-frequency) connection to establish the
communication link shall be performed in the antenna connector of the equipment using a transmission
shielded line as, for instance, a coaxial cable, taking care to avoid the effects of the common shield mode
currents on the test.

h) The measurements should be accomplished in the operation mode that produces the largest emission level
in the frequency range consistent with its normal application:

i) When the equipment has integrated antenna, the test should be accomplished with the antenna placed in its
typical use condition.

j) The transmitter radio-frequency signal output should be linked to a load with impedance characteristics
compatible with the antenna usually linked to the terminal.

l) During the test the power transmitted should be adjusted within the maximum admissible value under normal
operational condition of the equipment under certification.

SECTION III

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES IMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER I

Specification of Electromagnetic Disturbances Immunity Requirements

Article 9 – The provisions about electromagnetic immunity provided below refer to the equipments described in
item II of article 3 herein and for equipments that use the radio-electric spectrum and involving transmitters
and / or receivers, the tests involving radiated or conducted radio-frequency disturbances should consider the
exclusion range of the transmitter or receiver and the applicability of such test.

§1 – The equipment should be immune to fast electrical transients sequences with 5 kHz repetition frequency,
in compliance with the provisions described in the document referred in item IV of article 2, and shall address
the disturbance levels provided in Table 5.

Table 5 – Disturbance levels in the immunity test to fast electrical transients

Level (kV) Ports Tested


0.5 Telecommunication

1 Power (AC and DC)*

* AC - alternating current and DC –direct current

§1 – The equipment should be immune to radio-frequency disturbance applied in common mode in the power
and telecommunications ports, comprising a 80% sinusoidal signal modulated by a 1 kHz tone, in compliance
with the provisions described in the reference of item VI of article 2, in the frequency range between 150 kHz
and 80 MHz and with the levels adjusted based on the values specified in Table 6.

Table 6 – Signal adjustment levels in the immunity test to conducted radio-frequency disturbances.

Frequency range Disturbance adjustment level (V)

(MHz) Without modulation

0.15 to 80 3

§3 – The equipment should be immune to irradiated radio-frequency disturbances within the 80 MHz to 1 GHz
and 1.4 GHz to 2.0 GHz ranges. The characteristics of the disturbing signal, comprising a sinusoidal sign
modulated with a 1 kHz tone should comply with the provisions described in document referred in item III of
article 2, adopting the values specified in Table 7 below, to adjust the disturbing signal.

Table 7 – Signal adjustment levels in the immunity test to irradiated radio-frequency disturbances.

Disturbance adjustment level (V/m)


Frequency range
Without modulation

80 MHz to 1 000 MHz 3

1.4 GHz to 2.0 GHz 3

§4 – The equipment should be immune to electrostatics discharges with the characteristics described in
document referred in item II of article 2, adopting the levels specified in Table 8:

Table 8 – Disturbance levels in the immunity test to electrostatic discharges

Level (kV) Discharge application mode

6 Discharge by contact

8 Discharge by air

§5 – The equipment should be immune to surges whose characteristics address the provisions described in
document referred in item V of article 2, adopting the surge immunity test levels specified in Table 9.

Table 9 – Surge immunity test levels

Level (kV)
Application mode Ports Tested
Internal ports External ports

0.5 1.0 Ground line Telecommunication

1.0 Ground line AC power

2.0 Ground line AC power

Note: The surge immunity requirement is not applicable for DC power ports.

a) For shielded cables, the surges are directly applied in the shield

b) The surge immunity tests shall not be applied in internal ports for which the length of cable specified is
below 10 meters.
c) The internal data ports test for which there is no pulse coupling and uncoupling device whose mere
presence doesn't affect the appropriate operation of the port can be disregarded.

§6 – Equipments fed by power network shall be immune to reductions and interruptions of the network voltage,
in compliance with provisions described in the document referred in item VII of article 2, with the levels
specified in Table 10.

Table 10 – Immunity test levels to the reduction and interruption of the power network voltage

Percentage of voltage reduction Duration in periods (cycles)


Level
(%)

1 >95 0.5

2 30 30

3 >95 300

CHAPTER II

Conditions to Verify the Requirements

Article 10 - The equipment to be certified should be placed in a condition representing its normal operation
and, during the test, should present performance characteristics in compliance with the specification provided
in article 12, observing the following conditions, whenever applicable:

I – The immunity tests to conducted disturbances shall not be applied in ports whose cable connected to it
have length equal or below 03 meters.

II - In conducted and radiated RF disturbances immunity tests and of equipments using radio-electric
spectrum, the applicable exclusion range should be used.

III – Portable and movable equipments that, under normal use condition, can be used connected to the
batteries charger, should have the AC supply lines tested in terms of immunity to conducted disturbances.

IV – In cases when radio-communication equipments have characteristics that demand software and / or
special resources for the execution of the immunity tests described herein, the manufacturer is responsible for
supplying it.

V – The equipment to be certified should be tested in order to represent its normal use.

VI – Measures, as for instance, use of armored / shielded chamber and filters, should be taken to avoid effects
of the electromagnetic disturbances on the measurement equipment and auxiliary equipments installed
outside the test environment.

VII – The signal supply that may be eventually required to supply to the transmitter under test the modulation
signal should be located outside the environment test. Figures 1, 2 and 3 present examples of test
configuration for digital radio receiver and transmitter.

Local de ensaio Test site


Fora do local de ensaio Outside test site
saída Output
Receptor Receiver
Atenuador Attenuator (pad)
Transmissor Transmitter
Fonte de Sinal Signal supply
Equipamento de monitoração Monitoring equipment
Figure 1 – Receiver test assembly example

Local de ensaio Test site


Fora do local de ensaio Outside test site
Fonte de Sinal Signal supply
Atenuador Attenuator (pad)
Receptor Receiver
Equipamento de monitoração Monitoring equipment
Transmissor Transmitter
Entrada Input

Figure 2 – Transmitter test assembly example

Fora do local de ensaio Outside test site


Local de ensaio Test site
Atenuador Attenuator (pad)
Receptor Receiver
Equipamento de monitoração Monitoring equipment
Transmissor Transmitter
Entrada Input
Saída Output
Fonte de Sinal Signal supply
Atenuador Attenuator (pad)
Receptor Receiver
Transmissor Transmitter

Figure 3 – Transceiver test assembly example

VIII – For removable antenna receivers or transmitters, the RF (radio-frequency) connection to establish the
communication link shall be performed in the antenna connector of the equipment using a transmission
shielded line as, for instance, a coaxial cable.

IX – The sign level used to establish the communication link during the tests should be informed by the
manufacturer, and must be sufficiently above the maximum sensibility level of the receiver so that a quite
stable link is established before the application of electromagnetic disturbances. In the absence of another
provision and if applicable, a 30 dB level above the maximum sensibility level of the receiver can be adopted.

X – A transmission exclusion range as provided in item c, paragraph 8 of article 8 shall be adopted.

XI – In the absence of other provisions in specific regulation of the product, the reception exclusion range shall
be considered as the frequency range required for the operation of the equipment, extended, in each end of
the frequency, in 5% of the central range frequency value, or extended by a range enough for the disturbance
applied does not affect images frequencies.

XII – If in specific standards or regulations of the equipment under certification are described criteria different
from those adopted in items X and XI, these criteria should be adopted and provided with the results.

XIII – In the irradiated and conducted RF (radio-frequency) immunity disturbance tests, the disturbances in the
exclusion ranges frequencies shall not be applied.
XIV – Abnormalities in the performance of the receiver built-in a transceiver that happen during the immunity
test to RF’ discrete frequencies disturbance, can be of narrow band and, in this case, shall not be considered
as non-compliance. Concerning this type of response, the following procedure should be followed:

a) the frequency of the disturbing signal where the abnormality happened should be varied up and down for a
value equivalent to the double of the FI (intermediate frequency) bandwidth pass filter that precedes the
receiver demodulator, or of the product operation pass bandwidth, as specified by the manufacturer.

b) If in both new frequencies or if, in at least one of them, the product address the performance criterion
specified, the response will be considered of narrow band. In case this doesn't happen the test should be
performed again, varying the frequency of the disturbing signal using a value corresponding 2 ½ the pass
bands above mentioned.

c) If even so the product does not addresses the performance criterion specified, in at least one of the
resulting frequencies, the response will be considered of wide band, thus indicating a product non-compliance.

§1 – In case of inexistence of provisions in the specific regulation on the equipment to be certified, whenever
applicable, the following parameters should be verified in the evaluation of the equipment performance
characteristics:

a) indication of alarms;

b) possibility of establishing or interrupting connections;

c) error rate in digital interfaces;

d) “frame error rate” (FER)

e) in analogical or voice interfaces – differential signal level resulting from demodulation of radio-frequency
disturbance. In this case, in the absence of another provision, we adopt as limit the level of -40 dBm on an
impedance of 600 Ω (regardless of the real impedance used), selectively measured in 1 kHz, with the pass
band lower or equal to 100 Hz, being the line active and connected to the appropriate auxiliary equipment.

§2 – For radio-communication equipments, also consider, when applicable, the following characteristics:

a) the SINAD signal to noise ratio, for analogical and audio interfaces;

b) FER – frame error rate, for digital interfaces;

c) involuntary transmission or emission of radio-electric signals;

d) lack of occurrence of functionalities loss;

e) lack of occurrence of link losses;

f) in case of radio-frequency amplifiers, gain alterations should not be over 1 dB,

§3 – The test report shall describe the performance characteristics verified during the tests.
Article 11 – For the purposes of verifying if the electromagnetic immunity requirements of equipments are
being addressed, in the absence of provisions in specific regulation for the product, the following criteria are
defined, to be observed during the evaluation of the performance:

I – Criterion A – during the test, the equipment should work normally, addressing the technical specifications or
without changes in performance and characteristics appraised.

II – Criterion B – abnormalities in equipments performance will only be accepted at the time of disturbance
application. However, loss of link, alarms or loss of memorized data is not acceptable. After concluding the
disturbance application, the equipment should present the original operational conditions, in compliance with
its technical specifications.

III – Criterion C – abnormal operation of the equipment with loss of functionalities is accepted, during the tests
execution period; however, after concluding the tests, the equipment should present the original operational
conditions, automatically or due external intervention.

Article 12 – The verification of the electromagnetic immunity requirements, described in article 9, should
comply with the following provisions:

§1 – The immunity to fast electrical transients shall be verified, in compliance with the procedures presented in
document referred in item IV of article 2, adopting the B performance criterion defined in item II of article 11.

§2 – The immunity to radio-frequency disturbances, in power and telecommunication ports, shall be verified, in
compliance with the procedures presented in document referred in item VI of article 2, adopting the A
performance criterion defined in item I of article 11.

§3 – The immunity irradiated radio-frequency disturbances shall be verified, in compliance with the procedures
presented in document referred in item III of article 2, adopting the A performance criterion defined in item I of
article 11.

§4 – The equipment immunity to electrostatic discharges shall be verified, in compliance with the procedures
presented in document referred in item II of article 2, adopting the B performance criterion defined in item II of
article 11.

§5 – The equipment immunity to surges shall be verified, in compliance with the procedures presented in
document referred in item V of article 2, adopting the B performance criterion defined in item II of article 11.

§6 – The equipment immunity to AC power network voltage reductions and interruptions shall be verified, in
compliance with the procedures presented in document referred in item VII of article 2, adopting the B
performance criterion for level 1 as provided in Table 12 and criterion C, for the levels 2 and 3 described in the
same Table. Both criteria are defined in article 11.

SECTION IV

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES RESISTIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER I

Specification of Resistibility Requirements

Article 13 – The equipment to be certified should support the application of electromagnetic disturbances in
respective telecommunications and power ports, whose maximum intensities are specified below. After
concluding the disturbances, the equipment to be certified should present normal operation, in compliance with
its technical specifications.

§1 – The equipment to be certified should support the application of 1500 V peak electromagnetic
disturbances (open circuit voltage) in respective external telecommunications ports. These disturbances
should be generated by the generator described in article 16, paragraph 1, and applied according to the
conditions described in Articles 14 and 15. Example of external telecommunications port: metallic STFC pair
connection port.

§2 – The equipment to be certified should support the application of 1000 V peak electromagnetic
disturbances (open circuit voltage) in respective internal telecommunications ports (examples: Ethernet port
and CPCT extension). These disturbances should be generated by the generator described in article 16,
paragraph 2, and applied according to the conditions described in Articles 14 and 15.
§3 – The equipment to be certified should support the application of 600 V effective electromagnetic
disturbances (open circuit voltage) in respective external telecommunications ports. These disturbances
should be generated by the generator described in article 16, paragraph 3, and applied according to the
conditions described in Articles 14 and 15. Example of external telecommunications port: metallic STFC pair
connection port.

§4 – The equipment to be certified should support the application of electromagnetic disturbances in


respective external power ports. The open circuit voltage of the generator should be of 4000 V peak for the
disturbances applied in common mode and 2000 V peak for the disturbances applied in differential mode.
These disturbances should be generated by the generator described in article 16, paragraph 4, and applied
according to the conditions described in Articles 14 and 15.

§5 – The tolerances for the electromagnetic disturbances intensities are specified below.

a) Upper or lower 10% (ten percent) around the peak values specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this article.

b) Upper or lower 5% (five percent) around the effective values specified in paragraph 3 of this article.

CHAPTER II

Conditions to Verify the Requirements

Article 14 – For the purposes of verifying the resistibility requirements, the equipment to be certified should be
considered as a volume whose limits should be established by the supplier. All protection device located
inside the limit of this volume should be considered as fixed part of the equipment. As from the volume
corresponding to the equipment to be certified it is possible to identify:

I - external telecommunications ports (for instance, interface for STFC connection);

II – internal telecommunications ports (for instance, interface for local network connection);

III – power ports (for instance, power cord to connect with the power socket);

IV – a ground terminal.

§1 – When the equipment to be certified doesn't have a ground terminal, it should be placed on a metallic
board and this should be used as ground terminal.

§2 – The resistibility requirements should be verified while the equipment is under test in a chamber with
ambient temperature of (25 ± 3) °C and relative air humidity of (50 ± 20) %.

§3 – To verify the resistibility requirements, the equipment to be certified should be energized in its rated
voltage and to be tested in any and all mode of operation of significant duration (for instance, a
telecommunications port of a STFC equipment should be tested under closed and open link conditions).

§4 – At the time of the application of electromagnetic disturbances in ESC, some telecommunications ports
that are not being tested should be connected to reference ground using gas arresters or equivalent devices
(see Figures I.1 to I.4), as described below.

a) To verify the requirements described in article 13, paragraphs 1 and 3, the internal telecommunications
ports that are usually connected to long conductors (length larger than 10 meters) should be connected to the
ground reference using gas arresters or equivalent devices.

b) To verify the requirements described in article 13, paragraphs 2 and 4, the external telecommunications
ports should be connected to the ground reference using gas arresters or equivalent devices.

c) for ESC with several telecommunications ports, at least 4 (four) ports should be connected to the ground
reference using gas arresters or equivalent devices.

d) The gas arresters or equivalent devices mentioned in this paragraph should present slow trigger voltage
ramp between 200 V and 300 V.

e) After the test, the verification of ESC operation shall also cover the ports that were connected to the ground
reference using gas arresters or equivalent devices.

§5 – The application of the disturbances should be executed observing the following conditions:
a) For the disturbance specified in article 13, paragraph 1, 10 (ten) applications should be accomplished in
common mode (see Figure I.1) and 10 (ten) in differential mode (see Figure I.2), being 5 (five) applications in
positive polarity and 5 (five) in negative polarity. If applicable, for each polarity 3 (three) applications should be
accomplished with open link and 2 (two) applications with closed link.

b) For the disturbance specified in article 13, paragraph 2, 10 (ten) applications should be accomplished in
common mode (see Figure I.1), being 5 (five) applications in positive polarity and 5 (five) in negative polarity. If
applicable, for each polarity 3 (three) applications should be accomplished with open link and 2 (two)
applications with closed link.

c) For the disturbance specified in article 13, paragraph 3, 5 (five) applications shall be accomplished in
common mode (see Figure I.1) and 5 (five) in differential mode (see Figure I.2). If applicable, for each mode 3
(three) applications should be accomplished with open link and 2 (two) applications with closed link.

d) For the disturbance specified in article 13, paragraph 4, 10 (ten) applications should be accomplished in
common mode (see Figure I.3) and 10 (ten) in differential mode (see Figure I.4), being 5 (five) applications in
positive polarity and 5 (five) in negative polarity.

e) The interval between successive applications should be at least 1 (one) minute.

Article 15 – When applicable, ESC should be connected with the electromagnetic disturbances generator and
with the power source through coupling and uncoupling networks, respectively. The Figures I.1 to I.4 (Annex
I) exemplify the connection diagrams to accomplish the tests. The coupling and uncoupling networks shown in
Figures I.1 to I.4 shall not significantly change the power transferred from the generator to the ESC.

§1 – To verify the requirement specified in article 13, paragraph 1, the assembly of the test should address the
following requirements (see Figures I.1 and I.2):

a) The power source to connect to the port being tested, as well as the uncoupling network, should not be
grounded.

b) The electrical impedance measured using the uncoupling network input terminals (power source side),
considering that the output terminals are short-circuited, should be over to 600 Ω and below 800 Ω.

c) Considering that only the coupling network is connected to the generator, the open circuit voltage measured
in terminals that will be connected to ESC should address the requirements specified for the test (peak value,
rise time and fall time).

d) Considering that only the coupling network is connected to the generator, the ratio between the open circuit
voltage peak and of the short circuit current measured in the terminals that will be connected to ESC should
correspond to the impedance of the generator (27.5 Ω ± 10% between lines and ground), as provided in
Figure I.5.

§1 – To verify the requirement specified in article 13, paragraph 2, the assembly of the test should address the
following requirements:

a) The port being tested doesn't need to be energized.

b) Considering that only the coupling network is connected to the generator, the open circuit voltage measured
in terminals that will be connected to ESC should address the requirements specified for the test (peak value,
rise time and fall time).

c) Considering that only the coupling network is connected to the generator, the ratio between the open circuit
voltage peak and of the short circuit current measured in the terminals that will be connected to ESC should
correspond to the impedance of the generator (53 Ω ± 10% between lines and ground), as provided in Figure
I.6.

§3 – To verify the requirements described in article 13, paragraph 3, the assembly of the test should address
the following requirements:

a) The power source to connect to the port being tested, as well as the uncoupling network, should not be
grounded.

b) The electrical impedance measured using the uncoupling network input terminals (power source side),
considering that the output terminals are short-circuited, should be over to 600 Ω and below 800 Ω.
c) No coupling network shall be used.

d) The open circuit voltage measured in terminals that will be connected to ESC should address the
requirements specified for the test (effective value and duration).

e) The ratio between the open circuit voltage effective values and of the short circuit current measured in the
terminals that will be connected to ESC should correspond to the impedance of the generator, as specified in
article 16, paragraph 3, item b.

§4 – To verify the requirement specified in article 13, paragraph 4, the assembly of the test should address the
following requirements:

a) The capacity of uncoupling circuit current conduction should be compatible with the power of the equipment
to be tested.

b) Considering that only the coupling and uncoupling networks are connected to the generator, and the
uncoupling network input terminals are short-circuited to ground (electrical network side), the open circuit
voltage measured in terminals that will be connected to ESC should address the requirements specified for the
test (peak value, rise time and fall time).

c) Considering that only the coupling and uncoupling networks are connected to the generator, the open circuit
voltage measured in terminals that will be connected to ESC should address the requirements specified for the
test (peak value, rise time and fall time).

CHAPTER III

Electromagnetic Disturbances Generators

Article 16 – The electromagnetic disturbances generators are specified below, based on documents referred in
items XI and XII of article 2.

§1 – To verify the resistibility of the equipment to be certified, when subject to the electromagnetic
disturbances specified in article 13, paragraph 1, a generator shall be used, as defined in Figure I.5. This
generator, when in open circuit, shall generate an electromagnetic disturbance as an ‘impulsive voltage wave’,
with (10 ± 3) µs rise time and (700 ± 140) µs fall time.

§2 – To verify the resistibility of the equipment to be certified, when subject to the electromagnetic
disturbances specified in article 13, paragraph 2, a generator shall be used, as defined in Figure I.6. This
generator, when in open circuit, shall generate an electromagnetic disturbance as an ‘impulsive voltage wave’,
with (1.20 ± 0.36) µs rise time and (50 ± 10) µs fall time.

§3 – To verify the resistibility of the equipment to be certified, when subject to the electromagnetic
disturbances specified in article 13, paragraph 3, a generator shall be used, as defined in Figure I.7. This
generator shall generate an electromagnetic disturbance as ‘voltage wave’ (in open circuit) or ‘current’ (in short
circuit), described by sinusoidal waves with 60 Hz frequency. The following conditions should also be
observed:

a) the duration of the electromagnetic disturbance should be of (200 ± 30) ms;

b) the ratio between the effective values of the open circuit voltage and of the short circuit current should be
equal to (600 ± 60) Ω;

§4 – To verify the resistibility of the equipment to be certified, when subject to the electromagnetic
disturbances specified in article 13, paragraph 4, a generator shall be used that, when in open circuit, shall
generate an electromagnetic disturbance as an ‘impulsive voltage wave’, with (1.20 ± 0.36) µs rise time and
(50 ± 10) µs fall time. When in open circuit, this generator shall generate an electromagnetic disturbance as
an ‘impulsive current wave’, with (8.0 ± 1.6) µs rise time and (20 ± 4) µs fall time. The ratio between the open
circuit voltage peak values and of the short circuit current should be equal to (2.0 ± 0.2) Ω.

§5 – The rise time and the fall time of the electromagnetic disturbances are provided in the document referred
in item V of article 2.
ANNEX I

EXAMPLES OF DIAGRAMS AND GENERATORS FOR RESISTIBILITY TESTS

Power supply Fonte de energia elétrica


Port tested Porta submetida ao ensaio
Port not tested Porta não submetida ao ensaio
Equipment Equipamento
Uncoupling network Rede de desacoplamento
Coupling network Rede de acoplamento
Generator Gerador
Gas arrester Centelhador a gás
Figure I.1 – Diagram of the telecommunications port test assembly – common mode.

Power supply Fonte de energia elétrica


Port tested Porta submetida ao ensaio
Port not tested Porta não submetida ao ensaio
Equipment Equipamento
Uncoupling network Rede de desacoplamento
Coupling network Rede de acoplamento
Generator Gerador
Gas arrester Centelhador a gás

Figure I.2 – Diagram of the telecommunications port test assembly – diferencial mode. .
Electrical Network Rede elétrica
Port tested Porta submetida ao ensaio
Port not tested Porta não submetida ao ensaio
Equipment Equipamento
Uncoupling network Rede de desacoplamento
Coupling network Rede de acoplamento
Generator Gerador
Gas arrester Centelhador a gás

Figure I.3 – Diagram of the power port test assembly – common mode.
Electrical Network Rede elétrica
Power supply Fonte de energia elétrica
Port tested Porta submetida ao ensaio
Port not tested Porta não submetida ao ensaio
Equipment Equipamento
Uncoupling network Rede de desacoplamento
Coupling network Rede de acoplamento
Generator Gerador
Gas arrester Centelhador a gás

Figure I.4 – Diagram of the power port test assembly – differential mode.

Figure I.5 – Generator of electromagnetic disturbances of 10/700 µs.


Figure I.6 – Generator of electromagnetic disturbances of 1.2/50 µs (for 4-wire port, use 4 160 Ω resistors
instead of 02 80 Ω resistors).

Figure I.7 – Generator of industrial frequency electromagnetic disturbances.


ANNEX II

EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR GENERAL PUBLIC USE

II.1 The following equipments are examples of products intended to telecommunications users:

a) All equipments classified as Category I Telecommunications Products.

a) The equipments classified as Category II Telecommunications Products listed below:

– Restrict radiation equipment


– Earth station modem
– Transceiver with spectral diffusion
– Digital trunked transceiver – base
– Satellite SMM transceiver
– Rural base fixed transceiver
– MMDS transceiver – return
– Sound broadcasting auxiliary service transceiver
– Digital transceivers
– Fixed, mobile and portable transceivers – AM
– Fixed, mobile and portable transceivers – FM
– Drive-in theater transmitter
– Telecommand transmitter
– Digital transmitters
– Fixed, mobile and portable transmitters – AM
– Fixed, mobile and portable transmitters – FM
OBS.: This is just an illustrative list, and can be extended due the identification of other products that are
classifiable as Category II.

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