Limits for the Protection of Radio Services

IEC 61000-6-4:2018 is also available as IEC 61000-6-4:2018 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.

IEC 61000-6-4:2018 for emission requirements applies to electrical and electronic equipment intended for use within the environment existing at industrial (see 3.1.12) locations. This document does not apply to equipment that fall within the scope of IEC 61000-6-3. The environments encompassed by this document cover both indoor and outdoor locations. Emission requirements in the frequency range 9 kHz to 400 GHz are covered in this document and have been selected to provide an adequate level of protection of radio reception in the defined electromagnetic environment. No measurement needs to be performed at frequencies where no requirement is specified. These requirements are considered essential to provide an adequate level of protection to radio services. Not all disturbance phenomena have been included for testing purposes but only those considered relevant for the equipment intended to operate within the environments included within this document. Requirements are specified for each port considered. This generic EMC emission standard is to be used where no applicable product or product-family EMC emission standard is available. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006 and Amendment 1:2010 This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) possible future requirements on DC ports;
b) possible future radiated polarity specific emission limits within a FAR;
c) the definition of which average detector is used for emission measurements at frequencies above 1GHz and that results using a peak detector are acceptable for all measurements;
d) the definition of different EUT test arrangements.

IEC 61000-6-3:2020 is a generic EMC emission standard applicable only if no relevant dedicated product or product family EMC emission standard has been published. This part of IEC 61000 for emission requirements applies to electrical and electronic equipment intended for use at residential (see 3.1.14) locations. This part of IEC 61000 also applies to electrical and electronic equipment intended for use at other locations that do not fall within the scope of IEC 61000-6-8 or IEC 61000-6-4. The intention is that all equipment used in the residential, commercial and light-industrial environments are covered by IEC 61000-6-3 or IEC 61000-6-8. If there is any doubt the requirements in IEC 61000-6-3 apply. The conducted and radiated emission requirements in the frequency range up to 400 GHz are considered essential and have been selected to provide an adequate level of protection of radio reception in the defined electromagnetic environment. Not all disturbance phenomena have been included for testing purposes but only those considered relevant for the equipment intended to operate within the locations included within this document. The emission requirements in this document are not intended to be applicable to the intentional transmissions and their harmonics from a radio transmitter as defined by the ITU. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006 and its Amendment 1:2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) alternative method for measuring conducted emissions on DC ports;
b) limits and requirements applicable only to equipment intended to be used in residential locations;
c) more stringent limits for DC power ports.
NOTE 1 Safety considerations are not covered by this document.
NOTE 2 In special cases, situations will arise where the levels specified in this document will not offer adequate protection; for example where a sensitive receiver is used in close proximity to an equipment. In these instances, special mitigation measures can be employed. NOTE 3 Disturbances generated in fault conditions of equipment are not covered by this document.
NOTE 4 As the requirements in this document are more stringent or equivalent to those requirements in IEC 61000-6-4 and IEC 61000-6-8, equipment fulfilling the requirements of this document comply with the requirements of IEC 61000-6-4 and IEC 61000-6-8.

CISPR TR 16-4-4:2007+AMD1:2017+AMD2:2020 contains a recommendation on how to deal with statistics of radio interference complaints. Furthermore it describes the calculation of limits for disturbance field strength and voltage for the measurement on a test site based on models for the distribution of disturbances by radiated and conducted coupling. This second edition of CISPR 16-4-4 contains two thoroughly updated Clauses 4 and 5, compared with its first edition. It also contains, in its new Annex A, values of the classical CISPR mains decoupling factor which were determined by measurements in real low-voltage AC mains grids in the 1960s respectively. This consolidated version consists of the second edition (2007), its amendment 1 (2017) and it amendment 2 (2020). Therefore, no need to order amendment in addition to this publication.

CISPR 16-2-5:2008(E) deals with in situ electromagnetic disturbance measurements in any environment from physically large equipment and systems excluding networks. It covers both radiated and conducted emission phenomena, and does not deal with immunity tests. This technical report is intended to be applied primarily to such physically large equipment which are not under the scope of any existing emission standards (as for example CISPR 11 and CISPR 22). It serves only as a guideline on how to deal with emissions of that equipment at the particular location of installation. It does not establish any emission requirements. Due to the severe impact of the conditions existing at a particular location of operation and the use of the respective large equipment, however, it is not intended to use the measurements in the frame of type testing. Reference in-situ measurement distances will be given. This allows comparison of the measurement results with limits from existing relevant standards. The frequency range under consideration is from 9 kHz to 18 GHz.

CISPR 16-2-5:2008(E) deals with in situ electromagnetic disturbance measurements in any environment from physically large equipment and systems excluding networks. It covers both radiated and conducted emission phenomena, and does not deal with immunity tests. This technical report is intended to be applied primarily to such physically large equipment which are not under the scope of any existing emission standards (as for example CISPR 11 and CISPR 22). It serves only as a guideline on how to deal with emissions of that equipment at the particular location of installation. It does not establish any emission requirements. Due to the severe impact of the conditions existing at a particular location of operation and the use of the respective large equipment, however, it is not intended to use the measurements in the frame of type testing. Reference in-situ measurement distances will be given. This allows comparison of the measurement results with limits from existing relevant standards. The frequency range under consideration is from 9 kHz to 18 GHz.

CISPR TR 16-4-4:2007+AMD1:2017+AMD2:2020 contains a recommendation on how to deal with statistics of radio interference complaints. Furthermore it describes the calculation of limits for disturbance field strength and voltage for the measurement on a test site based on models for the distribution of disturbances by radiated and conducted coupling. This second edition of CISPR 16-4-4 contains two thoroughly updated Clauses 4 and 5, compared with its first edition. It also contains, in its new Annex A, values of the classical CISPR mains decoupling factor which were determined by measurements in real low-voltage AC mains grids in the 1960s respectively. This consolidated version consists of the second edition (2007), its amendment 1 (2017) and it amendment 2 (2020). Therefore, no need to order amendment in addition to this publication.