Devices: Electromagnetic Compatibility
October 18, 2011 | Terry Sharrer
With an increasing number of WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, and wireless phone devices coming into the medical domain, problems related to electromagnetic compatibility are rising. Among those issues are radio channel characteristics, antenna and signal polarization, frequency bands, separation distances, and co-channel/adjacent channel interference. This piece gives wireless designers a heads up on what the FDA likely will be requiring in the near future. MORE