IEC 60601-1-2

The EN/IEC 60601-1-2 standard describes how EMC tests are performed on medical electrical equipment

The exact title of this standard is: "IEC 60601-1-2: Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests"

This review is based on the IEC 60601-1-2:2014/A1:2020 version.

For a lot of the requirements, this standard is referring to other IEC standards. Some of these referenced standards are:

• IEC 61000-3-2
• IEC 61000-3-3
• IEC 61000-4-2
• IEC 61000-4-3
• IEC 61000-4-4
• IEC 61000-4-5
• IEC 61000-4-6
• IEC 61000-4-8
• IEC 61000-4-11
• IEC 61000-4-39

In section 8.11, it is described that the magnetic field close proximity test as described in IEC 61000-4-39 only needs to be performed on 3 frequencies (30 kHz, 134.2 kHz and 13.56 MHz)

Links

• IEC 60601-1-2

ElectroMagnetic Compatibility

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