Review of progress with EMC-related functional safety

Developments in electronic technologies encourage the wide use of electronics, and there is a rapidly increasing use of mobile and portable radiocommunications. As a consequence, it is increasingly likely that errors in - and misoperation of - electronic devices due to inadequate EMC could increase the health and safety risks to users and third parties, and could also increase the risks of damage to property, liability claims and financial loss. A number of initiatives are presently underway to address the serious shortcomings in the way current regulations and standards address EMC-related functional safety - this paper briefly describes some of the developments.