RFI Ltd wins SAR test contract from Matsushita

Matsushita Communications Industrial UK (MCUK), the European design and manufacture centre for Panasonic mobile phones has placed a contract for SAR testing with Radio Frequency Investigation. (RFI).

Matsushita Communications Industrial UK (MCUK), the European design and manufacture centre for Panasonic mobile phones has placed a contract for SAR testing with Radio Frequency Investigation (RFI).

The contract, to run over a year, will demonstrate compliance of Panasonic mobile phones against internationally recognised emission standards.

Dennis Burns, MCUK's product review manager commented: "Independent accredited testing of our products is a powerful endorsement of our commitment to quality which is the foundation of our business and part of every one of our processes and procedures.

We have worked with RFI in the past for design testing.

Factors such as the ability to handle bulk testing, UKAS accreditation and test track record were important considerations in securing the contract".

Most regulatory and standards bodies around the world (FCC, EU, ACA, ICNIRP, ARIB, CENELEC) now require or recommend the testing of low power mobile telecomms equipment (MTE) for compliance with RF radiation safety standards.

All handheld or body-mounted MTE must be evaluated against human exposure standards, which set basic restrictions for the specific absorption rate (SAR) of RF energy by any part of the human body.

SAR is a dosimetric quantity and is defined as the rate at which RF energy is absorbed per unit mass.

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