Specific Absorption Rate Test Systems
TÜV Rheinland EPS B.V. is the only accredited test site for SAR-testing in the Netherlands and can perform these test according to international standards on for instance: GSM, DECT, WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth,PDA and many other products. The facility of TÜV Rheinland EPS is also available for engineering R&D and scientific research purposes. For instance it could assist you in developing antenna’s for ie. Laptop PC’s or GSM phones.
Compliance
Regulatory and standards bodies around the world (FCC, EU, ACA, ICNIRP) now require or recommend the testing of low power mobile telecoms equipment (MTE) for compliance with RF radiation safety standards. All handheld or bodymounted MTE’s 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. In the USA, Europe, Australia and other countries, the scope of the SAR evaluation includes devices such as GSM, CDMA, DECT, PDA and some wireless (WLAN) devices.
SAR
The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is a dosimetric quantity, defined as the rate at which RF energy is absorbed per unit mass. All over the world, regulations and guidelines are in force to limit human exposure to RF energy. FCC OET bulletin 65, IEEE Std. 1528 and the new IEC 62209 describe the test method and systems in detail. The SAR measurement system of TÜV Rheinland EPS B.V. complies with all these standards.
SAR Test Services are offered to manufacturers, network operators and other bodies. Confidence, development and conformance testing is carried out to EU (including the new CENELEC EN 62209-1 standard and EN 50361 standard), US, Canadian and Australian standards and specifications. We also track and offer testing to other world-wide test standards as they emerge.
Test capability
Test Platform:
SARA2 (manufactured by IndexSAR)
Range of frequencies:
450 MHz to 5.8 GHz
Typical product types:
• Mobile phones
• Notebooks
• Micro Base stations
• Body worn beltpacks
• PDAs
• PTT radios
• Antennas (single and multi-band)
• Cordless telephones
• VOIP
