⚡ Methods of measuring radiated disturbances (disturbance field strength) in the range 9 kHz – 18 GHz — basic EMC standard PN-EN 55016-2-3 (CISPR 16-2-3)

Electronics and EMC PN-EN 55016-2-3

Overview

WHAT THE STANDARD COVERS. The scope from the PKN catalogue card, quoted in full: "This part of CISPR 16 specifies methods of measuring radiated disturbance phenomena in the frequency range 9 kHz to 18 GHz. Aspects of measurement uncertainty are specified in CISPR 16-4-1 and CISPR 16-4-2. NOTE In accordance with IEC Guide 107, CISPR 16-2-3 is a basic EMC publication for use by product committees of the IEC. As stated in Guide 107, product committees are responsible for determining the applicability of the EMC standard. CISPR and its sub-committees are prepared to co-operate with product committees in the evaluation of the value of particular EMC tests for specific products." (our translation of the Polish card). It is a method standard, not a product standard: the limits and the operating conditions of equipment are given by the product standards that cite it. Amendment A2 (card of PN-EN 55016-2-3:2017-06/A2:2024-03, in full): "Changes were made in Clause 2, subclauses 3.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.7.2.1, A.1, A.4.2, F.2.4 and in the Bibliography, and a new subclause 7.11 was added."

STATUS (state of the cards on 29 September 2026). The card of PN-EN 55016-2-3:2017-06 (English version) has no withdrawal note — the standard is CURRENT. Published 13-06-2017, 112 pages, PKN technical committee KT 104 (Electromagnetic Compatibility), ICS 33.100.01; "Introduces: EN 55016-2-3:2017 [IDT], CISPR 16-2-3:2016 [IDT]"; it supersedes the 2010 edition (English and Polish) with its amendments A1, A2, AC and Ap1. Amendment A2: published 12-03-2024, 18 pages, introduces EN 55016-2-3:2017/A2:2023 and CISPR 16-2-3:2016/AMD2:2023 [IDT]. The PKN search for "55016-2-3" (29 September 2026) also shows amendment A1:2020-01 and the 2010, 2007 and 2005 editions — the latter labelled "Wycofana" (withdrawn).

HOW MANY LABORATORIES AND IN WHAT FORM (copy of the accreditation scope database, data up to 17 September 2026, read on 28 September 2026). All records of number 55016-2-3: 28 entries at 15 laboratories. The form "PN-EN 55016-2-3:2017-06" — 14 laboratories, usually with amendment A1:2020-01, at AB 167 and AB 1604 also with A2:2024-03; "EN 55016-2-3:2017" without "PN" (with A1:2019 and A2:2023) — AB 053. The "Laboratories" tab searches for records BEGINNING with "PN-EN 55016-2-3" and will show 13 laboratories — checked with the tab query on the labcoda.pl production server on 29 September 2026: 13; under "EN 55016-2-3" — 2 (AB 001, AB 053); AB 1132 falls under no record (its document field begins with the defence standard NO-06-A500): our database merges two adjacent rows of its scope — in the PCA document (issue no. 18 of 12 December 2025) PN-EN 55016-2-3 stands at radiated emission 30 MHz – 6 GHz in a SAC chamber (with PN-EN 55022 and PN-EN 55032), and the defence standards in the next row, at the 10 kHz – 18 GHz measurement. Current scopes on the PCA website (read on 29 September 2026, issues from 24 October 2024 to 1 September 2026): all entries stand in the valid issues, every frequency range from the copy appears in the current document and no entry is suspended; AB 171 and AB 197 have footnotes in their scopes on the suspension of other entries, not these.

WHAT AND WHERE THEY MEASURE. Field strength of radiated disturbances: 30 MHz – 6 GHz — AB 001 (SAC chamber), AB 053 (anechoic chamber), AB 310, AB 1132 (military equipment, SAC chamber, 3 m), AB 1604 (measuring distance 3 m), AB 1925 (SAC chamber); 30 – 3000 MHz — AB 197 and AB 1765 (at AB 1765 a GTEM cell); 9 kHz – 6 GHz — AB 1555 (measuring apparatus); 0.0001 – 18 GHz and in situ — AB 261 (Katowice; in Białystok 0.0001 – 6 GHz); 9 kHz – 26.5 GHz — AB 666; 20 Hz – 40 GHz — AB 171; 30 MHz – 18 GHz by the ALSE method — AB 082 (electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles); AB 167 — magnetic field strength 9 kHz – 30 MHz in a SAC chamber for ISM equipment. Objects: household, industrial, scientific and medical, information technology, multimedia, railway and military equipment, vehicles and their components.

ALONGSIDE THIS STANDARD. The same entries contain (full list from the copy of the scope database, checked in the PCA documents): product standards that cite it as the method — PN-EN 55011 — 7 laboratories (AB 001, AB 167, AB 197, AB 310, AB 666, AB 1604, AB 1765; AB 053 in the EN version), PN-EN 55032 — 5 (AB 001, AB 666, AB 1132, AB 1604, AB 1765; AB 053 — EN, with ANSI C63.4-2014 clause 8), the withdrawn PN-EN 55022 — AB 197, AB 666, AB 1132 (AB 053 — EN), PN-EN IEC 55014-1 — AB 001, AB 666, AB 1765 (AB 053 — EN), PN-EN 55025 — AB 082 and AB 666, PN-EN 55012 — AB 666, PN-EN 61000-6-4 (also in the IEC edition) — AB 295 and AB 310, PN-EN IEC 61000-6-3 — AB 295, PN-EN 50561-1:2013 — AB 197 ("only clause 7") and AB 666, PN-EN 50121-2 and PN-EN 50121-3-1 — AB 666, PN-EN 60601-1-2 — AB 666, PN-E-05118:1977 with amendment Az1:2008 — AB 666, the defence standard NO-06-A500:2012 — AB 666; basic standards — PN-EN 55016-2-1 (AB 171, AB 295, AB 1604), PN-EN 55016-2-2:2011 (AB 171, AB 295) and PN-EN 61000-4-20:2022-11 (AB 1765, GTEM cell), and at AB 171, in a collective entry, also PN-EN 61000-3-2, -3-3, -3-11 and -3-12; at AB 082 (ALSE method, vehicles and machines), next to PN-EN 55025 — PN-EN 15194:2018-01, PN-EN 12895+A1:2019-12, PN-EN ISO 14982:2009, PN-EN 50498:2011, PN-EN ISO 13766-1:2018 and the TL 81000 requirements. The defence standards of AB 1132 (NO-06-A500, MIL-STD 461, AECTP-500) stand in its scope in a different row from this standard (see above). PN-EN IEC 55014-1 and PN-EN 55016-2-1 (conducted disturbances) have separate entries in this knowledge base, as does PN-EN 55032.

WHAT WE DO NOT GIVE. We did not have the text of the standard — PKN sells it (112 pages). We do not give the test sites (OATS, SAC, FAR, GTEM), the measuring distances, the site validation requirements, the measurement procedures or the content of amendments A1 and A2 beyond the list of changed clauses.

Method principle

According to the card, the basic standard specifies methods of measuring radiated disturbances in the range 9 kHz – 18 GHz and refers to CISPR 16-4-1 and 16-4-2 for measurement uncertainty; the limits and test conditions are given by the product standards that cite it. In accreditation scopes laboratories use it to measure the disturbance field strength — usually 30 MHz – 6 GHz, in an anechoic chamber or GTEM cell, and vehicles by the ALSE method. We DO NOT GIVE the procedures and test sites — we did not have the text of the standard.

Applications

• Radiated emission measurements of electrical and electronic products — as the method for product standards (PN-EN 55011, PN-EN 55032, PN-EN IEC 55014-1 and others); 15 laboratories
• Vehicles and their components — AB 082 (ALSE method, 30 MHz – 18 GHz); military equipment — AB 1132 (30 MHz – 6 GHz, SAC chamber)

Key parameters

Standard

Standard number

PN-EN 55016-2-3:2017-06 (wersja angielska; wprowadza EN 55016-2-3:2017 i CISPR 16-2-3:2016 [IDT]) ze zmianami A1:2020-01 i A2:2024-03

Title (PL)

Wymagania dotyczące aparatury pomiarowej i metod pomiaru zaburzeń radioelektrycznych oraz odporności na zaburzenia — Część 2-3: Metody pomiaru zaburzeń i badania odporności — Pomiary zaburzeń promieniowanych

Title (EN)

Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and methods — Part 2-3: Methods of measurement of disturbances and immunity — Radiated disturbance measurements

Step-by-step procedure

1. Status of the document

   PKN card: PN-EN 55016-2-3:2017-06 is current, with amendments A1:2020-01 and A2:2024-03 (state of the cards on 29 September 2026).

2. Product standard

   The limits, operating conditions and configuration of the equipment under test are given by the product standard (e.g. PN-EN 55011, PN-EN 55032, PN-EN IEC 55014-1).

3. Measurement

   Measurement of the field strength of radiated disturbances by the method of the basic standard — in the scopes in a SAC, a GTEM cell or by the ALSE method; procedure NOT GIVEN.

4. Uncertainty

   According to CISPR 16-4-1 and 16-4-2 (card).

Required equipment and apparatus

Health and safety (OHS)

• The equipment under test operates under voltage; the safety rules of the station apply in measuring chambers
• NOTE ON SUBSTANCE: this is a method standard — state the product standard when ordering a test; the laboratory's frequency range (usually up to 6 GHz) may be narrower than the 18 GHz of the standard

Frequently asked questions