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EMC Lab

Located at Cicor’s site in Angers, France, the EMC Lab provides accelerated EMC and radio compliance testing for a wide range of electronic products.

As a high-level certification laboratory, it supports rapid design validation and regulatory approval – from risk analysis to final qualification – and is fully integrated into Cicor’s global engineering network. The service operates independently of production and enables industry-leading turnaround times of just three weeks, compared to the typical six to eight weeks required by external labs.

An EMC expert supports each project through every development phase (from RFQ to qualification), helping to mitigate compliance risks early and avoid costly redesigns. By testing design improvements in advance, the lab also helps reduce the total cost of mass production.

Services  Equipment  Test Capabilities  Accreditation  Contact

Services

  • Regulatory assistance and risk analysis required for CE marking under the Radio Equipment, EMC, Low Voltage (BT), and ATEX directives. Support is also available for international markets, including the United States and Canada.
  • EMC testing for both emission and immunity performance, covering a wide range of sectors, including aerospace & defence, industrial electronics, and medical devices.
  • Radio testing for wireless technologies including LoRa, Sigfox, Bluetooth, RFID, and Wi-Fi.
  • Electrical safety testing, primarily according to EN 61010-1 (measuring and industrial devices), EN 62368-1 (AV and ICT equipment) and EN 60335-x (household appliances)
  • Annual regulatory production checks for ECE R10 automotive compliance.
  • Fast obsolescence qualification, enabling the validation of alternative components through test plan optimisation and internal testing.

Examples of regulatory strategy support include:

  • Optimising product family naming to reduce registration costs for FCC compliance in the United States.
  • Leveraging existing military or automotive test results to demonstrate conformity with CE marking requirements.
  • Selecting applicable standards for CE and automotive compliance of radio equipment used in multi-sector environments, such as devices operating in both trains and buses.

Examples of fast obsolescence qualification include:

  • When replacing components, Cicor experts update the risk analysis and repeat only the essential tests to confirm that compliance is maintained.
  • This targeted approach enables faster qualification of alternative parts, helping customers avoid delays and reduce testing costs.

Equipment

  • Full Anechoic Chamber (Faraday cage): 8.3 x 5.5 m, suitable for EMC and radio testing across a wide range of frequencies.
  • Reverberation Chamber with Mode Stirring (RCBM): Enables efficient high-field-strength testing for immunity validation.
  • Rohde & Schwarz ESW26 Receiver (26 GHz): Equipped with Time Domain Scan – up to 1,000× faster than conventional receivers.
  • Broadband antenna portfolio: Covers all required ranges from 10 kHz to 26 GHz.
  • High-power amplifiers: For immunity testing up to +600 V/m.
  • Pulse generators: For compliance with EN 61000-4-x and ISO 7637-x standards.
  • Dedicated free-space measurement site: For RFID performance testing.

Test Capabilities

  • EN 300 220: LoRa and other short-range devices
  • EN 300 330: RFID (125 kHz, 13.56 MHz)
  • EN 300 328: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices
  • EN 301 893: 5 GHz Wi-Fi
  • EN 55032 / EN 55035: Multimodal testing for AV/ICT equipment (incl. CISPR 16-2-1 and 16-2-3)
  • EN 61000-4-2 to -4-11: Full immunity test suite (incl. ESD, EFT, surge, radiated and conducted immunity)
  • EN 60601-1-2: Medical electrical equipment
  • EN 50121-3-2: Railway rolling stock
  • EN 301 489-x: Radio equipment
  • CISPR 25: Emission testing for electronic sub-assemblies (ESAs)
  • ISO 11452-x: RF immunity testing including Bulk Current Injection (BCI) up to 200 V/m
  • ISO 10605: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity
  • ISO 7637-x: Transient immunity for 12/24V systems
  • DO-160 (Sections 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25): Emissions, compass deviation, ESD, injected currents
  • AECTP-500 NRE02 / NCE0x: Radiated and conducted emissions (10 kHz–18 GHz)
  • AECTP-500 NCS07 / NRS02: Injected field and current immunity

Cicor supports cybersecurity compliance for connected radio products, including evaluation of:

  • Password and authentication systems
  • Vulnerability management
  • Update mechanisms
  • Security parameter handling
  • Encrypted communications
  • Secure user documentation

Accreditation

Cicor’s EMC Lab is COFRAC-accredited (Accreditation No. 1-7486) for EMC and radio testing. The scope of accreditation is available at www.cofrac.fr.

This accreditation guarantees the competence of the team, the quality of the equipment and the tests performed, as well as impartiality and confidentiality.

Contact us

Contact us to discuss your EMC, radio, or regulatory testing requirements with our laboratory specialists.

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