RFI Global Services Ltd (RFI)  has announced the expansion of its Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) test facility. This significant investment extends RFI’s scope and capacity to meet the increase in global legislation with respect to product certification and approvals for RF and other electronic devices. SAR measurements indicate the amount of radio-frequency energy absorbed into biological tissue from a transmitting source. They are vital in helping manufacturers to comply with the essential ‘safety’ requirements under the R&TTE Directive. The new standards add to the requirements of the existing published standard EN50392, by defining compliance more specifically. RFI is now able to meet the stringent testing requirements for manufacturers of more than just mobile telephone handsets. A wider range of products to include private mobile radio, medical devices, base stations and microwave equipment can now be accommodated. R&D customers, will be able to benefit from RFI’s latest investment which includes a new range of custom-made flat basin, torso, full body and head phantoms. RFI now also offers the capability to carry out testing over a wider frequency range, spanning low frequencies from 450MHz up to the wireless LAN bands (5.2-5.8GHz).
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