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CISPR 25 is an EMC standard for the measurement of radio disturbance characteristics for the protection of receivers used onboard vehicles of the frequency range from 150 kHz to 2 GHz. The vehicles include automobiles and boats powered by internal combustion engines. CISPR 25 also includes devices powered by internal combustion engines, but not necessarily for the transport of people such as compressors, DC generators, garden equipment, etc. This standard sets the limits intended to provide protection for receivers installed in a vehicle from disturbances produced by components/modules in the same vehicle.
CISPR 25 consists of two parts, The first part includes a full vehicle or system test in which the antennas mounted on the vehicle measure the noise generated by the different electric and electronic systems of the same vehicle. The other part of the standard covers the test methods for the measurement of disturbances from components and modules independent of the vehicle. The standard also covers the requirements of the test chambers required for the radiation tests of the vehicles.
CISPR 25 was first released in the year 1995. The standard has been revised with new editions over the years.
Year | Publication | Edition | Description |
1995 | CISPR 25:1995 | 1.0 | This was the premiere edition. This edition laid down the test procedures and limits intended to provide provisional control of vehicle-radiated emissions, as well as component/module conducted/radiated emissions of long and short duration. |
2002 | CISPR 25:2002 | 2.0 | This edition covered the maximum permissible disturbance voltage at the receiver end of the vehicle antenna transmission line in the frequency range of 150 kHz to 1000 MHz. |
2008 | CISPR 25:2008 | 3.0 | This edition extended its frequency range for the measurement of radio disturbances from 150 kHz to 1000 MHz to 150 kHz to 2 500 MHz. It also included several types of receivers such as GPS and Bluetooth. Among other changes, the addition of required measurements with both an average detector and a peak or quasi-peak detector was also included in this edition. |
2016 | CISPR 25:2016 | 4.0 | This edition included limits of disturbances for the charging mode for electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in electric vehicles. It also added test methods for shielded power supply systems for high voltages for electric and hybrid electric vehicles. |
2021 | CISPR 25:2021 | 5.0 | This is the latest valid edition. The 5th edition has expanded its receivers’ category significantly with some new additions such as Wi-fi, V2X, navigation, etc. It has also included new frequency bands to match the technological developments with the overall improvement in the standard. |
CISPR 25 has specified the permissible electromagnetic noise level in the test area must be 6 dB lower than the lowest level being measured. Such values can only be achieved if the test environment is free from external RF interference. An RF shielded room is hence used to keep protect the equipment under test (EUT) from external RF signals so that the EUT would be the dominant source of any radiated noise.
CISPR 25 has also specified several guidelines for the layout and dimensions of the anechoic chamber. It has also defined the minimum width of the reference ground plane (bench) for radiated emissions to be 1000 mm, the minimum length of the ground plane for radiated emissions to be 2000 mm, or the length needed to support the entire EUT plus 200 mm, whichever is larger.
According to the CISPR 25 standard, the width of the chamber is determined by the length of the absorber material with a one-meter space left between the bench and the tips of the absorbing material.
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