UL Solutions - Fremont, CA EMC and Wireless Laboratory
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Fremont, California, United States
+1 510-319-413547173 Benicia Street, Fremont, California, 94538, United States
About
UL Solutions' Fremont laboratory on Benicia Street sits in the southern East Bay within reach of most of Silicon Valley's hardware engineering, and it is the broadest of UL's North American radio sites in terms of markets served from one address. It holds recognitions for the FCC, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the Radio Equipment Directive and CE marking, Mexico's NOM scheme, Korea through the Radio Research Agency and the Korea Communications Commission, Japan through VCCI, Vietnam under QCVN and TCVN, Taiwan through both the National Communications Commission and the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, and Singapore through the Infocomm Media Development Authority - and it operates as a Telecommunication Certification Body and EU Notified Body, so certificates issue from the same engagement as the measurements. Alongside the electromagnetic compatibility set of emissions, immunity, harmonics and flicker, and radiofrequency and specific absorption rate testing, two capabilities mark it out. The first is protocol and interoperability testing: Bluetooth Qualification, Matter and Thread, which are conformance programmes a product needs in addition to regulatory approval before it can carry those logos, and which most EMC laboratories do not run. The second is chipset and component-level testing, letting a silicon vendor characterise a radio module before it reaches a product design. The site also has a portable dynamometer and does electric vehicle system testing, with multiple chambers and dedicated workspaces, though UL's own page for automotive EMC accreditation in the United States points to its Novi, Michigan site rather than this one. Wireless coverage spans Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, NFC and cellular. Note that UL's page spells the street Benica; the correct spelling is Benicia. Specialisations are Bluetooth, Matter and Thread protocol qualification, chipset and component testing, EV systems, and Asian and Pacific market access.
Accreditations
| Accreditation |
|---|
| ISO/IEC 17025 |
| FCC Listed |
| FCC Certified |
| ISED (Canada) |
| EMC Directive 2014/30/EU |
| Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU |
| KCC (Korea) |
| VCCI (Japan) |
| BSMI (Taiwan) |
| IMDA (Singapore) |
Testing Services
| Test Type | Applicable Standards |
|---|---|
| Radiated Emissions | CISPR 11, CISPR 32, CISPR 14-1, CISPR 15, CISPR 25, FCC Part 15B, FCC Part 15C, FCC Part 18, ANSI C63.4, ICES-003, EN 55032, EN 55011, CNS 13438, CNS 15936, QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT |
| Conducted Emissions | CISPR 11, CISPR 32, CISPR 14-1, CISPR 15, CISPR 25, FCC Part 15B, FCC Part 18, ANSI C63.4, ICES-003, EN 55032, EN 55011, CNS 13438 |
| Radiated Immunity | IEC 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-3, CISPR 35, EN 55035, EN 55014-2, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2, ISO 11452-2, EN 60601-1-2 |
| Conducted Immunity | IEC 61000-4-6, EN 61000-4-6, CISPR 35, EN 55035, EN 55014-2, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2, ISO 11452-4 |
| Conducted Susceptibility | ISO 7637-2, ISO 11452-4, IEC 61000-4-6 |
| ESD | IEC 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-2, ISO 10605, ANSI C63.16 |
| EFT/Burst | IEC 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-4 |
| Surge Immunity | IEC 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4-5 |
| Harmonics & Flicker | IEC 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-2, IEC 61000-3-3, EN 61000-3-3 |
| Voltage Dips/Interrupts | IEC 61000-4-11, EN 61000-4-11 |
| Power Frequency Magnetic Field | IEC 61000-4-8, EN 61000-4-8 |
| Pre-Compliance Testing | ANSI C63.4, CISPR 32, CISPR 25, IEC 61000-4-3, FCC Part 15B |
| SAR Testing | IEEE 1528, IEC 62209-1528, FCC KDB 447498, RSS-102, EN 62209-1, EN 62209-2, EN 50566, IEC 62311 |
| Radio Equipment Testing | FCC Part 15.247, FCC Part 15.407, FCC Part 15.231, FCC Part 22, FCC Part 24, FCC Part 27, ANSI C63.10, RSS-247, RSS-210, RSS-GEN, ETSI EN 300 328, ETSI EN 301 893, ETSI EN 300 330, ETSI EN 301 489-1, ETSI EN 301 489-17, ETSI EN 303 645, CNS 15936, QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT |
| RFID Assessment | ETSI EN 300 330, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 15693, ISO/IEC 18092, FCC Part 15.225 |
| Wireless Coexistence | ANSI C63.27, IEEE 802.15.2, AAMI TIR69 |
| Automotive Component EMC | CISPR 25, ISO 11452-2, ISO 11452-4, ISO 7637-2, ISO 10605, UN-ECE R10 |
| Automotive Vehicle-Level EMC | CISPR 12, ISO 11451-2, UN-ECE R10, SAE J551-1 |
| Medical Device EMC | IEC 60601-1-2, EN 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-1-11 |
| Product Safety | UL 62368-1, IEC 62368-1, UL 60335-1, IEC 60335-1, UL 61010-1, IEC 61010-1, UL 1598, IEC 60598-1, IEC 60601-1, UL 2594 |
Certifications / Marks
| Certification |
|---|
| FCC |
| ISED |
| CE |
| UKCA |
| NOM (Mexico) |
| KCC |
| VCCI |
| BSMI |
| Taiwan NCC |
| IMDA |
| Vietnam QCVN / TCVN |
| Bluetooth Qualification (BQC) |
| Matter |
| Thread |
| Telecommunication Certification Body (TCB) certificates |
| EU Notified Body certificates |
Industries Served
| Industry |
|---|
| Consumer Electronics |
| Radio & Wireless |
| Telecommunications |
| Information Technology |
| Automotive |
| Medical Devices |
| Industrial Equipment |
| Household Appliances |
| Lighting Products |
Major Equipment
| Equipment |
|---|
| Multiple EMC and wireless chambers |
| Portable dynamometer |
| Electric vehicle (EV) system test set-up |
| SAR measurement system |
| Bluetooth Qualification (BQC) test bed |
| Matter and Thread protocol conformance test beds |
| Chipset and component-level RF characterisation bench |
| EMI receiver |
| Spectrum analyser |
| LISN |
| CDN |
| ESD simulator |
| EFT/burst generator |
| Surge generator |
| Harmonics and flicker analyser |
| RF power amplifiers and immunity antennas |
| Wireless test equipment for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, NFC and cellular |
| Dedicated customer workspaces |
| TCB and Notified Body certification review process |
