Acoustics Emissions; Electromagnetic Immunity - Seagate DB35.4 Product Manual

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Acoustics emissions

Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its referenced standards. Testing is
conducted at room temperature (approximately 25 degrees C). Emission levels are reported as the total
A-weighted sound power levels for, steady state, idle and active (seek) modes of operations.
Table 3: Drive A-weighted Sound Power Levels (SWL, BA)
Idle[1]
2.5 bels (typ)
250 GB model
2.8 bels (max)
[1] During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may
increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs)
Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this pro-
cess is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses the lower limit for the threshold curve* to
discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone
ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards.
* Defined as the median curve given by ISO 389-7 (Tf curve) minus 10dB at all frequencies.
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Electromagnetic immunity

When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in
performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table:
Table 4: Radio frequency environments
Test Description
Electrostatic Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; Air: ± 8 kV
discharge
Radiated RF 80 to 1,000 MHz, 3 V/m,
immunity 80% AM with 1 kHz sine
900 MHz, 3 V/m, 50% pulse modulation @ 200 Hz
Electrical fast ± 1 kV on AC mains, ± 0.5 kV on external I/O
transient
Surge immunity ± 1 kV differential, ± 2 kV common, AC mains
Conducted RF 150 kHz to 80 MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1 kHz sine A
immunity
Voltage dips, 0% open, 5 seconds
interrupts 0% short, 5 seconds
40%, 0.10 seconds
70%, 0.01 seconds
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C
CE seek profile
2.6 bels (typ)
2.8 bels (max)
Performance level
B
A
B
B
C
C
C
B
Reference standard
EN 61000-4-2: 95
EN 61000-4-3: 96
ENV 50204: 95
EN 61000-4-4: 95
EN 61000-4-5: 95
EN 61000-4-6: 97
EN 61000-4-11: 94
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