FCC is a mandatory requirement of the U.S. government and the Federal Communications Commission for testing and certification of electronic products imported into the United States. It is one of the necessary conditions for product access, customs clearance, and market spot checks;

Effective Date: The FCC was established in 1934.

Certificate Type: There are four types of FCC VOC, FCC DOC, FCC sDoC, and FCC ID.

sDoC is Self Declaration Of Conformity. Its purpose is to require suppliers in the United States (importers, manufacturers, or responsible agents) to conduct self-discipline, self-inspection for the products, and declare to consumers that they are in compliance with the requirements of the FCC in the United States and bears risks and responsibilities. In order to regulate the market, the FCC proposed in June 2017 to merge the two certifications of FCC VOC and FCC DOC into FCC sDoC; in November 2017, the FCC asked to begin to implement FCC sDoC, and the transition period are as follows

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Certification Type:
First Application for New Grant
Report (Class change, C1PC, C2PC, C3PC):
Class I, product changes do not affect the test results (EMC/RF/SAR), such as changes in appearance, color, adding models, changing label positions, etc.
Class II, product changes affect the test results (EMC/RF/SAR), such as reducing functional modules, changing product SAR evaluation categories (mobile to portable), changing antennas (limited to the same type, low antenna gain), and parts to be replaced not exceeding the original power RF components (such as filters), the software reduces the working frequency band, etc.; the motherboard re-layout and the modification of the control radio frequency parameters (such as recalibration of the transmit power level, etc.) are not in the Class II range.
Class III, only applicable to software radio (SDR) equipment.
※The change application cannot make multiple change applications. For example, the first change application is to change the antenna, and the second change application does not reduce the frequency band. Then the second change application requires a change application based on the original application.
Application for ID Change
For products that have been granted, change the FCC ID without retesting.
Module Certification
Module certification is to treat a highly integrated radio frequency module as a final product, which has passed FCC standard tests and data requirements to obtain FCC license (Grant). When the module is certified, the new product can integrate this certified module directly and tag the FCC ID label as “Contain FCC ID： XXXXXXX”

Testing Organization:
Lab refers to FCC Accredited Lab. Different Labs have different scopes.
CAB is responsible for reviewing the Lab and licensing its scope. CAB submits Lab data to FCC to obtain Accredited Lab qualification.
The FCC designated authorized CAB refers to the ISO 17025 audit organization recognized by the FCC, including:
NVLAP, A2LA, NASI, etc. in the U.S.
Or the official review organizations of countries and regions that have signed MAR certification mutual recognition with the United States (such as MIC of Japan, OFCA of Hong Kong in China and BSMI of Taiwan in China), NVLAP and A2LA can become the CAB institutions of that country or region;
Non-MRA areas must have both NVLAP and A2LA as CAB review agencies, such as China.

Issuing Organization:
FCC ID, the TCB authorized and approved by the FCC issues certificates on behalf of the FCC, and the scope of different TCBs is different.
DOC certificate, issued by Lab.
VER certificate, issued by Lab.
The sDoC certificate is issued by Lab, and the Supplier’s (importer, American manufacturer or local representative in the United States) Declaration of Conformity.

Validity of Certificate: If there is no need to add tests or replace certificates due to standard upgrades, the issued certificates will be permanently valid.

ISED also known as IC, is the abbreviation of former Industry Canada. Since 2016, its name changed to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). ISED is responsible for the Canadian market access of the E&E products. It also published the test specifications to control the products quality. The IC scope contains the broadcasting devices, IT devices, wireless devices and telecom devices etc.

Main Applied Regulations Are as Follows:

ICES-001: Industrial, Scientific and Medical Radio Frequency Generators for Industry, technology and medical radio transmitters

ICES-003: Interference-Causing Equipment Standards-Digital Apparatus for IT equipment, and PC peripheral products, etc.

RSS Series: Applicable to wireless products. RSS 132, RSS 133 and RSS 139 for honeycomb, RSS 247 for Bluetooth/Wi-Fi products, RSS 102 for radio frequency radiation

Certification Type:

First Application for New Grant

Report (Class change, C1PC, C2PC, C3PC, C4PC):

Class I, product changes do not affect the test results (EMC/RF/SAR), such as changes in appearance, color and replacement in label positions.

Class II, products changes affect the test result (RF/SAR) or PMN, or changed HVIN such as reducing functional modules, changing product SAR evaluation categories (mobile to portable), changing antennas (limited to the same type, low antenna gain), and parts to be replaced not exceeding the original power RF components (such as filters), reducing the working frequency band on the software, etc.

Class III, the firmware modification of the product will affect the RF characteristics of the product, or the firmware modification can enable the frequency band without hardware modification. The firmware modification of the product will affect the RF characteristic, or the firmware modification can enable the frequency band (without hardware modification). A unique firmware number FVIN is required.

Class IV, the certified module is integrated into the new host product, resulting in changes in the original reported RF emission performance or RF exposure assessment. Host marketing name should be submitted.

Application for ID Change

For products that have been granted, change the ISED number without retesting.

Module Certification

Module certification is to treat a highly integrated radio frequency module as a final product, which has passed ISED standard tests and data requirements to obtain ISED license (Grant). When the module is certified, the new product can integrate this certified module directly and tag the ISED ID label as “Contains IC: XXXXXX-YYYYYYYYYYY”

Testing Organization:

Lab refers to ISED Accredited Lab. Different Labs have different scopes.

CAB is responsible for reviewing the Lab and licensing its scope. CAB submits Lab data to ISED to obtain Accredited Lab qualification.

The ISED designated authorized CAB refers to the ISO 17025 audit organization recognized by the ISED, including:

NVLAP, A2LA, NASI, etc. in Canada

Or the official review organizations of countries and regions that have signed MAR certification mutual recognition with Canada (such as MIC of Japan, OFCA of Hong Kong in China and BSMI of Taiwan in China), NVLAP and A2LA can become the CAB institutions of that country or region;

Non-MRA areas must have both NVLAP and A2LA as CAB review agencies, such as China.

Issuing Organization:

IC certificate is issued by the FCB authorized and approved by the ISED on behalf of the ISED. Different FCBs have different Scopes.

Valid period of Certificate:

If there is no need to add tests or replace certificates due to standard upgrades, the issued certificates will be permanently valid.