substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
The exposure standard for the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC/IC is 1.6W/kg*. The SAR limit recommended by The Council of the European Union is 2.0W/kg**.
Tests for SAR are exempted due to the low transmit power of the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader. As per FCC 2003 TCB Training, no SAR evaluation is needed if the transmit power of a transceiver is below the low threshold of 60 / f (GHz) mW.
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*In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile devices used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over 1 gram of tissue for the body or head (4.0 W/kg averaged over 10 grams of tissue for the extremities - hands, wrists, ankles and feet). The standard incorporates a
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