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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.......................................................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 6
1 Scope.............................................................................................................................................. 7
2 Normative references..................................................................................................................... 8
3 Terms and definitions..................................................................................................................... 8
4 Reference environmental conditions........................................................................................... 14
5 Performance specifications........................................................................................................... 14
5.1 General................................................................................................................................ 14
5.2 Adjustments at the calibration check frequency..............................................................17
5.3 Corrections to indicated levels..........................................................................................17
5.3.1 General................................................................................................................... 17
5.3.2 Reflections and diffraction....................................................................................17
5.3.3 Windscreens........................................................................................................... 18
5.3.4 Format for correction data....................................................................................18
5.3.5 Corrections for use during periodic testing.........................................................19
5.4 Directional response........................................................................................................... 19
5.5 Frequency weightings......................................................................................................... 20
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Self-generated noise.......................................................................................................... 24
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5.13 C-weighted peak sound level............................................................................................ 27
5.14 Stability during continuous operation................................................................................28
5.15 High-level stability............................................................................................................... 28
5.16 Reset................................................................................................................................... 29
5.17 Thresholds........................................................................................................................... 29
5.18 Display................................................................................................................................. 29
5.19 Analogue or digital output................................................................................................. 29
5.20 Timing facilities................................................................................................................... 30
5.21 Radio frequency emissions and disturbances to a public power supply......................30
5.22 Crosstalk.............................................................................................................................. 31
5.23 Power supply...................................................................................................................... 31
6 Environmental, electrostatic, and radio-frequency requirements.............................................32
6.1 General................................................................................................................................ 32
6.2 Static pressure.................................................................................................................... 32
6.3 Air temperature.................................................................................................................... 32
6.4 Humidity............................................................................................................................... 33
6.5 Electrostatic discharge....................................................................................................... 33
6.6 A.C. power-frequency and radio-frequency fields...........................................................33
6.7 Mechanical vibration........................................................................................................... 34
7 Provision for use with auxiliary devices.....................................................................................35
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Instruction Manual........................................................................................................................ 35
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9.1General................................................................................................................................ 35
9.2Information for operation.................................................................................................... 36
9.2.1 General................................................................................................................... 36
9.2.2 Design features...................................................................................................... 36
9.2.3 Power supply......................................................................................................... 37
9.2.4 Adjustments at the calibration check frequency.................................................37
9.2.5 Corrections to indicated levels.............................................................................37
9.2.6 Operating the sound level meter.........................................................................37
9.2.7 Accessories............................................................................................................ 38
9.2.8 Influence of variations in environmental conditions...........................................38
9.3 Information for testing........................................................................................................ 39
Annex A (informative) Relationship between tolerance interval, corresponding
acceptance interval and the maximum-permitted uncertainty of measurement......................41
Annex B (normative) Maximum-permitted uncertainties of measurement.....................................42
Annex C (informative) Example assessments of conformance to specifications of this
standard......................................................................................................................................... 44
Annex D (normative) Frequencies at fractional-octave intervals...................................................47
Annex E (normative) Analytical expressions for frequency-weightings C, A, and Z...................49

Figure 1 – Principal steps involved in forming a time-weighted sound level.................................10

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Figure C.1 – Examples of assessment of conformance...................................................................46
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Table 2 – Acceptance limits for deviations of directional response from the design goal...........20
Table 3 – Frequency weightings and acceptance limits..................................................................22
Table 4 – Reference 4 kHz toneburst responses and acceptance limits.......................................25
Table 5 – Reference differences for C-weighted peak sound levels and acceptance
limits...................................................................................................................................................... 28
Table 6 – Limits for conducted disturbance to the voltage of a public supply of electric
power.................................................................................................................................................... 31
Table B.1 – Maximum-permitted uncertainties of measurement for a coverage
probability of 95 %.............................................................................................................................. 42
Table C.1 – Examples of assessment of conformance....................................................................45
Table D.1 – Frequencies at one-third-octave intervals....................................................................47
Table D.2 – Frequencies at one-sixth-octave intervals....................................................................48
Table D.3 – Frequencies at one-twelfth-octave intervals................................................................48
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FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61672-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 29,
Electroacoustics, in cooperation with the International Organization of Legal Metrology
(OIML).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2002. This second
edition constitutes a technical revision.

The main technical changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows:

In this second edition, conformance to specifications is demonstrated when:

a) measured deviations from design goals do not exceed the applicable acceptance limits,
and
b) the uncertainty of measurement does not exceed the corresponding maximum-permitted
uncertainty, with both uncertainties determined for a coverage probability of 95 %.
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The text of this second edition is based on that of the first edition and the following
documents:

FDIS Report on voting

29/812/FDIS 29/823/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

A list of all parts of the IEC 61672 series, published under the general title Electroacoustics –
Sound level meters, can be found on the IEC website.

The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
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For assessments of conformance to performance specifications, this second edition of

IEC 61672-1 uses different criteria than were used for the 2002 first edition.

In the period from 1961 to 1985, International Standards for sound level meters did not
provide any requirements or recommendations to account for the uncertainty of measurement
in assessments of conformance to specifications.

This absence of requirements or recommendations to account for uncertainty of measurement

created ambiguity in determinations of conformance to specifications for situations where a
measured deviation from a design goal was close to a limit of the allowed deviation. If
conformance was determined based on whether a measured deviation did or did not exceed
the limits, the end-user of the sound level meter incurred the risk that the true deviation from
a design goal exceeded the limits.

To remove this ambiguity, IEC Technical Committee 29, at its meeting in 1996, adopted a
policy to account for measurement uncertainty in assessments of conformance in International
Standards that it prepares.

The first edition (2002) of IEC 61672-1 accounted for measurement uncertainty by giving two
explicit criteria for determining conformance to the specifications. The two criteria were (a)
that measured deviations from design goals, extended by the expanded uncertainty of
measurement, do no t
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allowances for design and manufacturing from the 1979 and 1985 International Standards for
sound level meters by the applicable maximum-permitted expanded uncertainties of
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This second edition of IEC 61672-1 uses an amended criterion for assessing conformance to
a specification. Conformance is demonstrated when (a) measured deviations from design
goals do not exceed the applicable acceptance limits and (b) the uncertainty of measurement
does not exceed the corresponding maximum-permitted uncertainty. Acceptance limits are
analogous to the allowances for design and manufacturing implied in the first edition (2002) of
IEC 61672-1. Actual and maximum-permitted uncertainties are determined for a coverage
probability of 95 %. The amended criterion for assessing conformance does not necessitate
any change to the design of a sound level meter in order to conform to the specifications of
this International Standard.

The maximum-permitted uncertainties of measurement are not equivalent to the uncertainties

associated with the measurement of a sound level. The uncertainty of a measured sound level
is evaluated from the anticipated deviations of the electroacoustical performance of the sound
level meter from the relevant design goals as well as estimates of the uncertainties
associated with the specific measurement situation. Unless more-specific information is
available, the evaluation of the contribution of a specific sound level meter to a total
measurement uncertainty can be based on the acceptance limits and maximum-permitted
uncertainties specified in this standard.
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Part 1: Specifications

1 Scope

This part of IEC 61672 gives electroacoustical performance specifications for three kinds of
sound measuring instruments:

 a time-weighting sound level meter that measures exponential-time-weighted, frequency-

weighted sound levels;
 an integrating-averaging sound level meter that measures time-averaged, frequency-
weighted sound levels; and
 an integrating sound level meter that measures frequency-weighted sound exposure
levels.

Sound level meters conforming to the requirements of this standard have a specified
frequency response for sound incident on the microphone from one principal direction in an

acoustic free field or s u cc es siv ely fr om ra nd om dir ecti on s.

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Two performance categories, class 1 and class 2, are specified in this standard. In general,
specifications for class 1 and class 2 sound level meters have the same design goals and
differ mainly in the acceptance limits and the range of operational temperature. Acceptance
limits for class 2 are greater than, or equal to, those for class 1.

This standard is applicable to a range of designs for sound level meters. A sound level meter
may be a self-contained hand-held instrument with an attached microphone and a built-in
display device. A sound level meter may be comprised of separate components in one or
more enclosures and may be capable of displaying a variety of acoustical signal levels. Sound
level meters may include extensive analogue or digital signal processing, separately or in
combination, with multiple analogue and digital outputs. Sound level meters may include
general-purpose computers, recorders, printers, and other devices that form a necessary part
of the complete instrument.

Sound level meters may be designed for use with an operator present or for automatic and
continuous measurements of sound level without an operator present. Specifications in this
standard for the response to sound waves apply without an operator present in the sound
field.
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2 Normative references

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.

IEC 60942, Electroacoustics – Sound calibrators

IEC 61000-4-2:2008, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-2: Testing and

measurement techniques – Electrostatic discharge immunity test

IEC 61000-6-2:2005, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 6-2: Generic standards –

Immunity for industrial environments

IEC 61094-6, Measurement microphones – Part 6: Electrostatic actuators for determination of

frequency response

IEC 61183, Electroacoustics – Random-incidence and diffuse-field calibration of sound level

meters

IEC 62585, Electroacoustics – Methods to determine corrections to obtain the free-field

response of a sound level meter
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CISPR 16-1-1:2010, Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus
and methods – Part 1-1: Radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus – Measuring
apparatus 2
Amendment 1:2010

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC Guide 98-4,
ISO/IEC Guide 99, and IEC 61000-6-2, as well as the following apply.

NOTE All quantities are expressed in SI units.

3.1
sound pressure
difference between an instantaneous total pressure and the corresponding static pressure

Note 1 to entry: Sound pressure is expressed in pascals (Pa).

3.2
sound pressure level
ten times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the time-mean-square of a sound-
pressure signal to the square of the reference value

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Note 1 to entry: Sound pressure level is expressed in decibels (dB).
Note 2 to entry: The reference value is 20 Pa.

3.3
frequency weighting
difference, as a specified function of frequency, between the level of the frequency-weighted
signal indicated on the display device and the corresponding level of a constant-amplitude
sinusoidal input signal

Note 1 to entry: Level difference is expressed in decibels (dB).

3.4
time weighting
exponential function of time, of a specified time constant, that weights the square of a sound-
pressure signal

3.5
sound level
frequency-weighted sound pressure level
level with time weighting or time averaging of the square of a frequency-weighted sound-
pressure signal

Note 1 to entry: Sound level is expressed in decibels (dB).

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time t can be represented by
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the integral, to the time of observation t;
– pA() is the A-weighted instantaneous sound-pressure signal; and
– p0 is the reference value of 20 Pa.

Note 4 to entry: The sketch in Figure 1 illustrates the process indicated by Equation (1).

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Figure 1 – Principal steps involved in forming a time-weighted sound level

3.7
maximum time-weighted sound level
greatest time-weighted sound level within a stated time interval

Note 1 to entry: Maximum time-weighted sound level is expressed in decibels (dB).

Note 2 to entry: Example letter symbols for maximum time-weighted sound level are LAFmax, LASmax, LCFmax, and
LCSmax for frequency weightings A and C and time weightings F and S.

3.8
peak sound pressure
greatest sound pressure (positive or negative) during a stated time interval

Note 1 to entry: Peak sound pressure is expressed in pascals (Pa).

Note 2 to entry: A peak sound pressure can arise from a positive or negative instantaneous sound pressure.

3.9
peak sound level
ten times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the square of a frequency-weighted peak
sound-pressure signal to the square of the reference value

Note 1 to entry: Peak sound level is expressed in decibels (dB).

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Note 2 to entry: The refer e nce v alue is 20 Pa .

3.10
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Note 1 to entry: Time-averaged or equivalent continuous sound level is expressed in decibels (dB).

Note 2 to entry: In symbols and as an example, time-averaged, A-weighted sound level LAeq,T,is given by
 1/ T t p 2  d 
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dB p
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where
–  is a dummy variable of time integration over the averaging time interval ending at the time of observation t;
– T is the averaging time interval;
– pA() is the A-weighted sound-pressure signal; and
– p0 is the reference value of 20 Pa.

Note 3 to entry: In principle, time weighting is not involved in a determination of time-averaged sound level.

3.11
sound exposure
time integral of the square of a frequency-weighted sound-pressure signal over a stated time
interval or event of stated duration

Note 1 to entry: Duration of integration is included implicitly in the time integral and is not always reported
explicitly, although it is useful to state the nature of the event. For measurements of sound exposure over a
specified time interval, duration of integration is usually reported and indicated by a suitable subscript to the letter
symbol, for example as EA,1h.

Note 2 to entry: In symbols and as an example, A-weighted sound exposure EA, T is represented by
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t2
E  p 2 (t)dt
(3)
A,T t 1
A

where p2 (t is the square of the A-weighted sound-pressure signal during integration time T starting at t1 and
)
A
ending at t2.

Note 3 to entry: The unit of sound exposure is pascal-squared seconds (Pa2s) if sound pressure is in pascals and
running time is in seconds.

Note 4 to entry: For applications such as measurement of exposure to noise in the workplace, sound exposure in
pascal-squared hours is more convenient than pascal-squared seconds.

3.12
sound exposure level
ten times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of a sound exposure to the reference value

Note 1 to entry: Sound exposure level is expressed in decibels (dB).

Note 2 to entry: In symbols and as an example, A-weighted sound exposure level LAE,T is related to the
corresponding time-averaged, A-weighted sound level LAeq, T by
 p 2 t dt 
t2

t A   EA,T  T 
L
1 AE,T
 10 lg  dBdB  10 lg   dB  LAeq,T  10 lg   (4)
2
 p 00  E0   T0 
 T 
where
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2
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1 2
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3.13
microphone
electroacoustic transducer by which electrical signals are obtained from acoustic oscillations

[SOURCE: IEC 60050-801:1994, definition 801-26-01]

3.14
microphone reference point
point specified on, or close to, the microphone to describe the position of the microphone

Note 1 to entry: The microphone reference point can be at the centre of the diaphragm of the microphone.

3.15
reference direction
inward direction toward the microphone reference point and specified for determining the
directional response and frequency weighting of a sound level meter
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Note 1 to entry: The reference direction can be specified with respect to an axis of symmetry.
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3.16
sound-incidence angle
angle between the reference direction and a line between the acoustic centre of a sound
source and the microphone reference point

Note 1 to entry: Sound-incidence angle is expressed in degrees.

3.17
relative directional response
for any frequency weighting and at any frequency of incident sinusoidal sounds, and in a
specified plane containing the principal axis of the microphone, sound level indicated at a
given sound-incidence angle minus the sound level indicated for sound at the same frequency
from the same source and incident from the reference direction

Note 1 to entry: Relative directional response is expressed in decibels.

3.18
directivity factor
for a sound level meter, a measure of the deviation from an ideal directional response with
equal sensitivity at all possible angles of sound incidence on the microphone

Note 1 to entry: Directivity factor is non-dimensional.

3.19
directivity index
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time-averaged sound level present at the position of the microphone reference point for the
sound level meter and from the same sound source but in the absence of the sound level
meter

Note 1 to entry: Relative frequency-weighted free-field response is expressed in decibels (dB).

Note 2 to entry: Relative frequency-weighted free-field response is called free-field sensitivity level in IEC 61183.

3.21
relative frequency-weighted random-incidence response
for a given frequency, time-averaged, frequency-weighted sound level indicated by a sound
level meter in response to random-incidence sound minus the time-averaged sound pressure
level present at the position of the microphone reference point for the sound level meter and
from the same sound source but in the absence of the sound level meter

Note 1 to entry: Relative frequency-weighted random-incidence response is expressed in decibels (dB).

Note 2 to entry: Relative frequency-weighted random-incidence response is called random-incidence sensitivity

level in IEC 61183.

3.22
level range
range of nominal sound levels measured for a particular setting of the controls of a sound
level meter

Note 1 to entry: Level range is expressed in decibels (dB), for example, the 50 dB to 110 dB range.
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3.23
reference sound pressure level
sound pressure level specified for testing the electroacoustic performance of a sound level
meter

Note 1 to entry: Reference sound pressure level is expressed in decibels (dB).

3.24
reference level range
level range specified for testing the electroacoustic characteristics of a sound level meter and
containing the reference sound pressure level

Note 1 to entry: Reference level range is expressed in decibels (dB), for example, the 50 dB to 110 dB range.

3.25
calibration check frequency
nominal frequency of the sinusoidal sound pressure produced by a sound calibrator

3.26
level linearity deviation
at a stated frequency, an indicated signal level minus the anticipated signal level

Note 1 to entry: Level linearity deviation is expressed in decibels (dB).

3.27
linear operating rang e i Teh STANDARD PREVIEW
on any level range and at a stated frequency, the range of sound levels over which level
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Note 1 to entry: Linear operating range is e x p r e s s e d in d e c ib e ls (dB).

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range of A-weighted sound levels, in response to sinusoidal signals, from the smallest sound
level, on the most-sensitive level range, to the greatest sound level, on the least-sensitive
level range, that can be measured without indication of overload or under-range and without
exceeding the acceptance limits specified in this standard for level linearity deviation

Note 1 to entry: Total range is expressed in decibels (dB).

3.29
toneburst
one or more complete cycles of a sinusoidal electrical signal starting and stopping at a zero
crossing of the waveform

3.30
toneburst response
maximum time-weighted sound level, or sound exposure level, measured in response to a
toneburst minus the corresponding measured sound level of the steady input signal from
which the toneburst was extracted

Note 1 to entry: Toneburst response is expressed in decibels (dB).

3.31
reference orientation
orientation of a sound level meter for tests to demonstrate conformance to the specifications
of this standard for emissions of, and immunity to the effects of exposure to, radio-frequency
fields