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M
Product Type
Released:  05/26/2015
Language
English
This essential industry standard provides descriptions and illustrations of electronic interconnect industry terminology to help users and their customers break down language barriers. Revision M contains over 220 new or revised terms, including new terminology for conformal coatings, potting and encapsulation processes, stencil design, statistical process control, and flexible printed board...
Document #:
Revision
K
Product Type
Released:  07/17/2013
Language
English
This essential industry standard provides descriptions and illustrations of electronic interconnect industry terminology to help users and their customers break down language barriers. Revision K contains more than 220 new or revised terms, including new terminology for thermal properties, etchback, assembly processing, hole drilling, and microvia technology. Also includes commonly used industry...

IPC-T-50 - Revision J - Standard Only

SUPERSEDED BY T-50K

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Revision
J
Product Type
Released:  10/18/2011
Language
English
This essential industry standard provides descriptions and illustrations of electronics interconnect industry terminology to help users and their customers break down language barriers. Revision J contains nearly 400 new or revised terms, including new terminology for chip scale and area array packaging, cable and wire harness technology, assembly processing, moisture sensitive components, and...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  04/30/2010
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard establishes the requirements for the documentation of electronic diagrams used as the foundation for defining the electrical interconnectivity of electronic products. The description pertains to either schematic diagrams, logic diagrams or Boolean truth tables and includes methodology for defining circuit flow, electrical or functional restrictions, or maintenance test procedures...

IPC-2591 - Version 1.7 - Standard Only

Connected Factory Exchange (CFX)

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1.7
Product Type
Released:  08/24/2023
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard establishes the requirements for the omnidirectional exchange of information between manufacturing processes and associated host systems for assembly manufacturing. This standard applies to communication between all executable processes in the manufacture of printed board assemblies, automated, semiautomated and manual, and is applicable to related mechanical assembly and...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  04/30/2010
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard establishes the generic requirements for a document set describing electronic products, and the methodology used for revision control and configuration management of the information. The generic descriptions apply to the entire document set and are used to define and maintain the electronic product. The methodology permits different grades of completeness of the documentation, as...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  04/30/2010
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard establishes the requirements for generation of electronic symbols used in the documentation of electronic diagrams that define the electrical interconnectivity of electronic products. The descriptions pertain to schematic symbols, logic symbols or Boolean truth tables required to define the circuit configuration. Where appropriate, the standard also includes methodology for defining...

IPC-TM-650 - Standard Only

Test Methods Manual

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Original Version
Product Type
Language
English
Current Revision
Contains over 150 industry approved test techniques and procedures for chemical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental tests on all forms of printed boards and connectors. New and updated test methods are available for download at https://www.ipc.org/test-methods.

IPC-1756 - Standard Only

Manufacturing Process Data Management

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Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  04/05/2010
Language
English
Current Revision
IPC-1756 establishes the requirements for exchanging manufacturing data between suppliers and customers for electrical and electronic products. IPC-1756 establishes 23 fields for declaration of manufacturing data supported by Scriba and other tools developed for use between users and suppliers. The type of manufacturing information includes sensitivity to moisture and high temperature, different...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  04/30/2010
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard establishes the requirements for the documentation of printed circuit board fabrication, and identifies the physical attributes and performance requirements of the unpopulated product. The descriptions apply to rigid, flexible, inorganic substrates or any combination thereof. The construction may be single, double, multilayered, or HDI technology and may include embedded (integrated)...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  03/18/2009
Language
English
Current Revision
Establishes mechanical drop and shock and test guidelines for assessing solder joint reliability of printed board assemblies from system to component level. This document addresses methods to define mechanical shock use-conditions, methods to define system level, system printed board level and component test board level testing that correlate to such use conditions and guidance on the use of...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  08/26/2015
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard establishes a Market Classification System and Level Classification System for printed electronics assemblies and provides a list of performance criteria and testing methods. It provides a standardized product category structure for designing and manufacturing printed electronics and assemblies which conform to industry-established performance metrics as determined by accepted...
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Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  08/02/2022
Language
English
Current Revision
The IPC/DAC-2552 standard was developed jointly with the Digital Association of China (DAC), with the purpose to use Model Based Definition (MBD) to realize efficient and high-quality digital design of board-level assembly, support electronic assembly virtual manufacturing, and enabling the digitalization from requirement to product realization for printed board assemblies. The IPC/DAC-2552...
Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  07/01/2003
Language
English
Current Revision
IPC-2501 establishes the governing semantics and an XML based syntax for shop floor communication between electronic assembly equipment and associated software applications. This standard outlines the communication architecture and supporting XML messages. The standard also describes a messaging interface that is based upon an architecture whereby a single logical middleware server (the Message...

IPC/HERMES-9852 - Version 1.5 - Standard Only

The Global Standard for Machine-to-Machine Communication in SMT Assembly

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Revision
1.5
Product Type
Released:  01/13/2023
Language
English
Current Revision
The IPC-HERMES-9852 is an open industry standard, developed by the Hermes Standard Initiative and approved by IPC. The IPC-HERMES-9852 provides a state-of-the-art communication protocol for machine-to-machine communication for surface-mount technology. Specifically, IPC-HERMES-9852, version 1.5 provides additional alignment with IPC-2591 (IPC-CFX). Used with IPC-2591, Connected Factory Exchange...
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Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  05/22/2012
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard addresses the industry need for exchange of information regarding the materials used to protect products during shipment between supply chain partners. This standard is one of several in the 175x series of standards that permits segmentation of declaration details based on the subject and scope of the declaration. This standard describes essential information exchange content with...

IPC-1753 - Standard with Amendment 1

Laboratory Report Standard

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Revision
Original Version
Released:  05/03/2018
Language
English
Current Revision
IPC 1753 WAM1 Laboratory Declaration Standard will allow for the electronic exchange of laboratory chemical analysis reports between supply chain members. Companies are being asked to provide laboratory analytic data to show compliance with the RoHS Directive and other customer requirements, such as halogen-free. This standard will allow for the expedited exchange of the necessary laboratory...

IPC/HERMES-9852 - Version 1.4 - Standard Only

The Global Standard for Machine-to-Machine Communication in SMT Assembly

Document #:
Revision
1.4
Product Type
Released:  04/13/2022
Language
English
Current Revision
The IPC-Hermes-9552 v. 1.4 is an open industry standard, developed by The Hermes Initiative and approved by IPC. The IPC-Hermes-9542 provide a state-of-the-art communication protocol for machine-to-machine communication for surface-mount technology (SMT). Specifically, IPC-HERMES-9852, version 1.4 provides additional alignment with IPC-2591 (IPC-CFX). Used with IPC-2591, Connected Factory Exchange...
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Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  10/12/2017
Language
English
Current Revision
The IPC-9505 standard provides details of test methodologies for cleaning chemistry compatibility with electronic assembly materials that replace those in MIL-STD-202 Method 215 for testing electronic and electrical components such as capacitors, resistors, transformers and inductors. The test methods can also be used, when applicable, to parts not covererd by military specifications or drawings

IPC-1753 - Standard Only

Laboratory Report Standard

Document #:
Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  01/31/2014
Language
English
Current Revision
IPC-1753 Laboratory Declaration Standard will allow for the electronic exchange of laboratory chemical analysis reports between supply chain members. Companies are being asked to provide laboratory analytic data to show compliance with the RoHS Directive and other customer requirements, such as halogen-free. This standard will allow for the expedited exchange of the necessary laboratory...
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Original Version
Product Type
Released:  01/15/2019
Language
English
Current Revision
The IPC/JEDEC-9301document is an effort to standardize and document some of the basic tenets of a typical Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model, as well as, to educate new designers (and in some cases even experienced designers) on the basic information and best practices that should be captured and provided to technical reviewers of the results of FEA data.
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Revision
Original Version
Product Type
Released:  07/01/2003
Language
English
Current Revision
Tackling PCB cleanliness is a tough job; residues on printed circuit boards are directly related to the reliability of the produced hardware and can result in serious failures if not known or monitored. But how do you measure "cleanliness"? How clean is "clean"? The IPC-5701 provides guidance into how these issues should be approached and specified in purchasing documents, addressing levels of...

IPC-9241 - Standard Only

Guidelines for Microsection Preparation

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Original Version
Product Type
Released:  01/13/2017
Language
English
Current Revision
This standard is intended as a guideline in the proper preparation of a metallographic sample (microsection) of a printed board. The finished microsection is used for evaluating the quality of the laminate system and plated structures (e.g. PTHs and vias). Microsection sample preparation is regarded by many as a highly developed skill. The guidelines in this standard discuss the many variables and...
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Original Version
Product Type
Released:  08/01/1985
Language
English
Current Revision
Defines a machine readable input format for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) drilling and routing machine tools used by the printed wiring board industry. The format may be used to transfer drilling and routing information between printed board designers, manufacturers and users or as the output CNC standard from converters that expand higher level design input such as IPC-D-350 data. Provides a...