The RoHS Reference Center, from Electronic Design, is designed to provide electronic design engineers with lead free information they need to specify or
purchase lead free electronic components in compliance with the Restrictions on Hazardous Substances directive - commonly known as the lead-free directive. The substances
covered by the RoHS Directive are scientifically well researched and evaluated
and have been subject to different measures both at community and at national level. Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic
equipment put on the market does not contain lead ("lead free"), mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
WHAT'S NEW
Your Next Environmental Design Challenge? Eco-Design
Much of the industry is still focused on becoming RoHS-compliant by July 1, 2006, but it's not just the government that is calling for environmentally conscious products. How companies are stepping up their Eco-Design programs to conform to the new regulations and meet the growing demand for greener goods.
Archived Web Seminar: RoHS/WEEE -- The Manager's Role, Part II
Is the industry ready to comply with the RoHS and WEEE directives? Several surveys suggest it is not. While there's still a great deal of work to be done on the technical side, corporate-level and engineering managers are still wrestling with cost, communications, and supply-chain issues that come with meeting the RoHS requirements. Join us for our second Web seminar that looks at the manager's role in the transition to RoHS compliance. We will identify and explore the decisions that must be made by industry managers. View today!
The European Union (EU) is about to restrict the use of environmentally hazardous materials in electronic components and systems.
Under the EU's Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, literally hundreds of thousands of products currently produced and marketed
by industry companies could become obsolete, forcing semiconductor and other electronics manufacturers to determine what products they will have
to re-design to remove certain toxic materials. Companies not in compliance would not be able to sell their products into EU countries.
Example Question: Can you identify at least three of the six substances specified in the RoHS directive from this list of materials (check three)?
How much do you know about the EU's RoHS? One way to find out is to take Electronic Design's pop quiz on this extremely important development for the
global electronics industry.
Electronic Design's Guide To New International Environmental Laws
New Hazardous Materials Directives Coming Out Of Europe, Japan, And China Will Have A Major Impact On The Global Electronics Industry.
Is The Industry Prepared? What Are The Issues? Minefield Or Opportunity? How Is The Industry Responding?
The 25 counties of the European Union, including its 10 new Eastern European member countries, as well as Japan, and China, are about to
restrict the use of environmentally hazardous materials in electronic components and systems.
This will have a huge impact on the industry --- all chip and equipment manufacturers and distributors doing business internationally
must comply with these new directives.
MEMS Mic Goes Digital
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Debuting as Akustica’s first digital microphone, the AKU2002C employs patented CMOS MEMS technology whereby both transducer and electronics reside on a single chip in a CMOS wafer. It is an omni-directional microphone in a 3.76- by 4.72-mm package and has pin and footprint compatibility with earlier generations of the AKU2002. Additionally, the component is leadfree, surface mountable, RoHS compliant, and is automated pick-and-place compatible. Available first quarter 2009
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SMT Connectors Support 1-mm Pitch Board, Cable-To-Board Apps
connector system is fully compatible with lead-free solder profiles. Standard sizes include dual row...ED News Staff
Groomed for 1-mm pitch micro board-to-board and flex cable-to-board applications, the Mezza-pede SMT connectors sport a mated height of 4 mm and are suitable for mezzanine board applications where z-axis space is a constraint. The connectors employ a patented pin and lead frame... of greater than 1 A at 80ºC.
An over-molded lead frame seals the surface-mount pins to prevent
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Improvements in IC mold compounds and Die Attach materials have enabled improved Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL)
classifications at higher temperatures. As an example, a 48 pin HPQFP that had been MSL classified at 5a (24 hour floor
life) for 235 Degree C reflow has now successfully passed MSL3 (168 hours floor life) for 260 Degree reflow...
Materials and Controls have been identified to improve the MSL performance of PowerPAD packages from ~ MSL5a @ 235 C
to ~ MSL3 @ 260 C for TI's S_PQFP-G packages (48 pin PHP& 64 pin PAP). This performance level now meets the customer's
requirement, and is achieved using Lead(Pb)-Free, NiPdAu leadframes. This MSL rating includes thermal path testing...
Texas Instruments (TI) has recently taken proactive steps to introduce its package options as "Green," including its
Quad Flat No-lead (QFN) packages. The QFN packages are near-chip-scale plastic encapsulated packages that use
conventional copper lead frame technology, without peripherally protruding leads, within their construction...
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Publications
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STMicroelectronics | Lead-free Conversion Program
Ecopack is the name given to Lead-free devices and Lead-free packages from STMicroelectronics.
Lead-free devices are described inside an internal specification defining :
- their caracteristics : lead-free connections coating... solder for inner packages soldering, FritSealing glass) It means that Lead-free power packages are containing Lead Solder for attachment of IC to dissipators. see certificate of compliance to RoHSSimilar pages
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STMicroelectronics | Lead-free Conversion Program
with the European Directive 2002/95 on Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances and have a Lead-free... packaging
Lead-free solutions
Quality & Reliability
- Compatibility...
- Whiskers on Lead-free
plating
- Whiskers testing reality
or fiction ?
- Pure tin plating..., lead frames, substrates, etc. We also provide upon request compliance certificates to our customers... to Ecopack grades: ECOPACK or ECOPACK1: Initial grade to identify European RoHS compliant products
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STMicroelectronics | Lead-free Conversion Program
with the European Directive 2002/95 on Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances and have a Lead-free... packaging
Lead-free solutions
Quality & Reliability
- Compatibility...
- Whiskers on Lead-free
plating
- Whiskers testing reality
or fiction ?
- Pure tin plating..., lead frames, substrates, etc. We also provide upon request compliance certificates to our customers... to Ecopack grades: ECOPACK or ECOPACK1: Initial grade to identify European RoHS compliant products
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has announced the release of a new surface-mount aluminum capacitor series designed to provide capacitance values up to 680 µF and reliability at high temperatures up to 125° C. The new 140 CRH RoHS-compliant SMD alu ...
Datakey Electronics, Inc., a manufacturer of rugged, re-programmable memory Keys and Tokens, has announced that all of their standard catalog products are available in RoHS-compliant models. RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) is a Europea ...
Lantronix, Inc. announced the addition of 802.11b/g wireless capabilities to its popular WiPort embedded 802.11 networking module. This new WiPort is the first embedded RoHS-compliant device server to provide serial-to-wireless, or, Ethernet-to- ...
Is The Industry Prepared?
