EN 61076-1:2006

SLOVENSKI SIST EN 61076-1:2006

STANDARD
oct 2006
Konektorji za elektronsko opremo – Zahteve za izdelek – 1. del: Rodovna
specifikacija (IEC 61076-1:2006)
Connectors for electronic equipment – Product requirements – Part 1: Generic
specification (IEC 61076-1:2006)
ICS 31.220.10 Referenčna številka
©  Standard je založil in izdal Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje ali kopiranje celote ali delov tega dokumenta ni dovoljeno

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61076-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 31.220.10 Supersedes EN 61076-1:1995 + A1:1996 + A2:2001

English version
Connectors for electronic equipment -
Product requirements
Part 1: Generic specification
(IEC 61076-1:2006)
Connecteurs pour équipements Steckverbinder für elektronische
électroniques - Einrichtungen -
Exigences de produit Produktanforderungen
Partie 1: Spécification générique Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation
(CEI 61076-1:2006) (IEC 61076-1:2006)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2006-05-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2006 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 61076-1:2006 E
Foreword
The text of document 48B/1621/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61076-1, prepared by SC 48B, Connectors,
of IEC TC 48, Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment, was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61076-1 on
2006-05-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61076-1:1995 + A1:1996 + A2:2001.
This Standard is to be used in conjunction with EN 62197-1:2006.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-02-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-05-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
__________
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61076-1:2006 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
__________
- 3 - EN 61076-1:2006
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

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

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60050-581 1978 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 581: Electromechanical components
for electronic equipment
1)
IEC 60068-1 1988 Environmental testing - EN 60068-1 1994
+ corr. October 1988 Part 1: General and guidance

IEC 60512 Series Connectors for electronic equipment - Tests EN 60512 Series
and measurements
IEC 60664-1 (mod) 1992 Insulation coordination for equipment within
+ A1 2000 low-voltage systems -
+ A2 2002 Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests
EN 60664-1 2003
IEC 62197-1 2006 Connectors for electronic equipment - Quality EN 62197-1 2006
assessment requirements -
Part 1: Generic specification
IEC/TR 62225 2001 Guidance on terms for connectors and - -
mechanical structures in electronic equipment

IEC Guide 109 2003 Environmental aspects - Inclusion in - -
electrotechnical product standards

ISO 129-1 2004 Technical drawings - Indication of dimensions - -
and tolerances -
Part 1: General principles
ISO 286-1 1988 ISO system of limits and fits - EN 20286-1 1993
Part 1: Bases of tolerances, deviations and
fits
ISO 286-2 1988 ISO system of limits and fits - EN 20286-2 1993
Part 2: Tables of standard tolerance grades
and limit deviations for holes and shafts

ISO 1000 1992 SI units and recommendations for the use of - -
their multiples and of certain other units

ISO 1101 2004 Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) -- EN ISO 1101 2005
Geometrical tolerancing -- Tolerances of
form, orientation, location and run-out

1)
EN 60068-1 includes A1 to IEC 60068-1

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO 1302 2002 Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) - EN ISO 1302 2002
Indication of surface texture in technical
product documentation
NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE
IEC
61076-1
INTERNATIONAL
Deuxième édition
STANDARD
Second edition
2006-04
Connecteurs pour équipements électroniques –
Exigences de produit –
Partie 1:
Spécification générique
Connectors for electronic equipment –
Product requirements –
Part 1:
Generic specification
 IEC 2006 Droits de reproduction réservés  Copyright - all rights reserved
Aucune partie de cette publication ne peut être reproduite ni No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any
utilisée sous quelque forme que ce soit et par aucun procédé, form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
électronique ou mécanique, y compris la photocopie et les photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from
microfilms, sans l'accord écrit de l'éditeur. the publisher.
International Electrotechnical Commission, 3, rue de Varembé, PO Box 131, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 919 02 11 Telefax: +41 22 919 03 00 E-mail: inmail@iec.ch Web: www.iec.ch
CODE PRIX
S
PRICE CODE
Commission Electrotechnique Internationale
International Electrotechnical Commission
МеждународнаяЭлектротехническаяКомиссия
Pour prix, voir catalogue en vigueur
For price, see current catalogue

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 3 –
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5
INTRODUCTION.9

1 General .19
1.1 Scope.19
1.2 General considerations relating to specifications .19
1.3 Normative references .21
1.4 Performance characteristics .23
2 Technical information .27
2.1 Terms and definitions .27
2.2 System of levels .27
2.3 Classification into climatic categories .31
2.4 Clearance and creepage distances.31
2.5 Current-carrying capacity .31
2.6 IEC type designation .31
2.7 Marking .31
3 Dimensional information .33
3.1 Drawings and dimensions.33
3.2 System of lettering .33
3.3 Purpose .33
3.4 Detailed information .35
3.5 Gauges .35
4 Quality assessment procedures.35
5 Tests and test schedules .37
5.1 General aspects .37
5.2 Test schedules .37
5.3 Test procedures and measuring methods .39
5.4 Preconditioning .39
5.5 Wiring and mounting of specimens .39

Annex A (normative) Common lettering system to be used in drawings .41

Figure 1 – Actual detail specification structure .11
Figure 2 – New documentation structure for specifications drafted in SC 48B –
Separation of product and quality assessment requirements.13
Figure A.1 – Two part connectors .41
Figure A.2 – Edge-socket connector .43

Table 1 – Climatic categories – selected values.31

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 5 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
___________
CONNECTORS FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT –
PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS –
Part 1: Generic specification
FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC
Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-
governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by
agreement between the two organizations.
2) The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international
consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all
interested IEC National Committees.
3) IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National
Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC
Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any
misinterpretation by any end user.
4) In order to promote international uniformity, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC Publications
transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence
between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in
the latter.
5) IEC provides no marking procedure to indicate its approval and cannot be rendered responsible for any
equipment declared to be in conformity with an IEC Publication.
6) All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.
7) No liability shall attach to IEC or its directors, employees, servants or agents including individual experts and
members of its technical committees and IEC National Committees for any personal injury, property damage or
other damage of any nature whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, or for costs (including legal fees) and
expenses arising out of the publication, use of, or reliance upon, this IEC Publication or any other IEC
Publications.
8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61076-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 48B: Connectors, of
IEC technical committee 48: Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for
electronic equipment.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition issued in 1995, its amendment 1
(1996) and its amendment 2 (2001) and constitutes a technical revision. Modifications with
respect to the previous edition are described in the introduction.
This standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 62197-1:2006.

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 7 –
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
48B/1621/FDIS 48B/1671/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.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
61076-1  IEC:2006 – 9 –
INTRODUCTION
The objective of this work is to update the quality assessment procedures of the connector
specifications to the current state of the art industrial procedures.
At the time of publication, all the connector detail specifications dealt with by subcommittee
48B of the International Electrotechnical Commission were built as described in Figure 1 with
5 major chapters.
The most significant out of date procedures relate to the lot-by-lot tests with different
inspection levels and acceptance quality level and to the periodic tests with permitted number
of defectives.
It was felt necessary to introduce the capability and the technology approval together with the
basic design parameters of statistical process control as a feed back system to have a
continuous control of the quality during the various steps of manufacture.
It was also felt appropriate to split the current documentation structure into two separate
structures of documents which, in the day to day use of specifications, satisfy most users, see
Figure 2.
The documentation system will be split into two parts:
• Product requirements
• Quality assessment requirements
The structure for the Product Specification contains characteristics, dimensions, performance
requirements and test schedules.
The structure for the quality assessment specification contains the requirements to obtain
Qualification Approval (QA) for a given performance level (per environment category),
Capability Approval (CA) per family of connectors or Technology Approval (TA) comprising all
relevant technologies for connector production.
Capability Approval or Technology Approval combined with statistical process control
parameters are intended to replace lot-by-lot and periodic tests.
To fully certify a product, a combination of the two structures will have to be selected by the
user, keeping in mind that in the statistical process control, key characteristics shall be
agreed between manufacturer and user.
A generic product specification with a 4 level structure consists of a generic, a sectional, a
blank detail and a detail specification.
From this, it can be concluded that two generic specifications are being circulated, one
document for the product aspects and a second one for the quality aspects.
The sectional specifications will be presented at the product level per family of connectors, for
example printed board connectors, circular connectors, rectangular connectors, etc.

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 11 –
At the quality assessment level, Annex B of IEC 62197-1 deals with qualification approval in
B.2, capability approval in B.3 and technology approval in B.4.

Interface
dimensions
Test schedule
(= performance
requirements) with
different performance
levels (PL)
Qualification approval
test schedule
with different
performance levels
Lot-by-lot tests
with different
assessment levels
Periodic tests
with different
assessment level
with permitted no.
of defectives
IEC  481/06
Figure 1 – Actual detail specification structure

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 13 –
Detail product Detail product Detail product
specification specification specification
IEC 61076-2-1xx IEC 61076-3-1xx IEC 61076-4-1xx

IEC 61076-2-1xy IEC 61076-3-1xy IEC 61076-4-1xy

Blank detail Blank detail Blank detail

specification specification specification
IEC 61076-2-001 IEC 61076-3-001 IEC 61076-4-001

Sectional product S ectional product Sectional product
specification specification specification

circular connectors rectangular connectors printed board connectors
IEC 61076-2 IEC 61076-3 IEC 61076-4

Connectors for electronic equipment –

Generic product specification – IEC 61076-1

Definitions and requirements for:

• characteristics
• dimensions
Product
• performance requirements
requirements
• test schedules
Quality
Connectors for electronic equipment –

assessment
Quality assessment requirements –

requirements
Generic quality specification – IEC 62197-1

Definitions and requirements for:

• qualification approval
• capability approval with St atistical Process Control (SPC)
• technology approval with St atistical Process Control (SPC)

Annex B  : Quality assessment procedures

Clause B.2  : Qualification approval
Clause B.3 : Capability approval

Clause B.4 : Technology approval

Blank detail Blank detail Blank detail

specification specification specification
Circular connectors Rectangular connectors Printer bord connectors
IEC 62197-2-001 IEC 62197-3-001 IEC 62197-4-001

Detail quality Detail quality Detail quality
specification specification specification

IEC 62197-2-1xx IEC 62197-3-1xx IEC 62197-4-1xx

IEC 62197-2-1xy IEC 62197-3-1xy IEC 62197-4-1xy

IEC  482/06
NOTE Detail and blank detail specifications for the same connector will have publication numbers with identical
terminations in the 61076 and 62197 series; for instance IEC 61076-4-100 and IEC 62197-4-100 are associated
with the same connector.
Figure 2 – New documentation structure for specifications drafted in SC 48B –
Separation of product and quality assessment requirements

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 15 –
nd
The objective of this 2 Edition is to review and update the actual connector specifications
containing product and quality assessment requirements.
Today, all the connector detail specifications dealt with by Subcommittee 48B of the
International Electrotechnical Commission are prepared as described in figure 1 with 5 major
chapters.
The most significant out of date procedures relate to the lot-by-lot tests with different
inspection levels and acceptance quality level and to the periodic tests with permitted number
of defectives.
To update the document to reflect modern practices it was necessary to introduce the
capability and the technology approval together with the basic design parameters of statistical
process control as a feed back system to have a continuous quality control during various
steps of manufacture.
It was also felt appropriate to split the current documentation into two separate structures of
documents which, in the day-to-day use of specifications, satisfy most users, see illustration
in Figure 2.
This offers the user the option to acquire products with and without certification. It is obvious
that the industry needs to get separate information on dimensions, performance requirements
and basic design parameters.
The two separate documents are:
▪ Product requirements
▪ Quality assessment requirements
The Product Specification contains characteristics, dimensions, performance requirements
and test schedules. The relevant document is:
IEC 61076-1 (Ed. 2)
Connectors for electronic equipment – Product requirements –
Part 1: Generic Specification.
The Quality Assessment Specification contains the requirements to obtain Qualification
Approval (QA) for a given performance level (per environment category), Capability Approval
(CA) per family of connectors or Technology Approval (TA) comprising all relevant
technologies for connector production.
Capability Approval or Technology Approval combined with statistical process control
parameters are intending to replace lot-by-lot and periodic tests. The relevant document is:
IEC 62197-1
Connectors for electronic equipment – Quality assessment requirements –
Part 1: Generic Specification
To specify a fully certified product, a combination of specifications from both structures shall
be required.
The 4 level document structure adopted by SC48B consists of a Generic, a Sectional, a Blank
Detail and Detail Specifications.

61076-1  IEC:2006 – 17 –
To maintain this 4 level structure, two Generic Specifications are being circulated, one
document for the product aspects and a second one for the quality aspects.
The Sectional Specifications will be presented at the product level per family of connectors
e.g. printed board connectors, circular connectors, rectangular connectors, etc.
At the quality assessment level Annex B of IEC 62197-1 is dealing with Qualification Approval
B.2, Capability Approval B.3 and Technology Approval B.4.

-------------
...