EN 62496-2:2017

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2017
3ORãþH]RSWLþQLPLYH]ML2VQRYQLSUHVNXVQLLQPHULOQLSRVWRSNLGHO6SORãQR
QDYRGLOR]DGHILQLUDQMHSRJRMHY]DGRORþDQMHRSWLþQLK]QDþLOQRVWLSORãþ]RSWLþQLPL
YH]ML,(&
Optical circuit boards - Basic test and measurement procedures - Part 2: General
guidance for definition of measurement conditions for optical characteristics of optical
circuit boards (IEC 62496-2:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62496-2:2017
ICS:
33.180.01 6LVWHPL]RSWLþQLPLYODNQLQD Fibre optic systems in
VSORãQR general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62496-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2017
ICS 33.180.01
English Version
Optical circuit boards -
Basic test and measurement procedures -
Part 2: General guidance for definition of measurement
conditions for optical characteristics of optical circuit boards
(IEC 62496-2:2017)
Cartes à circuits optiques -  Optische Leiterplatten -
Procédures fondamentales d'essais et de mesures - Grundlegende Prüf- und Messverfahren -
Partie 2: Recommandations générales relatives à la Teil 2: Allgemeiner Leitfaden zur Festlegung der
détermination des conditions de mesure des Bedingungen für die Messung der optischen Eigenschaften
caractéristiques optiques des cartes à circuits optiques von optischen Leiterplatten
(IEC 62496-2:2017) (IEC 62496-2:2017)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2017-06-28. 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 62496-2:2017 E
European foreword
The text of document 86/509/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 62496-2, prepared by IEC/TC 86 "Fibre
optics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at (dop) 2018-03-28
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) 2020-06-28
the document have to be withdrawn

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62496-2:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60793-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-2.
IEC 60793-1-43 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-1-43.
IEC 60825-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60825-1.
IEC 61280-4-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61280-4-1.
IEC 61745 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61745.
IEC 62496-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62496-1.
IEC 62496-2-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62496-2-4.
1) 2)
IEC 62496-4-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62496-4-1 .

1) Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: IEC PCC 62496-4-1:2017.
2) Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: prEN 62496-4-1.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is
available here: www.cenelec.eu.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61300-1 -  Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-1 -
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures - Part 1:
General and guidance
IEC 61300-3-53 -  Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3-53 -
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures - Part 3-53:
Examinations and measurements -
Encircled angular flux (EAF)
measurement method based on two-
dimensional far field data from step
index multimode waveguide (including
fibre)
IEC 62496-2-1 2011 Optical circuit boards - Part 2-1: EN 62496-2-1 2011
Measurements - Optical attenuation and
isolation
IEC 62614 -  Fibre optics - Launch condition EN 62614 -
requirements for measuring multimode
attenuation
IEC 62496-2 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
colour
inside
Optical circuit boards – Basic test and measurement procedures –

Part 2: General guidance for definition of measurement conditions for optical

characteristics of optical circuit boards

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.180.01 ISBN 978-2-8322-4404-3

– 2 – IEC 62496-2:2017  IEC 2017
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Measurement definition system for optical circuit boards . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 Measurement definition system requirements. 9
4.2.1 Accuracy . 9
4.2.2 Accountability . 9
4.2.3 Efficiency . 10
4.2.4 Convenience . 10
4.2.5 Independent . 10
4.2.6 Scalable . 10
4.2.7 Customised requirements . 10
4.2.8 Prioritised structure . 10
4.3 Measurement definition criteria . 10
4.3.1 General . 10
4.3.2 Source characteristics . 11
4.3.3 Launch conditions . 11
4.3.4 Input coupling conditions . 14
4.3.5 Output coupling conditions . 15
4.3.6 Capturing conditions . 16
4.4 Launch and capturing position . 16
4.5 Launch and capture direction . 17
5 Measurement identification code . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Measurement identification code construction . 19
5.2.1 General . 19
5.2.2 AAA – Source characteristics. 19
5.2.3 BBB(b1) – Launch conditions . 19
5.2.4 CCC – Input coupling conditions . 20
5.2.5 DDD – Output coupling conditions . 20
5.2.6 EEE – Capturing conditions . 20
5.3 Extended measurement identification code with customisation parameters . 20
5.3.1 General . 20
5.3.2 Customisation parameters with placeholders . 20
5.4 Reference measurements . 21
5.5 Coordinate table AAA – Source characteristics . 21
5.5.1 Mandatory parameters . 21
5.5.2 Customisation parameters . 21
5.6 Coordinate table BBB – Launch conditions. 24
5.6.1 Mandatory parameter. 24
5.6.2 Customisation parameters . 24
5.7 Coordinate table CCC – Input coupling conditions. 27

IEC 62496-2:2017  IEC 2017 – 3 –
5.7.1 Mandatory parameters . 27
5.7.2 Customisation parameters . 27
5.8 Coordinate table DDD – Output coupling conditions . 29
5.8.1 Mandatory parameters . 29
5.8.2 Customisation parameters . 29
5.9 Coordinate table EEE – Capturing conditions . 31
5.9.1 Mandatory parameters . 31
5.9.2 Customisation parameters . 31
5.10 Examples of deployment . 34
5.10.1 General . 34
5.10.2 MIC-042-113(400)-001-001-112 (integrating sphere device details
including supplier and model number). 34
5.10.3 MIC-072-123(205)-053(1.56, X,X)-001-042 (integrating sphere device
details including supplier and model number) . 34
5.10.4 Fast polarisation axis: MIC-091-072(150)-042(1.53, 25, -30)-051-004;
slow polarisation axis: MIC-091-072(75)-042(1.53, 25, -120)-051-004 . 35
Annex A (informative) State of the art in optical interconnect technologies . 36
A.1 Diversity of optical interconnect technologies . 36
A.2 Fibre-optic circuit laminates . 36
A.3 Polymer waveguides .
...