EN 60062:2016/A1:2019
(Amendment)Marking codes for resistors and capacitors
Marking codes for resistors and capacitors
Specifies marking codes for resistors and capacitors and indexes for the dielectric material and the electrodes of plastic film and paper capacitors
Kennzeichnung von Widerständen und Kondensatoren
Codes de marquage des résistances et des condensateurs
Označevalne kode za upore in kondenzatorje - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019)
Določa označevalne kode za upore in kondenzatorje ter indekse za dielektrične materiale in elektrode plastičnih filmskih in papirnih kondenzatorjev.
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 17-Oct-2019
- Withdrawal Date
- 23-Sep-2022
- Technical Committee
- CLC/SR 40 - Capacitors and resistors for electronic equipment
- Drafting Committee
- IEC/TC 40 - IEC_TC_40
- Current Stage
- 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
- Start Date
- 18-Oct-2019
- Completion Date
- 18-Oct-2019
Relations
- Effective Date
- 17-Jul-2018
Overview
EN 60062:2016/A1:2019 (CLC, parallel to IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019) defines standardized marking codes for resistors and capacitors used in electronic equipment. Amendment A1 (2019) introduces a new informative Annex B that formalizes a special two-character code system for capacitors and clarifies the availability of other reduced-length coding schemes used in industry (for example a special three-character code for resistors in Annex A).
Key topics and requirements
- Scope: Standardizes compact marking schemes for resistor and capacitor values to ensure unambiguous identification on components with limited marking area.
- Annex B - Two-character capacitor code:
- Purpose: mark E6/E12/E24 series capacitance values when surface area prevents regular three-or-more character markings.
- Structure: one uppercase letter (code for the two significant digits) followed immediately by one digit (code for the multiplier). No space between characters.
- Table B.1 maps significant numbers (E24-format with a decimal after the first digit) to uppercase letters (case sensitive).
- Table B.2 maps code digits to multipliers (from 0.1 pF up to 100 µF).
- Example: L4 represents 27 nF (L = 2.7 → significant; 4 = multiplier 10 nF).
- Notes: coding is case-sensitive; the IEC tables differ in presentation from IEC 60063 E-series listings and from some historical EIA/CENELEC variants.
- General rules: Amendment adds a note that special reduced-length codes exist (special three-character resistors - Annex A; special two-character capacitors - Annex B). The base standard contains the general three-character coding method (see clause 4.3.2).
- Administrative: the amendment was approved by CENELEC and endorsed without modification; implement/withdrawal dates and a patent-rights caution are included.
Applications and users
- Who uses it:
- Component manufacturers (SMD multilayer ceramic capacitors, small film capacitors) for marking products.
- PCB designers, assembly houses and procurement teams to read and verify component values.
- Test/repair technicians and quality/inspection engineers for identification where board space is constrained.
- Standards bodies and spec writers referencing consistent marking conventions.
- Practical benefits:
- Enables compact, unambiguous component marking on tiny SMD parts.
- Improves interoperability between manufacturers and buyers by using standardized codes (E24/E12/E6 series).
Related standards
- IEC 60062 (base edition)
- IEC 60063 (E-series values reference)
- Bibliography entries referenced: ANSI/EIA 198-1 and CECC 32 101 (examples of prior industry coding usage).
Keywords: EN 60062, IEC 60062, marking codes for resistors and capacitors, two-character capacitor code, SMD capacitor marking, E24 series, component marking standard.
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 60062:2016/A1:2019 is a amendment published by CLC. Its full title is "Marking codes for resistors and capacitors". This standard covers: Specifies marking codes for resistors and capacitors and indexes for the dielectric material and the electrodes of plastic film and paper capacitors
Specifies marking codes for resistors and capacitors and indexes for the dielectric material and the electrodes of plastic film and paper capacitors
EN 60062:2016/A1:2019 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 31.020 - Electronic components in general. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2019
Označevalne kode za upore in kondenzatorje - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC
60062:2016/A1:2019)
Marking codes for resistors and capacitors (IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019)
Kennzeichnung von Widerständen und Kondensatoren (IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019)
Codes de marquage des résistances et des condensateurs (IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60062:2016/A1:2019
ICS:
31.040.01 Upori splošno Resistors in general
31.060.01 Kondenzatorji na splošno Capacitors in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60062:2016/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2019
ICS 31.020
English Version
Marking codes for resistors and capacitors
(IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019)
Codes de marquage des résistances et des condensateurs Kennzeichnung von Widerständen und Kondensatoren
(IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019) (IEC 60062:2016/A1:2019)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60062:2016; it was approved by CENELEC on 2019-09-24. CENELEC members
are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 amendment 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 60062:2016/A1:2019 E
European foreword
The text of document 40/2622/CDV, future IEC 60062/A1, prepared by IEC/TC 40 "Capacitors and
resistors for electronic equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60062:2016/A1:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-06-24
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-09-24
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 60062:2016/A1:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
IEC 60062 ®
Edition 6.0 2019-08
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Marking codes for resistors and capacitors
Codes de marquage des résistances et des condensateurs
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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 40: Capacitors and resistors
for electronic equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following
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