IEC 60603-7:2008/AMD1:2011

IEC 60603-7 ®
Edition 3.0 2011-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Connectors for electronic equipment –
Part 7: Detail specification for 8-way, unshielded, free and fixed connectors

Connecteurs pour équipements électroniques –
Partie 7: Spécification particulière pour les fiches et les embases non écrantées
à 8 voies
IEC 60603-7:2008/A1:2011
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IEC 60603-7 ®
Edition 3.0 2011-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Connectors for electronic equipment –
Part 7: Detail specification for 8-way, unshielded, free and fixed connectors

Connecteurs pour équipements électroniques –
Partie 7: Spécification particulière pour les fiches et les embases non écrantées
à 8 voies
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE PRICE CODE
E
CODE PRIX
ICS 31.220.01 ISBN 978-2-88912-714-6

– 2 – 60603-7 Amend.1  IEC:2011
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 48B: Connectors, of IEC technical
committee 48: Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic
equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
48B/2145/CDV 48B/2205/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability 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• withdrawn,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.
_____________
60603-7 Amend.1  IEC:2011 – 3 –

In 5.1, replace:
Clearance shall be provided for connector contacts.
By:
The “Go” gauge in Figure 5 is intended to assess the fixed connector minimum aperture width
and height, and shall not be used to assess contact forces. Clearance shall be provided for
connector signal contacts. If connector shield contacts are present, either clearance shall be
provided for these contacts (as long as the minimum aperture width and height are still
assessed) or these contacts, within the connector aperture, shall be removed.

In 5.2, Figure 8, right hand view, replace:
AC6
By:
AB6
In 6.4.1, replace:
The creepage and clearance distances are given as operating characteristics of mated
connectors.
By:
The creepage and clearance distances in Table 8 are given as operating characteristics of
mated connectors.
rd
In 7.7.2.3, Test phase AP3, 3 column, replace:
See IEC 60068-2-14
By:
11d
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