SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019
(Main)Electronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 6: Packaged or Finished Devices (IEC 62435-6:2018)
Electronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 6: Packaged or Finished Devices (IEC 62435-6:2018)
IEC 62435-6:2018 on long-term storage applies to packaged or finished devices in long-term storage that can be used as part of obsolescence mitigation strategy. Long-term storage refers to a duration that can be more than 12 months for product scheduled for storage. Philosophy, good working practice, and general means to facilitate the successful long-term storage of electronic components are also addressed.
Elektronische Bauteile - Langzeitlagerung elektronischer Halbleiterbauelemente - Teil 6: Bauelemente in Gehäusen oder fertiggestellte Bauelemente
Composants électroniques - Stockage de longue durée des dispositifs électroniques à semiconducteurs - Partie 6: Dispositifs encapsulés ou finis
L’IEC 62435-6:2018 portant sur le stockage de longue durée s’applique aux dispositifs encapsulés ou finis en stockage de longue durée qui peuvent être utilisés dans le cadre d’une stratégie de réduction de l’obsolescence. Le stockage de longue durée fait référence à une durée qui peut être supérieure à 12 mois, pour un produit destiné à être stocké. Les concepts, les bonnes pratiques et les moyens généraux de nature à faciliter la réussite d’un stockage de longue durée de composants électroniques sont aussi abordés.
Elektronske komponente - Dolgoročno skladiščenje elektronskih polprevodniških elementov - 6. del: Pakirani ali končni elementi (IEC 62435-6:2018)
Ta del standarda IEC 62435 o dolgoročnem skladiščenju se uporablja za dolgoročno skladiščene pakirane ali končne naprave, ki se lahko uporabljajo kot del strategije za ublažitev zastarelosti. Dolgoročno skladiščenje se nanaša na obdobje, ki je lahko daljše od 12 mesecev, za izdelke, namenjene za skladiščenje. Obravnavana so tudi načela, dobra delovna praksa in splošna sredstva za lažjo uspešno dolgoročno skladiščenje elektronskih komponent.
General Information
Overview
EN IEC 62435-6:2018 (CLC adoption of IEC 62435-6:2018) is a European/International standard covering the long-term storage of packaged or finished semiconductor devices. It defines long-term storage (LTS) as storage planned for more than 12 months and provides a practical framework to preserve device integrity as part of an obsolescence mitigation or warranty/spare strategy. The document captures the philosophy, good working practices and general means to facilitate successful LTS of electronic components.
Key topics and requirements
The standard focuses on preventing degradation during extended storage by addressing:
- Failure mechanisms and driving forces - identifies common storage failure modes and environmental stimuli that accelerate degradation (moisture, temperature cycling, contaminants, UV, electrostatic fields).
- Storage environment - sustained condition requirements and environmental control recommendations for long-term preservation.
- Materials management - handling, selection and control of packaging, dunnage and storage media to avoid contamination or outgassing.
- Moisture-sensitive device (MSD) controls - classification, dry packing, use of moisture barrier bags, desiccants, and humidity indicator cards (HIC).
- Non-moisture sensitive storage - baseline media, labelling and lot-data requirements for non-MSD devices.
- Inventory management - documentation, lot tracking, periodic inventory checks, dry packing refreshing and re-assessment to ensure ongoing fitness for use.
- Process (temperature) sensitivity designation - identifying parts that require temperature-specific storage measures.
Note: EN IEC 62435-6 consolidates best-known LTS practices rather than offering test methods; it points to related IEC/JEDEC references for specific procedures.
Practical applications
This standard is intended for organizations that must preserve electronic components for extended periods, including:
- Manufacturers and distributors performing lifetime buys and strategic spares procurement.
- Aerospace, railway, energy, defense and industrial OEMs managing obsolescence and long service-life equipment.
- Repair centres, maintenance depots and system integrators responsible for warranty spares and field-repair parts.
- Materials, quality, procurement and reliability engineers implementing storage policies and documentation.
Using EN IEC 62435-6 helps minimize solderability loss, moisture-related failures, and contamination risks - improving the availability and reliability of parts retrieved from long-term storage.
Related standards
EN IEC 62435-6 is part of the IEC 62435 series addressing long-term storage. Relevant cross-references include other parts of IEC 62435 and normative publications cited in the standard (e.g., IEC 60749-20, JEDEC J‑STD‑020 / J‑STD‑075) for detailed humidity and handling guidance.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.SUHYRGQLãNLKElectronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 6: Packaged or Finished Devices (IEC 62435-6:2018)31.080.01Polprevodniški elementi (naprave) na splošnoSemiconductor devices in generalICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN IEC 62435-6:2018SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019en01-januar-2019SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN IEC 62435-6
October 2018 ICS 31.020
English Version
Electronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 6: Packaged or finished devices (IEC 62435-6:2018)
Composants électroniques - Stockage de longue durée des dispositifs électroniques à semiconducteurs - Partie 6: Dispositifs encapsulés ou finis (IEC 62435-6:2018)
Elektronische Bauteile - Langzeitlagerung elektronischer Halbleiterbauelemente - Teil 6: Bauelemente in Gehäusen oder fertiggestellte Bauelemente (IEC 62435-6:2018) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-10-03. 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
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Ref. No. EN IEC 62435-6:2018 E SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019
Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 62435-6:2018 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 60721-3-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60721-3-1 IEC 62435-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62435-1 IEC 62435-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62435-2 IEC 62435-31 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62435-32
IEC 62435-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62435-4 IEC 62435-5 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62435-5 IEC 62435-73 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62435-74 IEC 62435-85 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62435-86
1 Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: IEC/CCDV 62435-3:2018. 2 Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: prEN IEC 62435-3:2018. 3 Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: IEC/CD 62435-7:2018. 4 Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: prEN IEC 62435-7:2018. 5 Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: IEC/CD 62435-8:2018. 6 Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: prEN IEC 62435-8:2018. SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019
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
Where 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 60749-20 -
Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods - Part 20: Resistance of plastic encapsulated SMDs to the combined effect of moisture and soldering heat EN 60749-20 -
IEC 60749-20-1 -
Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods - Part 20-1: Handling, packing, labelling and shipping of surface-mount devices sensitive to the combined effect of moisture and soldering heat EN 60749-20-1 -
JEDEC J-STD-020 -
Moisture/reflow classification for nonhermetic solid state surface mount devices - -
JEDEC J-STD-075 -
Classification of non-IC electronic components for assembly processes - -
IEC 62435-6 Edition 1.0 2018-08 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD NORME INTERNATIONALE Electronic components – Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices – Part 6: Packaged or finished devices
Composants électroniques – Stockage de longue durée des dispositifs électroniques à semiconducteurs – Partie 6: Dispositifs encapsulés ou finis
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION COMMISSION ELECTROTECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE
ICS 31.020
ISBN 978-2-8322-5979-5
– 2 – IEC 62435-6:2018 © IEC 2018 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 3 INTRODUCTION . 5 1 Scope . 7 2 Normative references . 7 3 Terms and definitions . 7 4 Storage considerations . 9 4.1 Failure mechanisms . 9 4.1.1 Occurrence of failure and driving force . 9 4.1.2 Storage environment and mitigation for stimuli to prevent failure . 10 4.2 Materials management . 11 4.3 Storage media . 11 4.4 Inventory check. 11 4.5 Inventory dry packing refreshing . 12 4.6 Inventory re-assessment . 12 5 Baseline long-term storage requirements . 12 5.1 General . 12 5.1.1 Categories . 12 5.1.2 Critical aspects . 12 5.1.3 Recommendations and best practice . 12 5.2 Non-moisture sensitive device storage . 13 5.2.1 Storage media . 13 5.2.2 Lot data and labelling . 13 5.3 Moisture sensitive finished device storage . 13 5.3.1 Moisture sensitivity designation . 13 5.3.2 Dry packing for storage . 13 5.3.3 Moisture barrier bag . 13 5.3.4 Dunnage . 13 5.3.5 Humidity indicator card – HIC . 14 5.3.6 Desiccant . 14 5.3.7 Labelling . 14 5.4 Storage environment . 14 5.5 Process (temperature) sensitivity designation . 14 Annex A (informative)
Packaged or finished device storage environment considerations . 15 Bibliography . 16
Table 1 – Example failure mechanisms in storage and stimuli to mitigate during storage . 9 Table 2 – Long-term environment – Sustained condition requirements . 10 Table 3 – Considerations for management, control and documentation during storage . 11 Table A.1 – Long-term storage environment – Sustained condition considerations . 15
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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 interna-tional 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, Tech-nical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC Publica-tion(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 Interna-tional 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 inter-ested 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 misinter-pretation 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 be-tween any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in the latter. 5) IEC itself does not provide any attestation of conformity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity assessment services and, in some areas, access to IEC marks of conformity. IEC is not responsible for any services carried out by independent certification bodies. 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 ex-penses arising out of the publication, use of, or reliance upon, this IEC Publication or any other IEC Publica-tions.
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 62435-6 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 47: Semi-conductor devices. The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents: FDIS Report on voting 47/2482/FDIS 47/2495/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the report on voting indicated in the above table. This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019
– 4 – IEC 62435-6:2018 © IEC 2018 A list of all parts in the IEC 62435 series, published under the general title Electronic compo-nents – Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices, can be found on the IEC website. The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed, • withdrawn, • replaced by a revised edition, or • amended.
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INTRODUCTION This document applies to the long-term storage of electronic components. This is a standard for long-term storage (LTS) of electronic devices drawing on the best long-term storage practices currently known. For the purposes of this standard, LTS is defined as any device storage whose duration can be more than 12 months for product scheduled for long duration storage. While intended to address the storage of unpackaged semiconductors and packaged electronic devices, nothing in this document precludes the storage of other items under the storage levels defined herein. Although it has always existed to some extent, obsolescence of electronic components and particularly of integrated circuits, has become increasingly intense over the last few years. Indeed, with the existing technological boom, the commercial life of a component has become very short compared with the life of industrial equipment such as that encountered in the aer-onautical field, the railway industry or the energy sector. The many solutions enabling obsolescence to be resolved are now identified. However, se-lecting one of these solutions should be preceded by a case-by-case technical and economic feasibility study, depending on whether storage is envisaged for field service or production, for example: • remedial storage as soon as components are no longer marketed; • preventive storage anticipating declaration of obsolescence. Taking into account the expected life of some installations, sometimes covering several dec-ades, the qualification times, and the unavailability costs, which can also be very high, the solution to be adopted to resolve obsolescence should often be rapidly implemented. This is why the solution retained in most cases consists in systematically storing components which are in the process of becoming obsolescent. The technical risks of this solution are, a priori, fairly low. However, it requires perfect mastery of the implemented process and especially of the storage environment, although this mastery becomes critical when it comes to long-term storage. All handling, protection, storage and test operations are recommended to be performed ac-cording to the state of the art. The application of the approach proposed in this document in no way guarantees that the stored components are in perfect operating condition at the end of this storage. It only com-prises a means of minimizing potential and probable degradation factors. Some electronic device users have the need to store electronic devices for long periods of time. Lifetime buys are commonly made to support production runs of assemblies that well exceed the production timeframe of its individual parts. This puts the user in a situation re-quiring careful and adequate storage of such parts to maintain the as-received solderability and minimize any degradation effects to the part over time. Major degradation concerns are moisture, electrostatic fields, ultraviolet light, large variations in temperature, air-borne con-taminants, and outgassing. Warranties and sparing also present a challenge for the user or repair agency as some sys-tems have been designated to be used for long periods of time, in some cases for up to 40 years or more. Some of the devices needed for repair of these systems will not be availa-ble from the original component manufacturer for the lifetime of the system or the spare as-sembly can be built with the original production run but then requires long-term storage. This document was developed to provide a standard for storing electronic devices for long periods SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019
– 6 – IEC 62435-6:2018 © IEC 2018 of time. For storage of devices that are moisture sensitive but that do not need to be stored for long periods of time, IEC TR 62258-3 can be consulted. Long-term storage assumes that the device is going to be placed in uninterrupted storage for a number of years. It is essential that it is useable after storage. Particular attention should be paid to storage media surrounding the devices together with the local environment. These guidelines do not imply any warranty of product or guarantee of operation beyond the storage time given by the original component manufacturer. The IEC 62435 series is intended to ensure that adequate reliability is achieved for devices in user applications after long-term storage. Users are encouraged to request data from suppli-ers to applicable specifications to demonstrate a successful storage life as requested by the user. These standards are not intended to address built-in failure mechanisms that would take place regardless of storage conditions. These standards are intended to give practical guide to methods of long-duration storage of electronic components where this is intentional or planned storage of product for a number of years. Storage regimes for work-in-progress production are managed according to company internal process requirements and are not detailed in this series of standards. The overall standard is split into a number of parts. Parts 1 to 4 apply to any long-term stor-age and contain general requirements and guidance, whereas Parts 5 to 9 specific to the type of product being stored. It is intended that the product specific part should be read alongside the general requirements of Parts 1 to 4. Electronic components requiring different storage conditions are planned to be covered sepa-rately starting with Part 5. The structure of the IEC 62435 series as currently conceived is as follows: – Part 1 – General – Part 2 – Deterioration mechanisms – Part 3 – Data – Part 4 – Storage – Part 5 – Die and wafer devices – Part 6 – Packaged or finished devices – Part 7 – MEMS – Part 8 – Passive electronic devices – Part 9 – Special cases
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1 Scope This part of IEC 62435 on long-term storage applies to packaged or finished devices in long-term storage that can be used as part of obsolescence mitigation strategy. Long-term storage refers to a duration that can be more than 12 months for product scheduled for storage. Phi-losophy, good working practice, and general means to facilitate the successful long-term stor-age of electronic components are also addressed. 2 Normative references The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their con-tent 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. IEC 60749-20, Semiconductor devices – Mechanical and climatic test methods – Part 20: Re-sistance of plastic encapsulated SMDs to the combined effect of moisture and soldering heat IEC 60749-20-1, Semiconductor devices – Mechanical and climatic test methods – Part 20-1: Handling, packing, labelling and shipping of surface-mount devices sensitive to the combined effect of moisture and soldering heat JEDEC J-STD-020, Moisture/reflow classification for nonhermetic solid state surface mount devices JEDEC J-STD-075, Classification of non-IC electronic components for assembly processes 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following ad-dresses: • IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/ • ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp 3.1
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SIST EN IEC 62435-6:2019 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Electronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 6: Packaged or Finished Devices (IEC 62435-6:2018)". This standard covers: IEC 62435-6:2018 on long-term storage applies to packaged or finished devices in long-term storage that can be used as part of obsolescence mitigation strategy. Long-term storage refers to a duration that can be more than 12 months for product scheduled for storage. Philosophy, good working practice, and general means to facilitate the successful long-term storage of electronic components are also addressed.
IEC 62435-6:2018 on long-term storage applies to packaged or finished devices in long-term storage that can be used as part of obsolescence mitigation strategy. Long-term storage refers to a duration that can be more than 12 months for product scheduled for storage. Philosophy, good working practice, and general means to facilitate the successful long-term storage of electronic components are also addressed.
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