EN 62496-1:2009

Optical circuit boards - Part 1: General

IEC 62496-1:2008 applies to optical circuit boards possessing all of the following general features:
- transmit patterns with straight, cross, bending optical paths and input and output optical ports in plane;
- optical paths consisting of optical fibres and/or optical waveguides;
- controlled lengths of the optical paths, if required;
- may be combined with a printed electric circuit board, the functionality of which is outside the scope of this standard;
- to interconnect between optical components and the ability to mount components.

Optische Leiterplatten - Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation

Cartes à circuits optiques - Partie 1: Généralités

La CEI 62496-1:2008 s'applique aux cartes à circuits optiques possédant toutes les caractéristiques générales suivantes:
- des motifs de transmission avec des chemins optiques droits, croisés, courbés et des ports d'entrées et de sorties optiques en plan;
- des chemins optiques consistant en des fibres optiques et/ou des guides d'ondes optiques;
- des longueurs de chemins optiques contrôlés, si nécessaire;
- pouvant être mélangé avec un circuit imprimé électrique, dont la fonctionnalité ne fait pas partie du domaine d'application de la présente norme;
- des fonctions permettant d'interconnecter les composants optiques et la possibilité de monter des composants.

Tiskana vezja z optičnimi povezavami - 1. del: Splošno (IEC 62496-1:2008)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 07-Apr-2009
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Feb-2012
• ICS: 31.180 - Printed circuits and boards
• ICS: 33.180.01 - Fibre optic systems in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 86 - Fibre optics
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 86 - IEC_TC_86
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 86 - IEC_TC_86
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 08-Apr-2009
• Completion Date: 08-Apr-2009
• Ref Project: SIST EN 62496-1:2009 - Optical circuit boards - Part 1: General (IEC 62496-1:2008)

Standards Content (Sample)

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62496-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2009
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.180.01; 31.180
English version
Optical circuit boards -
Part 1: General
(IEC 62496-1:2008)
Cartes à circuits optiques -  Optische Leiterplatten -
Partie 1: Généralités Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation
(CEI 62496-1:2008) (IEC 62496-1:2008)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-03-01. 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, Bulgaria, 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: avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels

© 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 62496-1:2009 E
Foreword
The text of document 86/307/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62496-1, prepared by IEC TC 86, Fibre optics,
was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 62496-1 on
2009-03-01.
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) 2009-12-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2012-03-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62496-1:2008 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 60068 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 60068 series (not modified).
IEC 60793-1-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60793-1-1:2003 (not modified).
IEC 60869-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60869-1:2000 (not modified).
IEC 60874 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 60874 series (not modified).
IEC 61073-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61073-1:2000 (not modified).
IEC 61753 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 61753 series (not modified).
IEC 61754-2 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61754-2:1997 (not modified).
IEC 61754-4 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61754-4:1997 (not modified).
IEC 61754-13 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61754-13:1999 (not modified).
IEC 62005 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 62005 series (not modified).
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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 60027 Series Letter symbols to be used in electrical EN 60027 Series
technology
1)
IEC 60050-731 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 731: Optical fibre communication

IEC 60617 Data Graphical symbols for diagrams - -
base
1) 2)
IEC 60695-11-5 - Fire hazard testing - EN 60695-11-5 2005
Part 11-5: Test flames - Needle-flame test
method - Apparatus, confirmatory test
arrangement and guidance
1) 2)
IEC 60825-1 - Safety of laser products - EN 60825-1 2007
Part 1: Equipment classification and
requirements
1) 2)
IEC 60825-2 - Safety of laser products - EN 60825-2 2004
Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communication
systems (OFCS)
IEC 61300 Series Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300 Series
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures
1)
IEC/TR 61930 - Fibre optic graphical symbology - -

1)
IEC/TR 61931 - Fibre optic - Terminology - -

1)
ISO 129-1 - Technical drawings - Indication of - -
dimensions and tolerances -
Part 1: General principles
1) 2)
ISO 286-1 - ISO system of limits and fits - EN 20286-1 1993
Part 1: Bases of tolerances, deviations and fits

1) 2)
ISO 1101 - Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) - EN ISO 1101 2005
Geometrical tolerancing - Tolerances of form,
orientation, location and run-out

1)
ISO 8601 - Data elements and interchange formats - - -
Information interchange - Representation of
dates and times
1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

IEC 62496-1
Edition 1.0 2008-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Optical circuit boards –
Part 1: General
Cartes à circuits optiques –
Partie 1: Généralités
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
S
CODE PRIX
ICS 33.180.01; 31.180 ISBN 2-8318-1018-5
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
1 Scope.6
2 Normative references.6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Requirements .9
4.1 General .9
4.2 Classification.9
4.2.1 Introductory remark.9
4.2.2 Type .10
4.2.3 Style .10
4.2.4 Variant.14
4.2.5 Normative reference extension.15
4.3 Documentation .15
4.3.1 Symbols.15
4.3.2 Standard system .15
4.3.3 Drawings .17
4.3.4 Test and measurement .17
4.3.5 Instructions for use .18
4.4 Standardization system.18
4.4.1 Performance standards.18
4.4.2 Reliability standards.18
4.4.3 Interlinking.19
4.5 Design and construction .19
4.5.1 Materials.19
4.5.2 Workmanship .20
4.6 Performance.20
4.7 Identification and marking.20
4.7.1 Introductory remark.20
4.7.2 Variant identification number.20
4.7.3 Component marking.20
4.7.4 Package marking .20
4.8 Packaging .21
4.9 Storage conditions.21
4.10 Safety.21
Bibliography .22

Figure 1 – Schematic views of waveguide circuit boards .8
Figure 2 – Configuration A.11
Figure 3 – Configuration B.12
Figure 4 – Configuration C-1 .13
Figure 5 – Configuration C-2 .13
Figure 6 – Configuration D-1 .14
Figure 7 – Configuration D-2 .14

Table 1 – Example of a typical optical circuit board classification .10

62496-1 © IEC:2008 – 3 –
Table 2 – IEC standard structure .16
Table 3 – Standards interlink matrix .19

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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OPTICAL CIRCUIT BOARDS –
Part 1: General
FOREWORD
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