EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025

Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic interference suppression and connection to the supply mains

Festkondensatoren zur Verwendung in Geräten der Elektronik - Teil 14: Rahmenspezifikation - Festkondensatoren zur Unterdrückung elektromagnetischer Störungen, geeignet für Netzbetrieb

Condensateurs fixes utilisés dans les équipements électroniques - Partie 14: Spécification intermédiaire - Condensateurs fixes pour la suppression des interférences électromagnétiques et la connexion au réseau d’alimentation

Nespremenljivi kondenzatorji za elektronsko opremo - 14. del: Področna specifikacija - Nespremenljivi kondenzatorji za dušenje elektromagnetnega motenja in za povezovanje z omrežnim napajanjem - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 21-Aug-2025
• ICS: 31.060.10 - Fixed capacitors
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 40XA - CLC/TC 40XA
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 22-Aug-2025
• Due Date: 30-Sep-2025
• Completion Date: 22-Aug-2025
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025 - Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic interference suppression and connection to the supply mains (IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)

Relations

• Amends: EN IEC 60384-14:2023 - Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic interference suppression and connection to the supply mains
• Effective Date: 28-May-2024

Overview

The EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025 standard, issued by CLC, specifies the requirements and sectional specifications for fixed capacitors used in electronic equipment, particularly for electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression and connection to supply mains. This amendment A1 updates the existing EN IEC 60384-14:2023 standard, ensuring enhanced technical precision, updated testing conditions, and alignment with environmental and safety concerns related to fixed capacitors.

This standard is critical for manufacturers, designers, and quality control engineers working in electronics, power supply systems, and EMI mitigation. Compliance ensures capacitors meet international safety, performance, and environmental guidelines, fostering uniformity and reliability across European and global markets.

Key Topics

• Fixed Capacitors for EMI Suppression
  Focused on capacitors designed to reduce electromagnetic interference in electronic equipment connected to the mains supply, improving device performance and regulatory compliance.

• Testing Requirements and Procedures
  The amendment refines various test protocols such as tangent of loss angle, climatic sequences, damp heat tests (steady state with and without voltage), endurance evaluation, and visual examination. Notably, the loss tangent test now applies specifically to metallized film and paper capacitors.

• Safety and Environmental Considerations
  Includes provisions on passive flammability classifications, acknowledging potential trade-offs between flame retardance and environmental impact. Manufacturers and customers are encouraged to collaborate to balance safety and ecological concerns.

• Marking and Identification
  The document updates requirements for capacitor marking, including special rules for surface mount capacitors, facilitating traceability and quality assurance.

• Sampling Plans and Qualification Tests
  Detailed sampling and testing schedules for safety and performance qualification approval ensure consistent product quality and adherence to this international standard.

• Amendments and Clarifications
  Terminology updates such as replacing “component supplier” with “component manufacturer” to improve clarity. Also revises test limits, sequencing, and documentation ensuring alignment with the latest IEC directives.

Applications

• Electronic Equipment Design
  Capacitors complying with EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025 are crucial in designing circuits that require robust EMI suppression to meet electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations.

• Power Supply Systems
  Enables reliable connection of electronic components to mains power with minimized interference and improved safety.

• Consumer Electronics
  Enhances the performance of devices such as TVs, computers, and communication equipment by controlling unwanted noise in power lines.

• Industrial and Automotive Electronics
  Used in machinery and vehicles where high noise environments demand capacitors with specific endurance and flammability properties.

• Certification and Quality Control
  Provides a framework for manufacturers to test, mark, and certify fixed capacitors, assuring compliance for international and European markets.

Related Standards

• IEC 60384 Series
  EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025 is part of the broader IEC 60384 family on fixed capacitors for electronic equipment. Other parts specify different capacitor types and their performance requirements.

• EMC Standards
  Works in conjunction with electromagnetic compatibility regulations that govern interference suppression in electrical and electronic devices.

• ISO/IEC Directives
  This standard is developed according to ISO/IEC requirements ensuring international conformity and methodological consistency.

• Safety Standards for Electrical Components
  Complements other IEC and CENELEC safety standards focused on risk reduction related to components connected to the supply mains.

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Keywords: fixed capacitors, electromagnetic interference suppression, EMI capacitors, supply mains, electronic equipment, capacitor testing, capacitor safety, IEC 60384-14, CLC standards, capacitor marking, electronic component standards, passive flammability, capacitor performance tests

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2025
Nespremenljivi kondenzatorji za elektronsko opremo - 14. del: Področna
specifikacija - Nespremenljivi kondenzatorji za dušenje elektromagnetnega
motenja in za povezovanje z omrežnim napajanjem - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 60384-
14:2023/AMD1:2025)
Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed
capacitors for electromagnetic interference suppression and connection to the supply
mains (IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)
Festkondensatoren zur Verwendung in Geräten der Elektronik - Teil 14:
Rahmenspezifikation - Festkondensatoren zur Unterdrückung elektromagnetischer
Störungen, geeignet für Netzbetrieb (IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)
Condensateurs fixes utilisés dans les équipements électroniques - Partie 14:
Spécification intermédiaire - Condensateurs fixes pour la suppression des interférences
électromagnétiques et la connexion au réseau d’alimentation (IEC 60384-
14:2023/AMD1:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025
ICS:
31.060.10 Fiksni kondenzatorji Fixed capacitors
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2025
ICS 31.060.10
English Version
Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 14:
Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic
interference suppression and connection to the supply mains
(IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)
Condensateurs fixes utilisés dans les équipements Festkondensatoren zur Verwendung in Geräten der
électroniques - Partie 14: Spécification intermédiaire - Elektronik - Teil 14: Rahmenspezifikation -
Condensateurs fixes pour la suppression des interférences Festkondensatoren zur Unterdrückung elektromagnetischer
électromagnétiques et la connexion au réseau Störungen, geeignet für Netzbetrieb
d'alimentation (IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)
(IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN IEC 60384-14:2023; it was approved by CENELEC on 2025-08-11. 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.
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Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

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© 2025 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025 E

European foreword
The text of document 40/3220/FDIS, future edition 5 of IEC 60384-14/AMD1, prepared by TC 40
"Capacitors and resistors for electronic equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote
and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60384-14:2023/A1:2025.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2026-08-31
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2028-08-31
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.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025 was approved by CENELEC as
a European Standard without any modification.

IEC 60384-14 ®
Edition 5.0 2025-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
AMENDMENT 1
Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment -
Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic
interference suppression and connection to the supply mains
ICS 31.060.10  ISBN 978-2-8327-0527-8

IEC 60384-14:2023-01/AMD1:2025-07(en)

IEC 60384-14:2023/AMD1:2025 © IEC 2025
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment -
Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic
interference suppression and connection to the supply mains

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