EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021

Test methods for electrical materials, printed board and other interconnection structures and assemblies - Part 5-502: General test methods for materials and assemblies - Surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies

IEC 61189-5-502:2021 is used for evaluating the changes to the surface insulation resistance of a pre-selected material set on a representative test coupon and quantifies the deleterious effects of improperly used materials and processes that can lead to decreases in electrical resistance.

Prüfverfahren für Elektromaterialien, Leiterplatten und andere Verbindungsstrukturen und Baugruppen - Teil 5-502: Allgemeine Prüfverfahren für Materialien und Baugruppen - Prüfung des Oberflächenisolationswiderstands (OIW) von Baugruppen

Méthodes d’essai pour les matériaux électriques, les cartes imprimées et autres structures d’interconnexion et ensembles - Partie 5-502: Méthodes d'essai générales pour les matériaux et les ensembles - Essais de résistance d'isolement en surface (RIS) des ensembles

L’IEC 61189-5-502:2021 permet d’évaluer les variations de la résistance d’isolement en surface d’un ensemble de matériaux présélectionné sur une éprouvette représentative et quantifie les effets délétères d’une mauvaise utilisation des matériaux et des processus qui peuvent provoquer une diminution de la résistance électrique.

Preskusne metode za električne materiale, tiskana vezja ter druge povezovalne strukture in sestave - 5-502. del: Splošne preskusne metode za materiale in sestave - Preskušanje površinske izolacijske upornosti sestavov

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 11-Mar-2021
• ICS: 31.180 - Printed circuits and boards
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 91 - Electronics assembly technology
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 91 - IEC_TC_91
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 12-Mar-2021
• Completion Date: 12-Mar-2021
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021 - Test methods for electrical materials, printed boards and other interconnection structures and assemblies - Part 5-502: General test methods for materials and assemblies - Surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021
01-junij-2021
Preskusne metode za električne materiale, tiskana vezja ter druge povezovalne
strukture in sestave - 5-502. del: Splošne preskusne metode za materiale in
sestave - Preskušanje površinske izolacijske upornosti sestavov

Test methods for electrical materials, printed boards and other interconnection structures

and assemblies - Part 5-502: General test methods for materials and assemblies -
Surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021
ICS:
31.180 Tiskana vezja (TIV) in tiskane Printed circuits and boards
plošče
31.190 Sestavljeni elektronski Electronic component
elementi assemblies
SIST EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021 en

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61189-5-502
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2021
ICS 31.180
English Version
Test methods for electrical materials, printed board and other
interconnection structures and assemblies - Part 5-502: General
test methods for materials and assemblies - Surface insulation
resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies
(IEC 61189-5-502:2021)

Méthodes d'essai pour les matériaux électriques, les cartes Prüfverfahren für Elektromaterialien, Leiterplatten und

imprimées et autres structures d'interconnexion et andere Verbindungsstrukturen und Baugruppen - Teil 5-

ensembles - Partie 5-502: Méthodes d'essai générales pour 502: Allgemeine Prüfverfahren für Materialien und

les matériaux et les ensembles - Essais de résistance Baugruppen - Prüfung des

d'isolement en surface (RIS) des ensembles Oberflächenisolationswiderstands (SIR) von Baugruppen

(IEC 61189-5-502:2021) (IEC 61189-5-502:2021)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-03-10. 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.

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Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021 (E)
European foreword

The text of document 91/1646/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 61189-5-502, prepared by IEC/TC 91

"Electronics assembly technology" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by

CENELEC as EN IEC 61189-5-502:2021.
The following dates are fixed:

• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2021-12-10

level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement

• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024-03-10

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 61189-5-502:2021 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 61189-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61189-1
IEC 61189-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61189-3
IEC 61189-5 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61189-5 (series)
IEC 61189-6 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61189-6
IEC 61190-1-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61190-1-1
IEC 61190-1-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61190-1-2
IEC 61249-2-7 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61249-2-7
IEC 62137-4:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62137-4:2014 (not modified)
ISO 9001 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9001
ISO 9455-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 29455-1
ISO 9455-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9455-2
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Annex ZA
(normative)
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 60068-1 - Environmental testing - Part 1: General EN 60068-1 -
and guidance
IEC 60068-2-20 - Environmental testing - Part 2-20: Tests - EN 60068-2-20 -
Test T: Test methods for solderability
and resistance to soldering heat of
devices with leads
IEC 60068-2-58 - Environmental testing - Part 2-58: Tests - EN 60068-2-58 -
Test Td: Test methods for solderability,
resistance to dissolution of metallization
and to soldering heat of surface
mounting devices (SMD)
IEC 60068-2-67 - Environmental testing - Part 2-67: Tests - EN 60068-2-67 -
Test Cy: Damp heat, steady state,
accelerated test primarily intended for
components
IEC 60068-2-78 - Environmental testing - Part 2-78: Tests - EN 60068-2-78 -
Test Cab: Damp heat, steady state
IEC 60194 - Printed board design, manufacture and - -
assembly - Terms and definitions
IEC 61190-1-3 - Attachment materials for electronic EN IEC 61190-1-3 -
assembly - Part 1-3: Requirements for
electronic grade solder alloys and fluxed
and non-fluxed solid solder for electronic
soldering applications
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Test methods for electrical materials, printed board and other interconnection
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Part 5-502: General test methods for materials and assemblies – Surface
Insulation Resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies
Méthodes d’essai pour les matériaux électriques, les cartes imprimées et autres
structures d’interconnexion et ensembles –
Partie 5-502: Méthodes d’essai générales pour les matériaux et les ensembles –
Essais de résistance d’isolement en surface (RIS) des ensembles
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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 4

1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 6

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 6

3 Terms and definitions ...................................................................................................... 7

4 Equipment/Apparatus ...................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Soldering and other production process equipment ................................................. 7

4.2 Measurement instrument ......................................................................................... 7

4.3 Resistor verification coupon .................................................................................... 8

4.4 Damp heat chamber ................................................................................................ 8

4.5 Magnifiers (10x – 30x) ............................................................................................ 9

4.6 Camera ................................................................................................................... 9

4.7 Cleaning solvent ..................................................................................................... 9

4.8 Interconnecting cable .............................................................................................. 9

4.9 Connector rack ....................................................................................................... 9

4.10 Solder flux .............................................................................................................. 9

5 Test coupon..................................................................................................................... 9

5.1 Test coupon artwork ............................................................................................... 9

5.1.1 General ........................................................................................................... 9

5.1.2 Test coupon ................................................................................................... 10

5.1.3 Laminate ....................................................................................................... 10

5.1.4 Surface finish ................................................................................................ 10

5.1.5 Solder mask .................................................................................................. 10

5.1.6 Quality ........................................................................................................... 10

5.2 Components (bill of materials) .............................................................................. 10

5.3 Number of test coupons ........................................................................................ 12

5.4 Test conditions ..................................................................................................... 12

5.5 Coupon identification ............................................................................................ 13

6 Procedure ...................................................................................................................... 13

6.1 Test coupon preparation ....................................................................................... 13

6.2 Cleaning ............................................................................................................... 13

6.3 Manufacturing process replication ......................................................................... 13

6.4 Preparation of samples for chamber ...................................................................... 13

6.5 Connector system – High-resistance measurement verification ............................. 13

6.6 Hard wiring ........................................................................................................... 14

6.7 Coupon orientation in the chamber ....................................................................... 14

6.8 Test coupon measurements .................................................................................. 14

6.9 Evaluation ............................................................................................................. 15

6.10 Test report ............................................................................................................ 15

6.11 Additional information ........................................................................................... 16

Annex A (informative) Additional information ........................................................................ 17

A.1 Additional information ........................................................................................... 17

A.1.1 General ......................................................................................................... 17

A.1.2 Advisory notes ............................................................................................... 17

A.1.3 Use of coupon test pattern on production product .......................................... 17

A.2 Use of dummy components ................................................................................... 17

A.3 Frequency of monitoring ....................................................................................... 17

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A.4 Condensation ........................................................................................................ 18

A.5 Flux volatilisation .................................................................................................. 18

A.5.1 General ......................................................................................................... 18

A.5.2 90 % RH or 93 % RH ..................................................................................... 18

A.6 Drip shield ............................................................................................................ 18

A.7 Inspection ............................................................................................................. 19

A.8 Connector test racks ............................................................................................. 19

A.8.1 Advantages ................................................................................................... 19

A.8.2 Disadvantages ............................................................................................... 19

A.9 Electromagnetic shielding ..................................................................................... 19

A.10 Wiring to the IPC B-52 test coupons ..................................................................... 20

A.11 Connector test rack wiring..................................................................................... 21

A.12 Test voltage .......................................................................................................... 21

Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 22

Figure 1 – Resistor verification coupon using the IPC-B-52 coupon ........................................ 8

Figure 2 – IPC B-52 Rev B Top Side ..................................................................................... 11

Figure 3 – IPC B-52 Rev B bottom side ................................................................................. 11

Figure 4 – Test specimen location with respect to chamber air flow ...................................... 14

Table 1 – IPC B-52 bill of materials (BOM) ............................................................................ 12

Table A.1 – IPC B-52 Rev B wiring diagram .......................................................................... 20

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TEST METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL MATERIALS, PRINTED BOARD AND
OTHER INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURES AND ASSEMBLIES –
Part 5-502: General test methods for materials and assemblies –
Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies
FOREWORD

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IEC 61189-5-502 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 91: Electronics assembly

technology. It is an International Standard.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
91/1646/CDV 91/1673/RVC

Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in

the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
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This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in

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A list of all parts in the IEC 61189 series, published under the general title Test methods for

electrical materials, printed board and other interconnection structures and assemblies, can be

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TEST METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL MATERIALS, PRINTED BOARD AND
OTHER INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURES AND ASSEMBLIES –
Part 5-502: General test methods for materials and assemblies –
Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) testing of assemblies
1 Scope

This part of IEC 61189 is used for evaluating the changes to the surface insulation resistance

of a pre-selected material set on a representative test coupon and quantifies the deleterious

effects of improperly used materials and processes that can lead to decreases in electrical

resistance.

An assembly process involves a number of different process materials including solder flux,

solder paste, solder wire, underfill materials, adhesives, staking compounds, temporary

masking materials, cleaning solvents, conformal coatings and more. The test employs two

different test conditions of 85 °C and 85 % relative humidity (RH), preferred for a process that

includes cleaning, or 40 °C and 90 % relative humidity (RH), preferred for processes where no

cleaning is involved.

NOTE 40 °C and 93 % RH can be used as an alternative to 40 °C and 90 % RH. Additional information is provided

in 5.4 and A.5.2.

Testing is material (set) and process / equipment specific. Qualifications are to be performed

using the production intent equipment, processes and materials.
2 Normative references

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.
IEC 60068-1, Environmental testing – Part 1: General and guidance

IEC 60068-2-20, Environmental testing – Part 2-20: Tests – Test T: Test methods for

solderability and resistance to soldering heat of devices with leads

IEC 60068-2-58, Environmental testing – Part 2-58: Tests – Test Td: Test methods for

solderability, resistance to dissolution of metallization and to soldering heat of surface mounting

devices (SMD)

IEC 60068-2-67, Environmental testing – Part 2-67: Tests – Test Cy: Damp heat, steady state,

accelerated test primarily intended for components

IEC 60068-2-78, Environmental testing – Part 2-78: Tests – Test Cab: Damp heat, steady state

IEC 60194, Printed board design, manufacture and assembly – Terms and definitions

IEC 61190-1-3, Attachment materials for electronic assembly – Part 1-3: Requirements for

electronic grade solder alloys and fluxed and non-fluxed solid solder for electronic soldering

applications
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3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60068-1, IEC 60068-

2-20:2008, IEC 60068-2-58, IEC 60194, and IEC 61190-1-3 and the following apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following

addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
test coupon
test specimen, test vehicle, test sample
4 Equipment/Apparatus
4.1 Soldering and other production process equipment
All the equipment shall represent the equipment to be used in production.
4.2 Measurement instrument

This shall consist of a measuring device capable of measuring insulation resistance in the range

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of at least 10 Ω to 10 Ω.

It shall be capable of measuring and recording each individual test pattern of an IPC-B-52 test

board/assembly. The measurement circuit shall incorporate a 1 MΩ current limiting resistor in

each current pathway.
The tolerance of the total measurement system shall be:
• ±5 % up to 10 Ω at 5 V;
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• ±10 % between 10 Ω to 10 Ω at 5 V;
• ±20 % above 10 Ω at 5 V.

If a different test voltage is to be used, the measurement circuit shall be assessed at that voltage

rather than the 5 V stipulated. See 6.8 and Clause A.12 for additional information on test

voltages.

The resistors used to confirm the "total measurement system tolerance" defined above, shall

have a purchased tolerance of:
• ±0,1 % up to and including 10 Ω;
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• ±1 % above 10 Ω and up to and including 10 Ω;
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• ±5 % above 10 Ω and up to and including 10 Ω;
• ±10 % above 10 Ω.

The instrument can be used with either an external or internal power supply but shall be capable

of delivering a variable voltage from (5 to 100) V DC ±1 % with a 1 MΩ load and a channel to

channel isolation resistance of 10 Ω.

The system shall be capable of taking measurements in the time interval required.

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Equipment shall have the measurement capability to repeat the resistance measurement on all

channels at least every 20 min.
4.3 Resistor verification coupon

The measurement system measurement performance shall be verified by substituting a resistor

verification coupon (see Figure 1) in place of the test coupons while in the chamber at both

ambient and elevated conditions.

This coupon should be fitted with at least 4 “known value” resistors. The tolerances for the

“known value” resistors shall be as per the purchased tolerances detailed in 4.2.

Figure 1 – Resistor verification coupon using the IPC-B-52 coupon

The resistor verification coupon should have a protective metal (stainless steel) cover attached

with stainless hardware to the grounded mounting holes on the coupon to protect the resistors

from contamination or damage during handling operations.

Other types of test coupon may be used in place of the IPC-B-52 RVC, as this coupon is used

only to verify continuity prior to the commencement of the test.
4.4 Damp heat chamber
° ° °

A damp heat chamber capable of being adjusted to a temperature of 20 C ± 2 C to 100 C

± 2 °C and of relative humidity between 80 % RH ±3 % RH and 90 % RH ± 3 % RH according

to IEC 60068-2-67 and IEC 60068-2-78 shall be used.

If the alternative conditions of 40 °C and 93 % RH are to be used, the damp heat chamber shall

be capable of the upper humidity level of 93 % RH ± 3 % RH rather than the 90 % RH ± 3 %

RH specified above; see 5.4 and A.5.1 for further information.

The chamber shall be constructed with stainless steel inner surfaces and be well-insulated.

The temperature and humidity measurement should be taken using sensors such as dry and

wet bulb thermometers or solid-state sensors. The temperature and humidity levels of the test

chamber shall be recorded at a minimum of 5 minute intervals throughout the test, preferably with

independent control sensors.

The location of the samples within the chamber should ensure that the airflow within is not

impeded.
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Adequate mixing of water vapour and air is imperative to ensure condensation does not occur

anywhere in the chamber except on/around cooling or dehumidification coils. If any part of

interior of the chamber is below the dew point, possibly due to insulation or control issues,

condensation will occur. The samples should be kept above the dew point and be shielded from

dripping or flying condensate.

Prior to every test, the chamber interior shall be wiped down with a mixture of 50 % propan-2-

ol and 50 % deionized water. The chamber sh
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