EN IEC 60539-1:2023

Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors - Part 1: Generic specification

IEC 60539-1:2022 is applicable to directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors, typically made from transition metal oxide materials with semiconducting properties. It establishes standard terms, inspection procedures and methods of test for use in sectional and detail specifications of electronic components for quality assessment or any other purpose. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
Restructured completely to comply to ISO/IEC directives; categorization and reorganization of test methods into these categories;
Annex X added for comparison to the previous edition;
Some wordings, figures and references have been revised.

Direkt geheizte temperaturabhängige Widerstände mit negativem Temperaturkoeffizienten - Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation

Thermistances à coefficient de température négatif à chauffage direct - Partie 1: Spécification générique

L’IEC 60539-1:2022 s’applique aux thermistances à coefficient de température négatif à chauffage direct, généralement constituées d’oxydes de métaux de transition présentant des propriétés semi-conductrices. Elle établit des termes, des procédures d’inspection et des méthodes d’essai normaux à utiliser dans les spécifications intermédiaires et particulières des composants électroniques, pour l’assurance de la qualité ou pour tout autre usage. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l’édition précédente:
cette édition a été entièrement remaniée conformément aux Directives ISO/IEC; différentes catégories ont été définies et les méthodes d’essai ont été réorganisées en fonction de ces catégories;
l’Annexe X a été ajoutée à titre de comparaison par rapport à l’édition précédente;
certaines formulations, figures et références ont été révisées.

Neposredno ogrevani termistorji z negativnim temperaturnim koeficientom - 1. del: Splošna specifikacija (IEC 60539-1:2022)

Standard IEC 60539-1:2022 se uporablja za neposredno ogrevane termistorje z negativnim temperaturnim koeficientom, ki so običajno izdelani iz materialov prehodnega kovinskega oksida s polprevodniškimi lastnostmi.
Določa splošne pogoje, inšpekcijske postopke in preskusne metode za uporabo v sekcijskih in podrobnih specifikacijah elektronskih komponent za oceno kakovosti ali kateri koli drug namen.
Ta izdaja v primerjavi s prejšnjo vključuje naslednje pomembne tehnične spremembe:
Popolnoma preoblikovana zaradi skladnosti z direktivami ISO/IEC; kategorizacija in reorganizacija preskusnih metod v te kategorije; dodan je dodatek X za primerjavo s prejšnjo izdajo; spremenjeno je bilo določeno besedilo, številke in sklicevanja.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 02-Feb-2023
• ICS: 31.040.30 - Thermistors
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 40 - Capacitors and resistors for electronic equipment
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 40 - IEC_TC_40
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 03-Feb-2023
• Completion Date: 03-Feb-2023
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 60539-1:2023 - Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors - Part 1: Generic specification (IEC 60539-1:2022)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60539-1:2016 - Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors - Part 1: Generic specification
• Effective Date: 27-Apr-2021
• Replaces: EN 60539-1:2016/AC:2017-09 - Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors - Part 1: Generic specification
• Effective Date: 27-Apr-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2023
Neposredno ogrevani termistorji z negativnim temperaturnim koeficientom - 1. del:
Splošna specifikacija (IEC 60539-1:2022)
Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors - Part 1: Generic
specification (IEC 60539-1:2022)
Direkt geheizte temperaturabhängige Widerstände mit negativem
Temperaturkoeffizienten - Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation (IEC 60539-1:2022)
Thermistances à coefficient de température négatif à chauffage direct - Partie 1:
Spécification générique (IEC 60539-1:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60539-1:2023
ICS:
31.040.30 Termistorji Thermistors
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60539-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM February 2023
ICS 31.040.30 Supersedes EN 60539-1:2016;
EN 60539-1:2016/AC:2017-09
English Version
Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors -
Part 1: Generic specification
(IEC 60539-1:2022)
Thermistances à coefficient de température négatif à Direkt geheizte temperaturabhängige Widerstände mit
chauffage direct - Partie 1: Spécification générique negativem Temperaturkoeffizienten - Teil 1:
(IEC 60539-1:2022) Fachgrundspezifikation
(IEC 60539-1:2022)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2023-01-19. 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
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© 2023 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60539-1:2023 E

European foreword
The text of document 40/2975/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60539-1, prepared by IEC/TC 40
"Capacitors and resistors for electronic equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote
and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60539-1:2023.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2023-10-19
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2026-01-19
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60539-1:2016 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
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 60539-1:2022 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 60027-1 NOTE Approved as EN 60027-1
ISO 80000-1 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 80000-1
Annex A
(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 60062 - Marking codes for resistors and capacitors EN 60062 -
IEC 60068-1 2013 Environmental testing - Part 1: General EN 60068-1 2014
and guidance
IEC 60068-2-1 - Environmental testing - Part 2-1: Tests - EN 60068-2-1 -
Test A: Cold
IEC 60068-2-2 - Environmental testing - Part 2-2: Tests - EN 60068-2-2 -
Test B: Dry heat
IEC 60068-2-6 - Environmental testing - Part 2-6: Tests - EN 60068-2-6 -
Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)
IEC 60068-2-11 - Environmental testing - Part 2-11: Tests - EN IEC 60068-2-11 -
Test Ka: Salt mist
IEC 60068-2-14 - Environmental testing - Part 2-14: Tests - EN 60068-2-14 -
Test N: Change of temperature
IEC 60068-2-17 - Basic environmental testing procedures - EN 60068-2-17 -
Part 2-17: Tests - Test Q: Sealing
IEC 60068-2-20 - Environmental testing - Part 2-20: Tests - EN IEC 60068-2-20 -
Test Ta and Tb: Test methods for
solderability and resistance to soldering
heat of devices with leads
IEC 60068-2-21 2021 Environmental testing - Part 2-21: Tests - EN IEC 60068-2-21 2021
Test U: Robustness of terminations and
integral mounting devices
IEC 60068-2-27 2008 Environmental testing - Part 2-27: Tests - EN 60068-2-27 2009
Test Ea and guidance: Shock
IEC 60068-2-31 - Environmental testing - Part 2-31: Tests - EN 60068-2-31 -
Test Ec: Rough handling shocks, primarily
for equipment-type specimens
IEC 60068-2-38 - Environmental testing - Part 2-38: Tests - EN IEC 60068-2-38 -
Test Z/AD: Composite
temperature/humidity cyclic test
IEC 60068-2-45 1980 Basic environmental testing procedures - EN 60068-2-45 1992
Part 2-45: Tests - Test XA and guidance:
Immersion in cleaning solvents
+ A1 1993  + A1 1993
IEC 60068-2-52 - Environmental testing - Part 2-52: Tests - EN IEC 60068-2-52 -
Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium chloride
solution)
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 60068-2-69 - Environmental testing - Part 2-69: Tests - EN 60068-2-69 -
Test Te/Tc: Solderability testing of
electronic components and printed boards
by the wetting balance (force
measurement) method
IEC 60068-2-78 - Environmental testing - Part 2-78: Tests - EN 60068-2-78 -
Test Cab: Damp heat, steady state
IEC 60294 - Measurement of the dimensions of a EN 60294 -
cylindrical component with axial
terminations
IEC 60717 - Method for the determination of the space EN 60717 -
required by capacitors and resistors with
unidirectional terminations
IEC 61193-2 - Quality assessment systems - Part 2: EN 61193-2 -
Selection and use of sampling plans for
inspection of electronic components and
packages
IEC 61249-2-7 - Materials for printed boards and other EN 61249-2-7 -
interconnecting structures - Part 2-7:
Reinforced base materials clad and unclad
- Epoxide woven E-glass laminated sheet
of defined flammability (vertical burning
test), copper-clad
IEC 60539-1 ®
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Directly heated negative temperature coefficient thermistors –

Part 1: Generic specification
Thermistances à coefficient de température négatif à chauffage direct –

Partie 1: Spécification générique

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ELECTROTECHNICAL
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ICS 31.040.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-6192-7

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 8
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms and definitions . 11
4 General items . 21
4.1 Units and symbols. 21
4.2 Preferred values and appropriate category . 21
4.2.1 General . 21
4.2.2 Appropriate category . 21
4.3 Marking . 21
4.3.1 General . 21
4.3.2 Marking for small size types such as surface mount NTC thermistors . 22
4.3.3 Coding . 22
4.4 Quality assessment procedures . 22
5 General provisions for measurements and test methods . 22
5.1 General . 22
5.2 Standard atmospheric conditions for testing . 22
5.3 Drying and recovery . 23
5.3.1 Drying . 23
5.3.2 Recovery . 23
5.4 Mounting (for surface mount thermistors only) . 23
5.4.1 General . 23
5.4.2 Printed wiring board and land pattern . 23
5.4.3 Mounting on board . 23
6 Electrical tests and measurements . 25
6.1 Zero-power resistance . 25
6.1.1 General . 25
6.1.2 Measurement procedures . 25
6.1.3 Requirements . 25
6.2 B-value or resistance ratio . 25
6.2.1 General . 25
6.2.2 Requirements . 25
6.3 Insulation resistance (for insulated types only) . 26
6.3.1 General . 26
6.3.2 Test methods . 26
6.3.3 Applied voltage . 29
6.3.4 Requirements . 29
6.4 Voltage proof (for insulated types only) . 29
6.4.1 General . 29
6.4.2 Test voltage . 29
6.4.3 Requirements . 29
6.5 Resistance/temperature characteristic . 29
6.5.1 General . 29
6.5.2 Test methods . 29
6.5.3 Requirements .
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