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Minutes of P-3 Committee on Inductive Devices
April 17, 2002
Sheraton Old Town Inn, Albuquerque, NM

Members Present
Brian Piscitelli KOA Speer Electronics
Robert Blodgett Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc.
Ken Beymer DSCC
William Gisseler TDK Corporation of America
Terry Charles Panasonic
Phil Diglio EPCOS Inc. USA
Dennis Cross DSCC-VAT
Brent Elliott Cooper Electronic Technologies
Mike Greenwood Intel Corp
David Ritchey Phycomp
Mike Lauri IBM
Yan Ma AEM
Ed Mikoski EIA/ECA
Chris Reynolds AVX
Les Rice KOA Speer
Michael Griffith KOA Speer
Member Organizations Present
Present at previous meeting?/ Present at meeting prior to previous?
AEM Yes/Yes
Cooper Electronic Technologies Yes/No
KOA Speer Electronics Yes/Yes
AVX Corporation Yes/No
Panasonic Industrial Company Yes/Yes
Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. Yes/Yes
IBM Corporation No/Yes
Yageo (Phycomp USA, Inc.) Yes/Yes
TDK Corporation of America Yes/Yes
EPCOS Inc. Yes/Yes
Intel Corp No/No
Member Organizations Absent
Present at previous meeting?/ Present at meeting prior to previous?
Agilent Technologies No/No
Lucent Technologies Yes/No
Vishay Yes/Yes
Steward No/Yes
FCI No/No
Coilcraft No/No
BI Technologies No/No
Others Organizations Present
DSCC  
EIA/ECA  

1.0 Committee Organization and Procedures

1.1 Membership Attendance
Self-introductions were made. Attendance was taken, and it was determined that a quorum was present.

1.2 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the 10 October 2001 meeting held at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. PA were unanimously approved.

1.3 Approval of Agenda
The Committee unanimously accepted the Agenda as presented.

1.4 Correspondence
There was no correspondence except the returned ballots of PN4315 & PN4233.

2.0 Old Business
2.1 Vote results for PN4233 Surface Mount Inductor Qualification Specification
Results were 5 approvals, 2 approvals with comments, 2 abstentions, and two no responses.

2.2 Review of suggested addenda for specification
Numerous points were left outstanding and are to be addressed at a 4:00pm meeting of P-3 on 04/17/02. First issue is to determine whether a quorum is present prior to any discussions.

2.3 Vote results for PN4315 Surface Mount Ferrite Chip Bead Qualification Specification
Results were 6 approvals, 2 approvals with comments, 1 abstention, and two no responses.

2.4 Review of suggested addenda for specification
A review of suggested changes to PN4315 was discussed. Updates were added to the specification. A motion was made, seconded and approved to accept PN4315 with changes. File name is PN4315_041702.doc. This approved document PN4315 is to proceed forward to ECA for publication. (Updates are in red color. Sections include: 4.2,4.3, 4.5.1, 4.6, 4.8, 4.11, & 4.12.)

3.0 New Business and Opportunities
3.1 Additional test and characterization of chip bead impedances
Not discussed, Subject is carried over to Fall 2002 meeting.

3.2 Test procedures and recommended electrical parameters foe smd inductors and ferrite beads
Not discussed, Subject carried over to Fall 2002 meeting.

3.3 Surface mount multiplayer (ceramic) inductors
Not discussed, Subject carried over to Fall 2002 meeting.

3.4 Other new business?
Not discussed in detail., Subject carried over to Fall 2002 meeting.
IBM as a voting member didn't receive the email ballots. Situation is under review.
ECA is updating the database in order to provide a consistent list of voting members to the chairman.


4.0 Next Meeting
The next meeting will be at the ECA Fall Engineering Summit Week of 7-10 October, 2002 at the Downtown Marriott in Charlotte, NC.

5.0 Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 12 noon.
A motion was made, seconded and approved to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 12:19p. A follow-up meeting is scheduled for 4:00pm on 4/17/2002 to discuss open issues in P-3 for PN4233 SMD Inductor Specification. If a quorum is present, items will be included within the minutes. Otherwise, these issues will appear as items for further discussion at the upcoming Fall 2002 Engineering Summit.

6.0 Addendum to the minutes:

P-3 group met during an extended session at 4:05p on 4/17/2002. It was determined there was a quorum present. The list of the attending members:

Members Present
Terry Charles Panasonic
Brent Elliott Cooper Electronic Technologies
Bill Gisseler TDK Corporation
Michael Griffith KOA Speer
Mike Lauri IBM
Yan Ma AEM
Les Rice KOA Speer
David Ritchey Yageo (Phycomp USA, Inc.)

6.1 Discussion item: PN4233, adjustment of temperature and specifications update. Changes were implemented to the document. A motion was made to update PN4233 to include these changes, it was seconded and carried. Data to be available for the Fall 2002 meeting.

6.2 Activity of P-3 Projects:

6.2.1 PN2006, EIA IS/ 759 Standard for Chip Inductors, Rescind, a motion was made, it was seconded and carried.

6.2.2 SP3334, Multilayer Chip Inductor Qualification, Rescind, a motion was made, it was seconded and carried.

6.2.3 SP3337, Surface Mount Wound Inductor Specification, Rescind, a motion was made, it was seconded and carried.

6.2.4 Other Active P-3 Projects to be discussed at Fall 2002 Session.

This meeting was conducted in accordance with the EIA legal guidelines and the manual of organization and procedures.

Bill Gisseler, Chairperson
Signature on file

Edward F. Mikoski, Jr., Acting Secretary
Signature on file

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