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Minutes of U-1 Passive Components Steering Committee
April 15, 2003
Mission Palms Hotel -Tempe, AZ

Chairman Keith Seamands called the meeting to order at 8:00AM. Vice Chairman Dave Richardson recorded minutes.

1 Committee organization and procedures

1.1 Membership and attendance

1.1 Welcome by Keith Seamands and self- introduction of all members. Attendance was taken, and it was determined that a quorum was present

1.2 Agenda was approved with additions of P-1 Resistive Devices and P-4 Mechanical Outline Committee Reports added. An update on the CCC was also added.

1.3 Approval of U-1 minutes from October, 2002 in Charlotte, NC
Minutes approved unanimously.

1.4 Correspondence and Announcements
Mike Cannon read a letter of "thanks" and announcement of retirement from Dick Thompson. Vice Chairman Dave Richardson offered to write a letter of appreciation to Dick for his service to the EIA/ECA. If anyone would like a copy of this letter they can contact David.Richardson@Vishay.com. Ed Mikoski of the EIA/ECA announced an EMS meeting of the ECA in San Jose on April 29th.

1.5 Sub-Committee and Working Group Reports
A. P-1 Resistors - Brian Piscitelli reported. The committee is updating the 575 and 576 documents.
B. P-10 IPD - Brian Piscitelli reported.
C. G11 - Report given by Ed Mikoski. He will try to get a representative from the G11 to attend the next P-Panel meetings.
D. P-14 Fuses - Dan Giblin gave a report. The committee has changed the Scope statement to remove over-voltage devices.
E. P2.5 Tantalum -Dave Richardson reported. The committee is working on specs for Niobium, tantalum polymer and an update to the molded chip spec.
F. P2.1 Ceramics- Mike Cannon Reported. Committee is looking at IEC specs in an attempt to standardize. They are also discussing test methods and ripple current ratings.
G. PDP-100 Mechanical Outline - Carl Lindquist reported. This committee will now be called the P-4 committee. They are working on development of a web based data system for users and suppliers to post industry standard package outlines.
H. P2.2 Film and P2.4 Aluminum have been combined. Report by Laird Macomber and Mike Mosier. The committee is working on an aluminum polymer specification.
I. P-9 Test Methods - The activities of this committee are being discontinued since Mil 202 is widely accepted as the industry standard and has been kept current.

1.6 EIA Environmental Update - The report on this topic was deferred until lunch at which time Heather Bowman, who heads up the Environmental Issues Council (EIC) at the ECA, gave a very informative presentation. Also, NEMI roadmaps are available on the web. The industry is beginning to accept 0.1% lead content as a maximum for "lead free" standardization. Heather recommended that we try to get someone from the FTC to give a presentation at the next meeting in San Antonio.

2.0 Old Business- None

2.1 Web-Site Update - Ed Mikoski informed the group about changes/updates to the EIA/ECA web-site. The address is www.ec-central.org.

3.0 New Business
Ed Mikoski gave a presentation on the CCC (China Compulsory Certificate). The presentation was provided to Ed by SIMCOM of Atlanta, GA. They work as an agency for CCC approval. CCC is a safety certificate something like the UL in the US. This requirement which goes into Chinese law May 1, 2003 could have a significant impact on companies doing business in China. Dan Giblin of Cooper -Bussman has had extensive experience with this agency and provided very useful information on the subject.

3.1 Lead-Free - Industry Update - Heather Bowman provided a detailed presentation on global legislation and ECA activity at the lunch meeting.

3.2 Presentation-Technical Paper
Mark Cohen, Director of Integrated Products at Maxwell Technologies gave a very interesting presentation on ultra capacitors. He recommended that interested parties also check Kilofarad.com on the web for further information. Kilofarad International is a forum for members to develop standards and provide information to the industry on ultra capacitor technology. It was requested that slides from Mark's presentation be posted on the EIA/ECA web site.

3.3 Awards - At the lunch meeting, Terry Charles of Panasonic was presented with this year's "Distinguished Fellow" award.

4.0 Future Business Meetings
The fall 2003 meeting will be in San Antonio, TX . The meeting will be held on October 6-9 at the Marriott River Center.
Tampa, FL was confirmed by the EIA/ECA for the Spring 2004 meeting. Tentative dates are set for April 19-22.
San Diego, CA was selected for the fall 2004 meeting.

5.0 Meeting adjourned at 10:22 am.
This meeting was conducted in accordance with the EIA Legal Guidelines and the Manual of Organization and Procedures.

Keith Seamands - Chairman
Dave Richardson - Vice -Chairman

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