BS EN 62496-3:2011 Optical circuit boards. Performance standards. General and guidance
BS EN 62496-3 is a European Standard which covers general information on optical circuit board performance standards.
It defines those tests and severities which form the performance categories or general operating service environments and identifies those tests which are considered to be product-specific.
Test and severity details are given in Annex A. IEC 62496-3 provides references, definitions and rules for creating optical circuit board performance standards, as well as related information pertinent to the subject.
Subsequent parts of the IEC 62496-3 series are sequentially numbered and contain performance criteria for specific applications. Each part will be added as the performance criteria become standardized for international use.
Performance standards define standard electro-optical performance under a set of prescribed conditions and contain a series or a set of tests and measurements (which may or may not be grouped into a specific schedule) with clearly defined conditions, severities and pass/fail criteria. The tests are intended to be run as an initial design verification to prove the product’s ability to satisfy the requirements of a specific application, market sector or user group.
Contents of BS EN 62496-3:
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Preparation of a performance standard
4.1 General
4.2 Product definition
4.3 Tests
4.4 Details
4.5 Requirements
4.6 Sample size
4.7 Groupings/sequences
4.8 Pass/fail criteria
4.9 Reference product definition
4.10 Performance standard test report
Annex A (normative) Tests and severities for performance standards Bibliography
Table A.1 – General operating service environments and definitions
Table A.2 – Category C – Controlled environment (Flexible optical circuit boards using optical glass fibres)
Table A.3 – Category C – Controlled environment (Optical circuit boards using optical waveguides)