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IPC To Hold IPC-9592 Power Conversion Conference


T he long-awaited power conversion standard, IPC-9592, Requirements for Power Conversion Devices for the Computer and Telecommunications Industries, is in its final stage of production. In preparation for the release, IPC has planned a unique conference on November 6, 2008 at the Wyndham Hotel, Dallas Fort Worth Airport North, Irving, Texas, to discuss the details of the IPC-9592 specification and outline the process and input that went into developing this first-ever power conversion standard.

More than 90 pages are dedicated to this specification that will have a dramatic and positive impact on the entire power conversion supply chain. The IPC-9592 Conference agenda will cover the complete range of power conversion product attributes, including product specifications and document requirements; design for reliability; design and qualification testing; and manufacturing conformance testing.

Best of all, conference sessions will be presented by the same volunteer standards development committee members who contributed to the document’s individual sections. These volunteer members — representing Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Dell Inc., Emerson Network Power, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM, Lineage Power and Murata Power Solutions — will describe not only the items, requirements and issues confronted and resolved in the development of the standard, but also the background and logic used to craft each chapter.

A letter jointly signed by Scott Strand Program Director/Global Procurement, IBM Subcommittee Chair for IPC-9592; Neil Witkowski Technical Manager, Alcatel-Lucent, Subcommittee Co-chair and Paul Parker Consulting Reliability Engineer, Lineage Power, Committee Member, said: “We can’t stress enough the value of this document to the power conversion industry — both users and suppliers. The standard took over two years to develop through the hard work and commitment of a group of key industry suppliers and OEMs.”

Use the link below to view the conference brochure in PDF format:
PDFIPC Brochure (PDF 560k)


Typical Manufacturing Conformance Test Flow


Provided by Anthony Hilvers, Vice President of Industry Programs, IPC

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