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Electronics & Telecommunications Industry Standards, Specifications, Recommended Practices & Documents

Updated February 6, 2009

Electronics and telecommunications standards and documents address waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), emergency alerts, signaling systems, web-based protocols, cables, electronic program guides, safety, radio emissions, information exchanges, acoustics, audio, video, motors, telephone equipment, generators and other topics.

A selected list may be found below.

These standards were developed by Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), British Standards Institution (BSI), Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA), Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE), Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), RTCA Inc., Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

2008 Standards
ATIS 0800010
Emergency Alert Provisioning Specifications
BSI BS EN ISO 27874
Metallic and other inorganic coatings — Electrodeposited gold and gold alloy coatings for electrical, electronic and engineering purposes — Specification and test methods (ISO 27874:2008)
BSI DD CEN ISO/TS 25110
Electronic fee collection — Interface definition for onboard account using integrated circuit card (ICC) (ISO/TS 25110:2008)
DIN EN 15500
Control for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning applications - Electronic individual zone control equipment; German version EN 15500:2008
DIN EN 60384-20
Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 20: Sectional specification - Fixed metallized polyphenylene sulfide film dielectric surface mount d.c. capacitors (IEC 60384-20:2008 + Corrigendum 2008); German version EN 60384-20:2008
DIN EN 61076-3-110
Connectors for electronic equipment - Product requirements - Part 3-110: Rectangular connectors - Detail specification for shielded, free and fixed connectors for data transmission with frequencies up to 1000 MHz (IEC 61076-3-110:2007); German version EN 61076-3-110:2008
EU 2008/34/EC
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
EU 2008/35/EC
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
EU 2008/C 257/10
Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'Telecommunications reform package'
IPC J-STD-002C
Solderability Tests for Component Leads, Terminations, Lugs, Terminals and Wires-Incorporates Amendment A1: November 2008
IPC J-STD-006B
Requirements for Electronic Grade Solder Alloys and Fluxed and Non-Fluxed Solid Solders for Electronic Soldering Applications-Incorporates Amendment A1: October 2008
NFPA 76
Standard for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities-Effective Date: 10/10/2008

Electronics & Telecommunications Standards
ATIS T1.113
Telecommunications - Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) - Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part - Supplement A and B Incorporated
BSI EN 50155
Railway applications - Electronic equipment used on rolling stock
CEA-2014-A ERTA
Web-Based Protocol and Framework for Remote User Interface on UPnP (TM) Networks and the Internet (Web4CE)
CEA 2017.1
Serial Communication Protocol for Portable Electronic Devices
CEA 2033
OpenEPG (TM) – A Specification for Electronic Program Guide Data Interchange
GEIA STD 0005-2
Standard for Mitigating the Effects of Tin Whiskers in Aerospace and High Performance Electronic Systems
ICEA S-84-608
Telecommunications Cable Filled, Polyolefin Insulated, Copper Conductor - Fourth edition
ICEA S-85-625
Telecommunications Cable Aircore, Polyolefin Insulated, Copper Conductor Technical Requirements - Fourth edition
IEC 60065
Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus – Safety requirements - Edition 7.1; Consolidated Reprint
IEC 60068-2-64
Environmental Testing - Part 2-64: Tests - Test Fh: Vibration, Broadband Random and Guidance
IEC 60529
Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures (IP Code)
IEC 60571
Electronic Equipment Used on Rail Vehicles - Edition 2.1; Consolidated Reprint
IEC 60950-1
Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1: General Requirements
IEC 61010-1
Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use - Part 1: General Requirements
IEC TR 61340-5-2
Electrostatics – Part 5-2: Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena – User guide - Edition 1.0
IEC 61508 SET
Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety - Related Systems Set
IEC 61508 SET
Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/programmable Electronic Safety - Related Systems Set - Contains IEC 61508-1 Through IEC 61508-7
IEC CISPR 22
Information Technology Equipment - Radio Disturbance Characteristics - Limits and Methods of Measurement
IEEE 315
Graphic Symbols for Electrical and Electronics Diagrams (Including Reference Designation Class Designation Letters) - CSA Z99-75; Includes supplement to ANSI Y32.2-75 and IEEE 315-75
IEEE C63.4
American National Standard for Methods of Measurement of Radio-Noise Emissions from Low-Voltage Electrical and Electronic Equipment in the Range of 9 kHz to 40 GHz - Revision of ANSI C63.4-2001
IEEE 1100
Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment - IEEE Emerald Book (Color Book Series)
IEEE 802.3
Information Technology - Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Specific Requirements. Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer
IPC A 610
Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies
IPC J-STD-006B
Requirements for Electronic Grade Solder Alloys and Fluxed and Non-Fluxed Solid Solders for Electronic Soldering Applications
IPC 7711A/7721A
Rework, Modification and Repair of Electronic Assemblies
ISO 802.11R
Information technology— Telecommunications and information exchange between systems— Local and metropolitan area networks— Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 2: Fast Basic Service Set (BSS) Transition - IEEE Computer Society
ISO 13239
Information Technology - Telecommunications and Information Exchange between Systems - High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) Procedures - Third Edition; Replaces ISO/IEC 3309, 7809, 8471, and 8885
ISO 16750-3
Road vehicles — Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and electronic equipment — Part 3: Mechanical loads - Second Edition
ISO 7779
Acoustics - Measurement of Airborne Noise Emitted by Information Technology and Telecommunications Equipment - Second Edition; Amendment 1: 3/01/2003
NEMA 250
Enclosures for Electrical Equipment (1000 Volts Maximum)
NEMA HP 3
Electrical and Electronic PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) Insulated High Temperature Hook-Up Wire; Types ET (250 Volts), E (600 Volts), and EE (1000 Volts) - Errata: 10/04/2002
NEMA MG 1
Motors and Generators.
RTCA DO-254
Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware
TIA 41.000-E-4
Introduction to Mobile Application Part (MAP) - Addendum 4 to TIA-41.000-E
TIA/EIA 41-D-1
Cellular Radiotelecommunications Intersystem Operations Addendum 1 - Addendum No. 1 to TIAIEIA-41-D
TIA 102.BACA-3
Project 25 Inter-RF Subsystem Interface Messages and Procedures for Voice Services and Mobility Management Services
TIA/EIA 568 SET
Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard Part 1: General Requirements, Part 2: Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling Components, and Part 3: Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard - Revision B; Includes Addendums: B.1-1, B.1-2, B.1-3, B.1-4, B.1-5, B.1-7, B.2-1, B.2-2, B.2-3, B.2-4, B.Errata, B.2-5, B.2-6, B.2-9, B.2-11, and B.3-1 12/02/2005
TIA 569
Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
TIA 570
Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard
TIA 603
Land Mobile FM or PM - Communications Equipment - Measurement and Performance Standards
TIA J-STD-607-A
Commercial Building Grounding (Earthing) and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications
TIA 758-A
Customer-owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard
TIA 942-1
Data Center Coaxial Cabling Specifications and Application Distances
TIA/EIA 568 SET
Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standards Set - Part 1: General Requirements; Part 2: Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling Components; Part 3: Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard (Includes all Addenda and Errata)
TIA 810-B
Telecommunications Telephone Terminal Equipment Transmission Requirements for Narrowband Digital Telephones
TIA 968-A-5
Telecommunications Telephone Terminal Equipment Technical Requirements for Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Addendum 5 to TIA-968-A
TIA 920
Telecommunications Telephone Terminal Equipment Transmission Requirements for Wideband Digital Wireline Telephones TIA-920
TIA 1063
Telecommunications User Premises Equipment Analog Telephone Port Requirements for Packet-based User Premises Terminal Adapters
TIA 1096-A
Telecommunications Telephone Terminal Equipment Connector Requirements for Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network
UL 1642
UL Standard for Safety Lithium Batteries

Other standards, codes and documents may be found at the IHS standards store.

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