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IPC Releases Latest Standards and Revisions Updates
June 5, 2025 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute

Each quarter, IPC releases a list of standards that are new or have been updated. To view a complete list of newly published standards and standards revisions, translations, proposed standards for ballot, final drafts for industry review, working drafts, and project approvals, visit ipc.org/status. These are the latest releases for Q2 2025.
IPC-1602A
Standard for Printed Board Handling and Storage
The industry's sole standard on the handling, packaging, and storage of printed boards. The requirements in this document are intended to protect printed boards from contamination, physical damage, solderability degradation, ESD, and moisture uptake. Consideration is given to packaging material types and methods, production environment, handling, and transport of product, as well as establishing baking profiles for moisture removal. This document addresses the impact of baking on printed board solderability, moisture concerns for etched cores and composites, dry packaging requirements including moisture barrier bags (MBBs), desiccant material and HIC cards, test coupons for evaluating relative moisture absorption and guidance for floor life and rework by baking.
IPC-7095E
Design and Assembly Process Guidance for Ball Grid Arrays (BGAs)
IPC-7095E describes design and assembly implementation for ball grid array (BGA) and fine-pitch BGA (FBGA) technology, focusing on inspection, repair, and reliability issues associated with design and assembly of printed boards using these packages. IPC-7095E provides valuable and practical information to those who use or are considering using BGAs. IPC-7095E provides descriptions of how to successfully implement robust design and assembly processes for printed board assemblies using BGAs, as well as ways to troubleshoot some common anomalies that can occur during BGA assembly.
IPC-8401
Guidelines for In-Mold Electronics
IPC-8401 provides guidelines for in-mold electronics (IME) manufacturing processes, part structures, candidate materials, and production test methods. In-mold electronics integrate printed electronics and electrical components into injection-molded plastics, creating a three-dimensional smart molded structure. IME technology uses mass production processes, materials, and components. IME parts are structural electronics characterized by their light weight, thinness, robustness, and seamless integration.
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