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As part of our environmental initiative, Cortina is working with our suppliers, customers, and several industry consortia to develop and provide EU RoHS (European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances) compliant products.
NOTE: Other countries are considering RoHS-like legislation.
Cortina has completed certification of RoHS compliant materials and processes, and is manufacturing and shipping many RoHS compliant products today. Additional RoHS compliant products will be added to Cortina's product portfolio as customer demand and business conditions allow.
NOTE: Cortina will mark its new product per JEDEC Standard JESD97 (Marking, Symbols, and Labels for Identification of Lead Free Assemblies, Components, and Devices) and/or IPC 1066 (Marking, Symbols and Labels for identification of Lead-Free and Other Reportable Materials in Lead-Free Assemblies, Components and Devices). Also, if Cortina offers both SnPb and Pb-free versions of a product, the Pb-free product will have a unique part number.
It is important to understand that the industry is transitioning to RoHS compliant products. RoHS restricts the use of 6 materials. One of the 6 restricted materials is Pb. RoHS compliant products are not completely Pb-free. There are exemptions in RoHS allowing the use of Pb in some very limited locations in electronic products, and/or in some applications. In addition, Pb maximum concentration values have been established for RoHS compliant electronic products that allow up to 1000 ppm of lead. Pb is the most common and problematic of the 6 restricted materials and therefore "Pb-free" is a nickname that is often used (or misused) for RoHS compliant products.
The term "Lead-free / Pb-free" means that lead has been removed where required by the RoHS legislation. Lead may exist as an impurity below 1000 ppm.
The term "Lead-free 2LI / Pb-free 2LI" means lead-free second level interconnects. The balls, leads, or pads used to connect the component to the printed circuit board are Pb-free, but the first level interconnect (FLI) is not Pb-free. The use of Pb in the FLI is acceptable because of the RoHS "flip chip" or "die bump" interconnect exemption.
Additional Restricted Materials
Cortina has analyzed its products, and as a result of our investigation, to the best of our knowledge the amount of cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) are either not detected or below the threshold targets specified in RoHS.
The attached package designator specifies which package is Pb-based and which is RoHS:Click to see leaded to lead free designator codes ...
