GEIA STANDARD

Long Term Storage of Electronic Devices

GEIA-STD-0003

January 2006

GOVERNMENT ELECTRONICS AND INFORNIATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

A Sector of the Electronic Industries Allianc

Government Elect ron i cs and I n fo rma t io n Tech no logy Association (GEIA)

Long Term Storage of Electronic Devices

GEIA-STD-0003

Revision	I	Descriptionofchange	I Date
	IInitial Release		I Jan06

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CONTENTS

ACKN	OWLEDGMENTS......................................................................	................................................ ii
FORE	WORD...........................................................................................	............................................... ii
1 PU	RPOSE........................................................................................	............................................... 1
1.1	Scope.........................................................................................	............................................... 1
2 RE	FERENCE DOCUMENTS.......................................................	................................................. 1
3 RE	QUIREMENTS..........................................................................	................................................ 1
3.1	Storage Conditions...................................................................	................................................ 1
3.2	Storage containers....................................................................	................................................ 2
3.3	Levels........................................................................................	............................................... 2
3.4	Storage Elements.....................................................................	................................................ 2
3.5	Long Term Storage Control....................................................	................................................. 3

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Members of Task Group GTG03-03 of the GEIA G-12 Solid State Devices Committee developed this document. The Task Group and Committee would like to recognize the principle contributors shown below and to extend gratitude to the many others who assisted in the evolution of this Standard.

Ken Finney - Boeing Wes Hubbell - Raytheon Sharron Peek - Avnet Ed Sullivan ~ Textron Gene Gomez, White Sands Missile Range Anduin Touw - Boeing Satellite Systems John Nirschl ~ Rockwell Collins Laurie Ruiz , White Sands Missile Range Jeff Jarvis, ARMY ~ Redstone Arsenal Ken Lannan, NAVY - Crane Roger Sloan , White Sands Missile Range Jim Erickson - Boeing Satellite Systems

FOREWORD

Some electronic device users have the need to store electronic devices for long periods of time. Lifetime buys are commonly made to support production runs of assemblies that well exceed the production timeframe of its individual parts. This puts the user in a situation requiring careful and adequate storage of such parts to maintain the as-received solderability and minimize any degradation effects to the part over time. Major degradation concerns are Moisture, Electrostatic Fields, UltraViolet Light, Large variations in temperature, Air-Borne Contaminants, and outgassing.

Warranties and sparing also present a challenge for the user or repair agency as some systems have been designated to be used for long periods of time, in some cases for up to 40 years or more. Some of the devices needed for repair of these systems will not be available from the original supplier for the lifetime of the system or the spare assembly may be built with the original production run but then require long term storage This document was developed to provide a standard for storing electronic devices for long periods of time. For storage of devices that are moisture sensitive but that do not need to be stored for long periods of time, refer to JESD-033.

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