Vishay Material Category Policy Vishay Material Category Policy Document No: 99912 Revision: 22-Mar-2013 -: PREFACE :The Vishay Material Category Policy defines the process and guidelines followed at Vishay in response to global environment related directives. This document helps customers and suppliers to better understand the compliance status of Vishay products. www.vishay.com Revision: 22-Mar-2013 Page |1| Document No: 99912 1 | P a g This e document is subject to change without notice. The products described herein and this document are subject to specific disclaimers, set forth at www.vishay.com/doc?91000 Vishay Material Category Policy Table of Contents 1. Preface….………………………………………………………………………………………………1 2. Definitions……………………………………………………………………………………………….3 3. Datasheets and Labeling Requirements…………………………………………………………….4 4. Vishay Standard Label………………………………………………………………………………...5 5. Examples………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 www.vishay.com Revision: 22-Mar-2013 Page |2| Document No: 99912 2 | P a g This e document is subject to change without notice. The products described herein and this document are subject to specific disclaimers, set forth at www.vishay.com/doc?91000 Vishay Material Category Policy Definitions Lead(Pb)-Free Vishay products follow lead (Pb)-free policy as per JESD97 standards. Lead (0.1 %) RoHS-Compliant Halogen-Free < 1000 ppm Vishay Intertechnology Inc., hereby certifies that all its products that are identified as RoHS-Compliant fulfill the definitions and restrictions defined under Directive 2011/65/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of June 8, 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) - recast, unless otherwise specified as non-compliant. Lead (0.1 %) Mercury (0.1 %) Cadmium (0.01 %) Hexavalent chromium (0.1 %) Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) (0.1 %) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) (0.1 %) < 1000 ppm < 1000 ppm < 100 ppm < 1000 ppm < 1000 ppm < 1000 ppm Vishay follows halogen-free requirements as per JEDEC JS709A standards. Bromine (0.09 %) Chlorine (0.09 %) Sum of Bromine and Chlorine (0.15 %) VISHAY GREEN < 900 ppm < 900 ppm ≤ 1500 ppm Antimony (< 900 ppm), Red Phosphorous (< 100 ppm) Halogen-Free RoHS-Compliant without exemptions www.vishay.com Revision: 22-Mar-2013 Page |3| Document No: 99912 3 | P a g This e document is subject to change without notice. The products described herein and this document are subject to specific disclaimers, set forth at www.vishay.com/doc?91000 Vishay Material Category Policy Datasheets and Labeling Requirements CATEGORY REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION LOGO (DATASHEET) LOGO (PRODUCT LABEL) Termination is lead (Pb)-free Lead (Pb)-Free Termination Lead (Pb)-free Series contains lead (Pb)-free and lead containing terminations JESD97 Termination is lead (Pb)-free Completely Lead (Pb)-free Series contains lead (Pb)-free and lead containing product Compliant to RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU RoHSCompliant EU Directive 2011/65/EU Note: *This datasheet provides information about parts that are RoHS-compliant and/or parts that are non-RoHS-compliant. For example, parts with lead (Pb) terminations are not RoHS-compliant. Please see the information/tables in this datasheet for details. Halogen-free according to JEDEC JS709A definition. Halogen-Free JEDEC JS709A GREEN Series contains halogen-free according to JEDEC JS709A definition and halogen containing products Product is completely Vishay GREEN. Vishay Series contains Vishay GREEN and non-Vishay GREEN parts None Note • “Available” shall be used under the symbol in cases where one datasheet may contain two different parts (lead (Pb) -free and lead (Pb) containing) www.vishay.com Revision: 22-Mar-2013 Page |4| Document No: 99912 4 | P a g This e document is subject to change without notice. The products described herein and this document are subject to specific disclaimers, set forth at www.vishay.com/doc?91000 Vishay Material Category Policy Vishay Standard Label Examples Part is available as lead (Pb)-free and RoHS-compliant Part has terminations which are available as lead (Pb)-free and it is RoHS-compliant Part is lead (Pb)-free and RoHS-compliant Part is available as “GREEN” according to Vishay definition Part is lead (Pb)-free, RoHS-compliant and halogen-free Part is “GREEN” according to Vishay definition Part is available as lead (Pb)-free, RoHS-compliant and halogen-free www.vishay.com Revision: 22-Mar-2013 Page |5| Document No: 99912 5 | P a g This e document is subject to change without notice. The products described herein and this document are subject to specific disclaimers, set forth at www.vishay.com/doc?91000