Mitch,

If I was in your shoes, having to deal with various types of
IC's, I'd certainly like some designator other than "U", which
I heard some years back, came from the term "Unrepairable".
Really creative.  I must admit that it sounds like IEEE 315 is
a bit cryptic, but it may serve a puprose.

Leonard F. Bendiksen  (717)5923410  [log in to unmask]
AMP Incorporated    Harrisburg, PA    USA
Americas Regional Lab

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Take for instance OP-AMPs should have "AR" as the designations,
OSCILLATORS should be "G", ATTENUATORS should be "AT" according
to how you interpret the standard.

But, aren't these all, in fact, microcircuits ("U") or integrated-circuit
packages in today's practice? Does anyone else have a better system
for defining reference designators, per "some" standard? It seems IEEE-
315/315A should have been out-dated long ago.

Help?

Mitch

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