Yes, the IPC committee will not persue developing a recommended land pattern until the part has a JEDEC registered outline. The procedure for getting the IPC committee to start working on a new land pattern is to submit a request for land pattern with the JEDEC outline. Lisa Williams IPC 2215 Sanders Road Northbrook, IL 60062 URL: www.ipc.org >>> Mark Ross <[log in to unmask]> 07/29/98 03:58PM >>> Do I understand the process correctly that first a component must be registered with JEDEC and then at some point somehow an IPC land pattern for the component is established? Mark Ross Senior Design Engineer Whistler Auto-Mation Products. ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################