Qorvo Statement on EU RoHS Directive
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1 PURPOSE & SCOPE
The purpose of this document is to communicate Qorvo’s compliance with the EU
RoHS Directive to interested parties.
2 REFERENCES
Reference
Title
Location
EU Directive
2011/65/EU
Restriction of Hazardous Substances in
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
EU Delegated
Directive
2015/863/EU
Amending Annex II to EU Directive
2011/65/EU of the European
Parliament and of the Council as
regards the list of restricted
substances
3 RoHS Statement
The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and
Electronic Equipment Directive (as amended, the “RoHS Directive”) went into effect
on July 1, 2006. This directive was modified extensively in 2011 (Directive
2011/65/EU) and amended in 2015 (Delegated Directive 2015/863/EU). The RoHS
Directive bans the use of certain hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (EEE), unless that use is covered by a listed exemption.
The RoHS Directive, and the associated maximum concentrations for the
restricted substances, apply at the homogenous material level. The restricted
substances and their allowable limits are shown below in Table 1.
Table 1. Maximum Concentration Values from 2011/65/EU and 2015/863/EU
RoHS Restricted Substance
Allowable Limit
Cadmium and its compounds
100 ppm (0.01 weight %)
Mercury and its compounds
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Hexavalent chromium and its compounds
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Lead and its compounds
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
1000 ppm (0.1 weight %)
Qorvo Statement on EU RoHS Directive
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Qorvo reviews its suppliers’ certifications, material content data and confidentially
disclosed chemicals and materials information on an on-going basis to confirm that,
to the best of its knowledge, all Qorvo products are compliant with the RoHS
Directive (“RoHS Compliant”). Although most Qorvo products that are sold into the
commercial market are below the maximum concentration limits, certain products
require the use of an exemption to meet compliance. The list of exemptions (which
is included in the RoHS Directive as Annex III) is not static, as exemptions are
added and removed periodically. Qorvo uses Exemption 7(c)-I for those modules
that contain resistors and some capacitors at this time:
• 7(c)-I – Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or
ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. pizeoelectronic devices, or
in a glass or ceramic matrix compound.
Qorvo continues to take reasonable steps to acquire representative and accurate
data (that may in some cases include the use of destructive testing or chemical
analysis on incoming materials and chemicals) and update its material content data
accordingly. Qorvo also updates material content data as new RoHS Directive
requirements are identified. Qorvo and its suppliers may consider certain
information to be proprietary and, therefore, CAS numbers and other data may not
be available for release.
In order to help its customers meet their obligations under the RoHS Directive,
Qorvo provides full material declarations using the IPC 1752A format. Customers
should request material declarations and certificates of compliance by emailing
QorvoGreen@qorvo.com.
4 REVISION HISTORY
Revision
Create Date
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Description of Change
Initiator of Change
A
2/19/2020
Initial Revision
M. Mybeck
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