Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01024:front:0:p129
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Character Range: 384573–387599

3A001.h., or 3A001.i.
3. A. 001. Electronic components and specially designed components therefor, as follows:
a. General purpose integrated circuits, as follows:
Note: Integrated circuits include the following types:
a. "Monolithic integrated circuits";
b. "Hybrid integrated circuits";
c. "Multichip integrated circuits";
d. "Film type integrated circuits", including silicon‑on‑sapphire integrated circuits;
e. "Optical integrated circuits".
f. "Three dimensional integrated circuits".
g. "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits" ("MMICs").
3. A. 001. a. 1. Integrated circuits designed or rated as radiation hardened to withstand any of the following:
a. A total dose of 5 x 103 Gy (silicon) or higher;
b. A dose rate upset of 5 x 106 Gy (silicon)/s or higher; or
c. A fluence (integrated flux) of neutrons (1 MeV equivalent) of 5 x 1013 n/cm2 or higher on silicon, or its equivalent for other materials;

Note: 3A001.a.1.c. does not apply to Metal Insulator Semiconductors (MIS).
3. A. 001. a. 2. "Microprocessor microcircuits", "microcomputer microcircuits", microcontroller microcircuits, storage integrated circuits manufactured from a compound semiconductor, analogue‑to‑digital converters, digital‑to‑analogue converters, electro‑optical or "optical integrated circuits" designed for "signal processing", field programmable logic devices, custom integrated circuits for which either the function is unknown or the control status of the equipment in which the integrated circuit will be used is unknown, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processors, static random‑access memories (SRAMs) or 'nonvolatile memories', having any of the following:
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 3A001.a.2., 'non-volatile memories' are memories with data retention over a period of time after a power shutdown.
3. A. 001. a. 2. a. Rated for operation at an ambient temperature above 398 K (125°C);
b. Rated for operation at an ambient temperature below 218 K (‑55°C); or
c. Rated for operation over the entire ambient temperature range from 218 K (‑55°C) to 398 K (125°C);
Note: 3A001.a.2. does not apply to integrated circuits designed for civil automobile or railway train applications.
3. A. 001. a. 3. "Microprocessor microcircuits", "microcomputer microcircuits" and microcontroller microcircuits, manufactured from a compound semiconductor and operating at a clock frequency exceeding 40 MHz;
Note: 3A001.a.3. includes digital signal processors, digital array processors and digital coprocessors.
3. A. 001. a. 4. Not used;
3. A. 001. a. 5. Analogue‑to‑digital and digital‑to‑analogue converter integrated circuits, as follows:
a. ADCs having any of the following:
N.B. SEE ALSO 3A101.

1. A resolution of 8 bit or more, but less than 10 bit, with a "sample rate" greater than 1.3 Giga Samples Per Second (GSPS);
2. A resolution of 10 bit or more, but less than 12 bit, with a "sample rate" greater than 600 Mega Samples Per Second (MSPS);
3. A resolution of 12 bit or more, but less than 14 bit, with a "sample rate" greater than