TC-10 subcommittee Descriptions

Waveform Measurement Subcommittee (Bill Boyer, Chair):

IEEE Std 1057-2007 was published April 18, 2008.  The subcommittee will now focus their attention on promoting awareness of the new standard.  Since this standard contains the latest TC-10 definitions and test techniques, it will influence ongoing work on related standards.

ADC Subcommittee (1241) (Steve Tilden, Chair):

The committee continued aggressive editing and re-writing the maintenance draft update at its February 2009 meeting in Tucson, Arizona. In Florence last September, several of our European colleagues were recently recruited and joined the subcommittee. The subcommittee also participates in I2MTC quite widely and ADC Forum conferences. Further promotion is planned by preparing papers and presentations for future conferences and publications as well as for the next ADC Forum to spread the word about the standard and solicit inputs. The deadline for ballot completion and approval for this maintenance cycle is December 31, 2009. One major accomplishment, which was a major reason for this maintenance cycle, was to add an annex on ADC architectures, which has now been drafted & reviewed. To meet the PAR deadline, further additions can no longer be accepted. With restrictive travel policies, we intend to take more advantage of WebEx meetings.

Subcommittee on Pulse Techniques (SCOPT) (181) (Nick Paulter, Chair):

The IEEE-SA Standards Board approved a PAR to revise Std 181-2003 on May 19, 2008.  Work is to be completed by December 31, 2012.  Revisions will include correcting errors, adding information on impulse-like waveforms and, developing reference waveforms for comparison and evaluation of algorithm performance. The chairman is hoping to coordinate this revision process with that of similar IEC documents, namely, the IEC 60469-1 and -2.  Nick Paulter, the SCOPT chairman, is also the convener of IEC MT 18 of its TC-85 which is responsible for these two IEC standards.

DAC Subcommittee (1658) (Steve Tilden, Chair):

The subcommittee made significant progress on the initial draft at its February 2009 meeting in Tucson, Arizona. It will continue that work toward creating an initial draft for ballot before the PAR deadline. This subcommittee has now stopped recruiting new working members due to the impact new members usually have on committee work.  In Florence last September, several of our European colleagues were recruited and joined the subcommittee. On 27 March 2008 the IEEE NESCom approved our request for a PAR extension from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2010 which will allow us to complete the draft and ballot the standard without compromising its depth of coverage or details. With restrictive travel policies, we intend to take more advantage of WebEx meetings.

Subcommittee on Probe Standards (SCOPS) (P1696) (Tom Linnenbrink, Acting Chair):

The subcommittee met (mostly by teleconference) in Tucson, AZ, on February 17, 2009. Tom Linnenbrink assumed the position of acting chairman until a new subcommittee chairman can be recruited.  Efforts to date to recruit a new subcommittee chairman were discussed as were potential candidates. All members were encouraged to recommend membership in SCOPS to any interested parties.