IEC 60384-3:2006 applies to surface mount tantalum solid electrolyte capacitors. These capacitors are primarily intended to be mounted directly onto substrates for hybrid circuits or onto printed boards. The following two styles are considered: Style 1 - protected capacitors; Style 2 - unprotected capacitors. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 1989 and constitutes a minor revision related to tables, figures and references This bilingual version, published in 2008-06, corresponds to the English version.