These Notes cover the basic principles and general instructions for use of section H. Section H covers: basic electric elements, which cover all electric units and the general mechanical structure ofapparatus and circuits, including the assembly of various basic elements into what are called printed circuits and also cover to a certain extent the manufacture of these elements (when not covered elsewhere); generation of electricity, which covers the generation, conversion and distribution of electricity together with the controlling of the corresponding gear; applied electricity, which covers: general utilisation techniques, viz. those of electric heating and electric lighting circuits; some special utilisation techniques, either electric or electronic in the strict sense, which are not covered by other sections of the Classification, including: electric light sources, including lasers; electric X-ray technique; electric plasma technique and the generation and acceleration of electrically charged particles or neutrons; basic electronic circuits and their control; radio or electric communication technique; the use of a specifiedmaterial for the manufacture of the article or element described. In this connection, paragraphs88 to90 of the Guide should be referred to. In this section, the following general rules apply: Subject to the exceptions stated in I(c), above, any electricaspect or part peculiar to a particular operation, process,apparatus, object or article, classified in one of the sections of the Classification other than section H, is always classified in the subclass for that operation, process,apparatus, object or article. Where common characteristics concerning technical subjects of similar nature have been brought out at class level, the electricaspect or part is classified, in conjunction with the operation, process,apparatus, object or article, in a subclass which covers entirely the general electrical applications for the technical subject in question; The electrical applications referred to under (a), above, either general or particular, include: the therapeutic processes andapparatus, in class; the electric processes andapparatus used in various laboratory or industrial operations, in classes and and in subclass ; the electricity supply, electric propulsion and electric lighting of vehicles in general and of particular vehicles, in the subsection "Transporting" of section B; the electric ignition systems of internal-combustionengines, in subclass, and of combustionapparatus in general, in subclass; the whole electrical part of section G, i.e. measuring devices includingapparatus for measuring electric variables, checking, signalling and calculating. Electricity in that section is generally dealt with as a means and not as an end in itself; All electrical applications, both general and particular, presuppose that the "basic electricity"aspect appears in section H (see I(a) above) as regards the electric "basic elements" which they comprise. This rule is also valid for applied electricity, referred to in I(c), above, which appears in section H itself. In this section, the following special cases occur: Among the general applications covered by sections other than section H, it is worth noting that electric heating in general is covered by subclasses or or class , and that electric lighting in general is partly covered by class , since in section H (see I(c), above) there are places in which cover the same technical subjects; In the two cases referred to under (a), above, the subclasses of section F, which deal with the respective subjects, essentially cover in the first place the whole mechanicalaspect of theapparatus or devices, whereas the electricalaspect, as such, is covered by subclass; In the case of lighting, this mechanicalaspect should be taken to cover thematerialarrangement of the various electric elements, i.e., their geometrical or physical position in relation to one another; thisaspect is covered by subclass, the elements themselves and the primary circuits remaining in section H. The same applies to electric light sources, when combined with light sources of a different kind. These are covered by subclass , whereas the physical arrangement which their combination constitutes is covered by the various subclasses of class ; As regards heating, not only the electric elements and circuitry designs, as such, are covered by subclass , but also the electricaspects of their arrangement, where these concern cases of general application; electric furnaces being considered as such. The physical disposition of the electric elements in furnaces is covered by section F. If a comparison is made with electric welding circuits, which are covered by subclass in connection with welding, it can be seen that electric heating is not covered by the general rule stated in II, above. Processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. drying, coating, for which provision exists elsewhere are classified in the relevant class for that art. Attention is drawn to the Notes following the titles of class and subclass relating to "micro-structural devices" and "micro-structural systems". This subclass covers: electric solid statedevices which are not covered by any other subclass and details thereof, and includes: semiconductordevices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching; semiconductordevices sensitive to radiation; electric solid statedevices using thermoelectric, superconductive, piezo-electric, electrostrictive, magnetostrictive, galvano-magnetic or bulk negative resistance effects andintegrated circuitdevices; photoresistors, magnetic field dependent resistors, field effect resistors, capacitors with potential-jump barrier, resistors with potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, incoherent light emitting diodes and thin-film or thick-film circuits; processes andapparatus adapted for the manufacture ortreatment of suchdevices, except where such processes relate to single-step processes for which provision exists elsewhere. In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated: "wafer" means a slice of semiconductor or crystalline substratematerial, which can be modified by impurity diffusion (doping), ion implantation or epitaxy, and whose active surface can be processed into arrays of discretecomponents orintegrated circuits; "solid state body" means the body ofmaterial within which, or at the surface of which, the physical effects characteristic of thedevice occur. In thermoelectricdevices, it includes allmaterials in the current path. Regions in or on the body of thedevice (other than thesolid state body itself), which exert an influence on thesolid state body electrically, are considered to be "electrodes" whether or not an external electrical connection is made thereto. An electrode may include several portions and the term includes metallic regions which exert influence on thesolid state body through an insulating region (e.g. capacitive coupling) and inductive coupling arrangements to the body. The dielectric region in a capacitive arrangement is regarded as part of the electrode. In arrangements including several portions, only those portions which exert an influence on thesolid state bodyby virtue of their shape, size, or disposition or thematerial of which they are formed are considered to be part of the electrode. The other portions are considered to be "arrangements for conducting electric current to or from thesolid state body" or "interconnections between solid statecomponents formed in or on a common substrate", i.e. leads; "device" means an electric circuit element; where an electric circuit element is one of a plurality of elements formed in or on a common substrate it is referred to as a "component"; "completedevice" is adevicein its fully assembled state which may or may not require furthertreatment, e.g. electroforming, before it is ready for use but which does not require the addition of further structural units; "parts" includes all structural units which are included in acompletedevice; "container" is an enclosure forming part of thecompletedevice and is essentially a solid construction in which the body of thedevice is placed, or which is formed around the body without forming an intimate layer thereon. An enclosure which consists of one or more layers formed on the body and in intimate contact therewith is referred to as an "encapsulation"; "integrated circuit" is adevice where allcomponents, e.g. diodes, resistors, are built up on a common substrate and form thedevice including interconnections between thecomponents; "assembly" of adevice is the building up of thedevice from itscomponent constructional units and includes the provision of fillings incontainers. In this subclass, both the process orapparatus for the manufacture ortreatment of adevice and thedeviceitself are classified, whenever both of these are described sufficiently to beof interest. Group takes precedence over groups . This group coversalso processes andapparatus which, by using the appropriate technology, are clearly suitable for manufacture ortreatment ofdevices whose bodies comprise elements of the fourth group of the Periodic System or A_IIIB_Vcompounds, even if thematerial used is not explicitly specified. This group does not cover: details of semiconductor bodies or ofelectrodes ofdevices provided for in group, which details are covered by that group; details peculiar todevices provided for in a single main group of groups, which details are covered by those groups. Group takes precedence over groups . In groups , in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the last appropriate place. In this main group, classification is made in all of groups , and if all of these groups are relevant. Group takes precedence over groups . This group does not coveradaptations for particular purposes, which are covered by the relevant places. Attention is drawn to the following such places: foradaptations for generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations for transducers as sensing elements for measuring , for transducers adapted for use in time-pieces foradaptations for generating or transmitting sound for arrangements of elements in electric machines for networks comprising electro-mechanical or electro-acoustic elements, e.g. resonant circuits for loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like transducers. Groups and take precedence over groups .