Today’s modern electronics market includes the automotive electronics industry as one of the top drivers for volumes as well as qualification testing and requirements for ensuring quality and reliability in hostile environments. Semiconductors as well as other electronics components including connectors, resistors, capacitors, relays and other components which must survive extreme environments must pass automotive requirements to be qualified and used in these applications but what about other applications? Can AEC-Q components be used in other high reliability applications and which ones might apply? How do this qualification requirements compare to the needs of other high reliability applications such as utility – metering, down hole instrumentation, medical, avionics – aerospace, Space, networking – telecom -communications railway, alternative energy. Industrial and other applications needing assured reliability and high quality in challenging environments? What other work is needed to qualify parts or are they fine as is? How do various industry programs such as MIL STD and others compare to AEC-Q? What are you giving up on? What might you be gaining? What are the business as well as technological differences, benefits, and any risks? Is part qualification a substitute for good design? Can a marginal design be improved with better components? We will present and outline these considerations and more in this session and address any audience-specific questions or concerns.
SpeakerCredentials
Field Applications Engineer
