Using Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuits in High Reliability Applications
L. Condra, G. Kromholtz, M. Pecht and E. Hakim
Abstract:
This paper describes technical and management aspects of using plastic-encapsulated
microcircuit (PEM's) in applications in which military, hermetic microcircuits
have traditionally been required. In order to implement the use of PEM's
in such applications, it is necessary to re-evaluate the entire systems
of qualifying, procuring, using, and ensuring reliability of parts, and
of the products in which they are used. Technically, the disciplines of
reliability, accelerated testing, design of experiments, and physics of
failure must be used as a comprehensive of set of tools to implement and
manage the use of PEM'S. Finally, an effective and efficient system for
collecting and analyzing data must be set up to provide information for
rational decision-making.
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