Problems and defects are expensive. Customers understandably place high expectations on manufacturers and service providers ...

In order to proactively handle potential process or product errors before they occur in manufacturing or on a customer’s production line, many organizations implement a Failure Mode and Effects ...

NXP Semiconductors’ HEF4000 series is one of the of the oldest CMOS logic families but are still widely used in many new designs because of its wide operating voltage, low power consumption, and ...

MICHAEL A. ROSEN, BENJAMIN H. LEE, JOHN B. SAMPSON, RAHUL KOKA, ADAORA M. CHIMA, ONYEBUCHI U. OGBUAGU, MEGAN K. MARX, THAIM B. KAMARA, MICHAEL KOROMA and ERIC V ...

This article discusses the three most common reliability prediction techniques for the failure rates of ICs and how safety application notes provide such failure-rate information... 1. FMEA and its ...