ACCELERATED LIFE TEST INDICATORS FOR RELIABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES,

Abstract

Efforts were directed toward investigating the usefulness of accelerated life testing for longand short-term evaluation of semiconductor devices. Short-term accelerated testing has been found useful in evaluating germanium and nonplanar silicon transistors. For planar devices longer term accelerated testing is deemed necessary and the conditions for device failure are more critical. Modes of failure must be clearly identified before meaningful extrapolations are made. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0422356

Entities

People

  • Bernard Reich

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerated Testing
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Extrapolation
  • Germanium
  • Indicators
  • Life Tests
  • Nonplanar
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics