SEMICONDUCTOR RELIABILITY.

Abstract

The main objectives of the program were to determine quality assurance requirements for specific semiconductor devices, and to determine confidence limits for the shape parameter Beta of the Weibull distribution. A summation of the main findings of the research program is given. Of particular interest is the finding that integral circuits used in digital applications are potentially as reliable as a single discrete transistor used in digital applications. Another finding of significance is that the distribution of field removal rates for diodes in regulator and rectifier applications is approximately the same as the distribution of field removal rates for transistors used in amplifier or high-power applications. On the average, the removal rates for devices in analog (amplifier) applications are approximately 300 times higher than the rates for devices in digital applications. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1963
Accession Number
AD0437692

Entities

People

  • Edward T. Kronson
  • George J. Blakemore
  • William H. Von Alven

Organizations

  • ARINC

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Electronic Components
  • Amplifiers
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Confidence Limits
  • Diodes
  • Electronic Amplifier
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Integrals
  • Rectifiers
  • Regulators
  • Reliability
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Transistors

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics