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Automotive demands for quality and reliability in microelectronics
Author(s) -
Servais Gerald E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
quality and reliability engineering international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1099-1638
pISSN - 0748-8017
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1638(199907/08)15:4<279::aid-qre268>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - automotive industry , reliability (semiconductor) , microelectronics , automotive electronics , electronics , manufacturing engineering , quality (philosophy) , engineering , reliability engineering , semiconductor industry , automotive engineering , electrical engineering , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
This paper describes the automotive electronics market with its pressures to increase quality and reliability while reducing cost. It details the relative improvement that has occurred in electronic part reliability since 1990 and the decreasing market share the automotive segment represents in the semiconductor industry. It discusses how Chrysler, Delco Electronics and Ford formed the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) to standardize on part qualification methods for the automotive market. It also discusses the guidelines for continuous improvement in part quality and reliability the AEC has developed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.