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Automated Maverick Analysis allows electronic component developers and integrators to quickly identify which products meet the highest-performance criteria and which exhibit anomalistic characteristics, thereby resulting in higher than normal levels of failure in end-user applications.

 



A Maverick product is defined via the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council's EIA/JESD 50 as an atypical product that exhibits anomalistic characteristics that cause higher than normal level of failure in the end-user application.

Causes of a Maverick product can vary across the entire spectrum of processes including, but not limited to, fabrication, assembly, test, packaging and handling operations. Affected populations can often go undetected until used in a final application, thereby impacting contract manufacturers, field reliability and end-user satisfaction. Yield improvement programs, as a whole, do not necessarily provide protection from Maverick products.

 

"For today's manufacturers, having the ability to quickly determine what amount of deviation from normal specification they can tolerate is a key factor in their ability to quickly adapt to changing markets," said Al Alaverdi, vice president of customer advocacy at SigmaQuest. "A cell phone manufacturer, for example, may want cell phones that take between 25 and 50 minutes to charge. If they find though, that only a small percent of the products deviate from their ideal target of 30-35 minutes, they may opt to change this requirement and only sell the highest-performing products. Access to such valuable performance data enables the manufacturer to quickly make strategic decisions that allow them to stay ahead of the curve and the competition."

Our Maverick solution offsets these issues as it helps both OEM and their suppliers to improve and consistently make higher-quality parts. Further, the solution enables implementation and management of supplier related Maverick product elimination.

SigmaQuest's Automated Maverick Analysis provides median/mean performance deviation information on parameters like voltage, frequency, current and resistance, for complex devices ranging from ASICs, PCBs and batteries to power supplies.

Parametric/performance data is automatically uploaded into a database format with easy-to-use views, including median and mean statistical diagrams, as well as tables containing detailed metrics. This data can then be utilized by OEMs and their suppliers to further refine, or narrow, key performance specifications, such as the charge time on a cell phone or the operating voltage range on a power supply.

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