Manufacturing and Reliability Challenges With QFN - American ...

BIG PROBLEM
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JEDEC requirements are 60% less than IPC
Testing on a thin board can extend lifetimes by 2X to 4X
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What does this mean?
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The components you buy may only survive
500 cycles of 0 to 100C
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What must you do?
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Components at risk must be subjected to PoF-based (Physics of
Failure) reliability analysis
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