Virtual qualification - The step into a new period of automotive electronic development

This paper presents the development of a tool including experience, qualification and simulation results the "virtual qualification". One first step towards "virtual qualification" is "iLIP" (implementation of Life time Prediction) developed by Continental with analytical integrating background. The strategy is "separating and combining" of failure models on simulation-level followed by validation and adjustment on experimental level. The innovative strategy of this tool is the life time prediction as a combination of thermal, mechanical and electrical loads, based on measurement, simulation and experience. This strategy is implemented into a graphical user interface, requiring input data, as load profile, geometrical and material data, to calculate accumulated creep strain and e.g. cycles until end of life.