Title :
About using combined stresses for reliability testing of microsystems
Author :
Bazu, M. ; Galateanu, L. ; Ilian, V.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for R&D in Microtechnol. (IMT-Bucharest), Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
Reliability testing of microsystems could be performed on combined stress facilities. There are two reasons for using combined stresses when effective accelerated tests are needed: i) better simulation of the operational environment and ii) the synergy of the environmental factors is significantly shortening the test duration. Five examples of using combined stress in microsystem reliability tests are shown for the testing facilities that are located at IMT-Bucharest.
Keywords :
life testing; micromechanical devices; reliability; accelerated tests; combined stress facilities; high reliability devices; microsystems; reliability testing; Environmental factors; Life estimation; Life testing; Performance evaluation; Research and development; Solar radiation; Temperature measurement; Thermal factors; Thermal stresses; Vibrations; microsystems; reliability; testing;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 2009. CAS 2009. International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4413-7
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2009.5336561