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Process Flow for Subcontractor Qualification

            

A new manufacturing subcontractor for a semiconductor company must always pass an industry-standard qualification before it can render its services to the company.  This qualification process includes a series of audits, manufacturing validation runs, data correlation tests, and of course, reliability testing of samples produced by the subcontractor.  The archived forum thread below pertains to this topic.

  

Posted by Guest: Mon May 17, 2004 12:18 am    Post subject: What is the flow for subcontractor qualification?

 

include fab and packaging houses. what specifications is commonly needed for qualification? Thanks!

 

Posted by FARel Engr: Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:57 pm    Post subject:

 

Hi ZSP0911,

Assuming that your prospective subcon meets your initial audit requirements, you need to do a full-blown qual that involves all the necessary rel tests on product/package samples to be manufactured by the subcon for you.

For each package and device family, you need to choose qual vehicle devices (the worst-case ones). If you're planning to let the subcon manufacture many different kinds of products and packages, this may require many sample sets, so a good design of the qual plan becomes necessary to make the qual economical.

Have a Rel engineer design and document a qual plan, which basically lists down the qual vehicles, the sample sizes, and the tests to be performed on the qual vehicles (including test conditions).

Once the qual plan has been generated, let the subcon manufacture the qual samples. The manufacturing process to be used on these qual samples must be representative of the actual processes to be used on your products later on.

When the samples become available, run the qual plan. Do FA on any rel failures. Hopefully the subcon will pass all the rel reqts. defined in the qual plan. A rel report is then generated to document the qual done and the qual results for future reference.

Best regards and good luck!

 

Posted by Paula: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:10 am    Post subject: Re: What is the flow for subcontractor qualification?

 

You can try JEDEC JESD47

             

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