Subject: IEEE Accelerated Stress Testing Tutorial CD-ROM Now Available
CONTACT:
Lynn Murison
E-mail: l.murison@ieee.org
Phone: 1.732.562.6526
23 March 2001. PISCATAWAY, NJ. Accelerated Stress
Testing, an IEEE
Educational Activities joint CD-ROM tutorial production with the
IEEE
Reliability Society is now available. Learn how to get started
with AST,
from reducing cycle time to deciding on stress levels.
Accelerated Stress Testing, AST, has become mandatory
in order to meet
time-to-market and product quality needs. AST has been shown to
ferret out
problems that would otherwise plague the customer in the field.
One study
demonstrated that AST was able to reduce Printed Wiring Board
failures by
almost two orders of magnitude compared to a control sample. AST
uncovers
problems before they are shipped to the customer, thereby rapidly
maturing
the product and demonstrating diligence protecting the customer.
Today's
market place demands and rewards such diligence.
This tutorial provides fundamentals for reliability and
test engineers
and is supported by case studies from four expert practitioners
and a panel
discussion about practical implementation issues. Dr. Samuel Keene,
a
recognized international resource in the R &QA field, introduces
presenters
who are well qualified and broadly known in their fields. The
learner is
able to access the following sections:
H. Anthony Chan, AT & T Labs, covers stress testing
at the design,
component and test levels as well as problems at the customer
level.
Charles Felkins, Storage Techniques, describes the components
of
highly accelerated life test and highly accelerated stress
screening.
Paul Parker, Lucent Technologies, Texas, covers test equipment
for
power monitoring, thermal/vibration equipment and environ
mental
analysis accessories.
Anthony Oates, Lucent Technologies, Florida, includes discussions
of
circuit reliability models, early failure rate characterizations,
IC wearout failure mode and package/assembly failure model.
Panel discussion covering the most frequently asked questions,
including comments on professional development and customer
relations.
The single CD-ROM, gives full access to the four power
point
presentations and the panel discussion. It uses functions from
the Internet
tool bar as well as built in features such as jump, search, and
scroll
capabilities, navigation, full audio, and an MPEG player video
component
with full complimentary transcript. The transcript provides extra
support
for users with non-English as their primary language.
Software Requirements: Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000; Internet
Explorer
4.0 (or higher), or Netscape Navigator 4.0 (or higher); Windows
Media
Player 6.1 (or higher), or RealPlayer G2, version 6.0.5.27 (or
higher)
Hardware Requirements: Pentium 200 MHz processor; 32 MB RAM; Windows
compatible sound card; 4x CD-ROM drive (for CD-ROM delivery)
EC 133:1 CD ROM, PC compatible only, $700 member; $875
non-member. HV
7061: 3 videotapes & presentation notes; same price, NTSC
only.
The CD-ROM and video set can be ordered from the IEEE
Customer Service
Department, 445 Hoes Lane, PO Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331,
USA; by
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at http://shop.ieee.org/store/ For further information on Education
Activities check out our Website
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/index.htm.