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Tekmos Talks December 2019

 

 

 

 
Tekmos Talks

A Newsletter for the Semiconductor Industry
December 2019 
Welcome to Tekmos Talks.This month Product Engineer, Zach Kolb, talks about military testing and we share Inside Tekmos' Thanksgiving gathering.
From the Desk of the President, Lynn Reed

 

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        Lynn Reed, President
 

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Tekmos Begins Military Level Reliability by Zachary Kolb, Product Engineer

militaryTekmos has introduced a new and exciting development in our Production. With the start of several government contracts we have been given the opportunity to expand our product reliability and dive into military level testing. I was hired and brought onto the Tekmos team to take the lead on our new level of reliability testing.

There are several types of testings we have begun that follow the Department of Defense Test Method Standards for Microcircuits (MIL-STD-883). Some of these methods are not done in house and are sent off to our local reliability counterpart, Criteria Labs who are do tests such as UHAST, Vibration Frequency, and temperature cycle tests.

One of the test methods from the MIL-STD-883 we have now begun to use is placing all production parts under a seal/leak test. Once completed and retuned we re-test these parts on sight for a final inspection before they are sent out the door.

One of the central tests we use in house to measure product reliability is a Tri-temperature parametric testing. When our microcircuit has been released as a production part our AC and DC parameter tests are also released. In turn, we take our device and place it on our DUT board and then put them under temperature using a temptronic thermostream. We then cool the device under test to -55 degrees C and allow our AC and DC parameters/patterns to run through the part.

Once tested we can then see the effects that the lower temperature has on the timing of our devices. With the same thermostream we can test the same device at 125 degrees Celsius. We then compare both temperatures to our room temperature, 25 degrees’ Celsius test. At that point, we are able to identify how various temperatures effect our parametric tests and justify the amount of stress we can have on our products while they are still capable of passing within an acceptable parametric limit. Testing these functional tests at multiple temperatures allows us to conform to MIL-STD-883 for Tri-temp testing.

With these tests, we can create our very first FAI reports. The First Article Inspection Reports (FAI) are a new way for us to give our devices a military level reliability and then forward this information on to our clients. As we continue to use these new Test Methods for our part and package reliability it has been noted favorable that even after these different types of stress inducing tests our products remain in-tact and our parts still pass functional patterns.

 

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Tekmos Thanksgiving

 


The Tekmos Team gathers together every year to celebrate Thanksgiving in gratitude for each of our team members, from President, Lynn Reed, our engineers, HR and accounting, IT, production, manufacturing, to shipping and sales. Tekmos is especially grateful for all our customers around the world who make Tekmos possible.

 

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This year, like every year, each team member is asked to bring a favorite food they like to prepare and or want to share with the meal. Lynn prepared his famous deviled eggs, Jon, VP of Operations prepared his grandmother’s apple pie, Alan baked corn bread, Phil got up at 4 am to cook the turkey, dressing, and gravy. Other tasty foods were mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, cranberry sauce, corn casserole, spanakopita, a shredded broccoli and cranberry salad, olives wrapped in salami and decorations provided by Alison, our Production Manager. Lynn spoke at the end of the meal thanking everyone for their shared specialties and hard work at Tekmos.

Thank you to all our customers around the globe for trusting us with your business.

 

Thank You for Reading Tekmos Talks

 

Thank you for reading Tekmos Talks and helping us celebrate 20 plus years.

Sincerely,

Lynn Reed, President

 

 
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