Revision 1.01 – September 21, 2005
S5920 – PCI Product: Quality System Overview
AMCC COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
Data Book
AMCC is committed to achieving the highest quality
and reliability level in the integrated circuit products we
provide. Every year for over a decade we have estab-
lished industry-leading reliability and outgoing quality
targets and then exceeded them.
The quality and reliability philosophy at AMCC starts
with the premise that for AMCC to continue to excel
and be the premier supplier to our customers, the
quality expectations of customers must be consistently
met or exceeded.
Customer
Documentation
Our team operating philosophy is to:
1. design in manufacturability and reliability during
the new product development phase (plan);
Design/Manufacturing
2. build in quality at all manufacturing steps (do);
QA gates and subsequent feedback ensures quality confirmation of
AMCC’s final product in a continuous improvement program.
3. execute thorough product inspections, internal
audits and reliability confirmation (check);
4. incorporate feedback from internal and external
sources into continuous quality improvement pro-
grams (act).
Inspection, Audit and Reliability Confirmation
AMCC has strategically placed In-Process Quality
Control (IPQC) gates, internal process/area audits and
lot/time specific reliability monitors to verify perfor-
mance against customer requirements and internal
design/manufacturing process capabilities. Metrics
generated by these activities are intended to provide
continuous improvement feedback data for review and
action as driven by senior management.
Reliability and Manufacturability—Designed In
From The Start
Reliability and manufacturability is designed in up front
through a team infrastructure which focuses on active
participation by Design, Manufacturing and Reliability
Engineering throughout all phases of the design pro-
cess. This includes extensive design verification
through computer modeling and design validation by
product characterization and application simulation.
Final team design review and production readiness
approval is required prior to release of products to
production.
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Die visual and precap gate
Final outgoing inspection gate
Modified MIL-STD-105D sampling program
Lot specific group A and B testing
Ongoing reliability monitors
SPC/Data metric review of key subcontractors
Quality Built In During Wafer Fabrication and Man-
ufacturing
Visual/mechanical and electrical outgoing indi-
ces and PPM goals
AMCC’s manufacturing and quality teams employ doc-
umented operating procedures, work instructions, in-
process inspections and SPC methodology to provide
assurance of continued process control and compli-
ance to specification.
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Cost-of-quality pareto analysis
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