Baseline Management
A Dedicated Facility / BS9100 Requirements
Baseline Products —
A Selection of Options
As a matter of course, AVX maintains a
level of quality control that is sufficient
to guarantee whatever reliability specifi-
cations are needed. However, AVX
goes further. There are over 65 quality
control and inspection operations that
are available as options to a customer.
Any number may be requested and
written into a baseline process. The
abbreviated list that follows indicates
the breadth and thoroughness of avail-
able Q.C. services at AVX:
Ultrasonic Scanning
Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA)
X-Ray
Bondability Testing
Sorting and Matching to
Specification Limits
Temperature and Immersion
Cycling
Load/Humidity Life Testing
Dye Penetration Evaluation
100% Ceramic Sheet Inspection
Voltage Conditioning
Termination Pull Testing
Pre-encapsulation Inspection
Within the “specials” area, AVX accom-
modates a broad variety of customer
needs. The AVX facilities are capable of
developing and producing the most
reliable and advanced MLCs available
anywhere in the world today. Yet it is
equally adept at making volume “custom”
components that may differ only in
markings or lead placement from the
standard catalog part.
Stretching the Limits
Advanced Products are developed to
meet the extraordinary needs of specific
applications. Requirements may include:
low ESR, low ESL, voltages up to 10’s
of thousands, advanced decoupling
designs for frequencies up to 10’s of
megahertz, temperatures up to 200°C,
extremely high current discharge, ability
to perform in high radiation or toxic
atmospheres, or minimizing piezoelectric
effect in high vibration environments.
In addition, solving customer packaging
problems, aside from addressing circuit
problems, is available. Special lead
frames for high current or special
mounting requirements are examples.
Multiple ceramic chip package designs
per customer requirements are also
available.
Advanced Products always begin with
a joint development program involving
AVX and the customer. In undersea
cable components, for example,
capacitance and impedance ratings
had to be maintained within 1% over
the multi-year life of the system. In this
case, Advanced Products not only
met the parametric requirements of the
customer, but accelerated life testing of
3,500 units indicated an average life
expectancy of over 100,000 years.
Baseline Program Management
Baseline Program Management has
been AVX’s forte over the years. This is
both a product and a service function
designed to provide the customer the
full capabilities of AVX in meeting their
program requirements. AVX has had
Baseline and Program Management in
the following major systems:
—AT&T Undersea Cable
—Minuteman
—Peacekeeper
—STC Undersea Cable
—CIT Undersea Cable
—Raytheon-Hawk Missile
—Trident
—Small Missile Program
—Northrop - Peacekeeper
—Sparrow Program
—Space Station
—European Space Agency (ESA)
—Commercial Satellite Program
—Arianne 4 & 5
—EuroFighter (Typhoon)
—EH101 (Merlin)
AVX technical personnel stand ready to
answer any questions and provide any
information required on your programs
from the most exotic Hi-Rel part to the
simplest variation on a standard. Put the
experience, technology and facilities of
the leading company in multilayer
ceramics to work for you. No other
source offers the unique combination of
capability and commitment to advanced
application specific components.
PROCUREMENT OF COMPONENTS OF
BS9100 (CH/CV RANGE 50-500V)
The manufacturing facilities have IS09001 approval.
Customers requiring BS9100 approved components are
requested to follow these steps:
1. The customer shall submit a specification for the required
components to AVX for approval. Once agreed a Customer
Detail Specification (CDS) number will be allocated by AVX
to this specification. This number with its current revision
must be quoted at the time of order placement.
2. If the customer has no specification, then AVX will supply a
copy of the standard CDS for the customer’s approval and
signature. As in 1 above, when agreed this CDS number
must be quoted at order entry. In the event of agreement
not being reached the component cannot be supplied to
BS9100.
For assistance contact: EMAP Specification Engineering
Dept. AVX Ltd. Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Telephone ++44 (0)28703 44188, Fax ++44 (0)28703 55527
PACKAGING
Unless otherwise stated in the appropriate data sheet parts
are supplied in a waffle pack.
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