It is the responsibility of all employees to implement the Quality Systems of the organisation. Device reliability is monitored through a wide variety of tests periodically conducted. As per industry norms, these are accelerated tests serving to model real world application through boosted temperatures, voltages and other stress tests as applicable. The battery of tests as detailed in Table I provides valuable data on defect trends and product anomalies. Close interaction with customers provides field performance data.
Failure analysis is performed thoroughly and immediate necessary corrective action implemented.
At CDIL quality and reliability are built into the product by rigourous control of all operations encompassing design through customer application support. A list of critical QA gates is given in Table II . Special testing and reliability screening schedules are run on specific customer requests. CDIL has been a leading supplier to India's defence and space programmes . Top of page Brief Description of Various Reliability Tests Done on Discrete Devices.