725 abbreviations with 1,246 meanings, from the gate and discipline codes on the lifecycle charts to the standards, bodies and industry terms the Hub uses. Where the same letters mean different things, each meaning is listed with the lifecycles that use it. The list is built from the lifecycle and compliance data, so it stays current. For definitions of terms in general, see the glossary.
The Automotive Electronics Council's family of qualification documents: AEC-Q100 for integrated circuits, AEC-Q101 for discrete semiconductors, AEC-Q104 for multichip modules and AEC-Q200 for passive components, with related guidelines such as AEC-Q001 part average testing and AEC-Q002 statistical yield analysis.
Standards and regulations
Used in: AEC-Q guide
The stress test qualification that integrated circuits pass before use in vehicles.
Standards and regulations
Used in: AEC-Q guide, Automotive lifecycle, Automotive lifecycle: AEC-Q100 Qualification, Automotive lifecycle: AEC-Q100 qualified gate, Interoperability and compliance overlay
The part has passed AEC-Q100 qualification for its temperature grade, with any failure analysed to root cause and closed.
Gate codes
The package, laser attach and fibre attach processes are defined and shown to be capable: coupling loss, alignment stability and yield meet the plan on the builds made so far.
Gate codes
Every stress test in the qualification plan has passed on parts from the production flow, or has an approved disposition, to the standard each target market expects, such as JEDEC or AEC-Q100.
Gate codes
In: Product lifecycle, SoC lifecycle, AMS lifecycle, AI accelerator lifecycle, Startup lifecycle, MEMS and sensors lifecycle, RF lifecycle, FPGA chip lifecycle
The gap assessment is complete and the plan to close it is approved, with objectives, risks and opportunities, owners, resources and the certification timing.
Gate codes
In: QMS lifecycle
Plans and runs AEC-Q100 qualification for the temperature grade, with ESD and latch-up, package and life tests, and drives failure analysis on any part that fails.
Discipline codes
Owns the radiation environment specification, the technology radiation assessment, the hardening approach, the dose budget, the single-event rate predictions and the radiation hardness assurance plan and report that tie design, test and lot acceptance together.
Discipline codes
In: Space lifecycle
Plans and runs the reliability and qualification work: the design verification plan's stress tests, the qualification plan against AEC-Q100, AEC-Q101, AEC-Q104 or AEC-Q200 as applies, mission profile review, and requalification after changes.
Discipline codes
In: APQP lifecycle
Gate and discipline codes are plain initials chosen for the Hub's charts, not any company's internal codes. Standard names belong to their publishers; the guides explain them in our own words. Missing an abbreviation? Suggest one.