AEC-Q100 Qualification

Stages

8. Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing^A
9. AEC-Q100 Qualification (this stage)^A
10. Confirmation Measures & Safety Case^A

Product, safety and quality milestones

• Engineering samples (ES)

Chip milestones

• Tape-out (TO) (technical readiness review TR2)
• Silicon validated (SV)
• Qualification start (QS)
• AEC-Q100 qualified (AQ) (technical readiness review TR3)
• Functional safety assessment complete (FSA)

Disciplines

• Product and customer program management^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Engineering samples and a preliminary datasheet with lead customers, and customer sampling running through qualification and the safety case.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Engineering samples and a preliminary datasheet with lead customers, and customer sampling running through qualification and the safety case.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Engineering samples and a preliminary datasheet with lead customers, and customer sampling running through qualification and the safety case.
• Functional safety management^AO
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Verification confirmation reviewed and the functional safety audit started; the safety case is structured and waits for the silicon, qualification and cybersecurity evidence it cites.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Verification confirmation reviewed and the functional safety audit started; the safety case is structured and waits for the silicon, qualification and cybersecurity evidence it cites.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 1.0, Complete. Functional safety assessment positive, and the safety case and safety manual released.^A
• Safety engineering and analysis^O
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 1.0, Complete. Diagnostic coverage claims confirmed by fault injection, and the FMEDA kept current through implementation and released with the silicon results.
• Cybersecurity^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 1.0, Complete. Security verification report released on the signed-off design; the cybersecurity case is built on it for the assessment, and the part is monitored for vulnerabilities in production.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 1.0, Complete. Security verification report released on the signed-off design; the cybersecurity case is built on it for the assessment, and the part is monitored for vulnerabilities in production.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 1.0, Complete. Security verification report released on the signed-off design; the cybersecurity case is built on it for the assessment, and the part is monitored for vulnerabilities in production.
• Safety software and drivers^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Drivers and the safety software library running on silicon with the engineering samples, with integration tests on the safety mechanisms.^A
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Drivers and the safety software library running on silicon with the engineering samples, with integration tests on the safety mechanisms.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 1.0, Complete. Low-level drivers and the safety software library released, with their evidence, for the safety case.
• Silicon validation and characterisation^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 1.0, Complete. Silicon characterised across the temperature grade, and every safety mechanism validated on silicon.^A
• Qualification and reliability^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Qualification plan complete with the silicon characterisation results, and stress capacity booked; parts awaited from the production flow.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 1.0, Complete. AEC-Q100 stress tests, ESD and latch-up passed for the temperature grade, with every failure root caused and closed.^A
• Production test and product engineering^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Test program running on first silicon, with limits being set from characterisation.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 1.0, Complete. Production test program and outlier screening limits released for qualification and the production part approval.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 1.0, Complete. Production test program and outlier screening limits released for qualification and the production part approval.
• Automotive quality and PPAP^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Process flow, process FMEA and an initial control plan in place for the qualification build.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Process flow, process FMEA and an initial control plan in place for the qualification build.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Process flow, process FMEA and an initial control plan in place for the qualification build.
• Field quality, change and supply^A
  • Silicon Validation & Safety Mechanism Testing: maturity 0.0, Planned. Customer quality contacts named for the lead customers, and the failure analysis lab and its resources planned for returns; no samples with customers yet.
  • AEC-Q100 Qualification: maturity 0.3, Early draft. Handling of sample returns and the field monitoring approach outlined as engineering samples reach customers.
  • Confirmation Measures & Safety Case: maturity 0.5, Draft. Customer complaint handling and the change notification rules drafted with the safety manual's assumptions of use.