Reliability monitor test strategy definition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9645573-B2
Application number	US-201414553403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	Nov 25, 2014
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

In an approach to determining reliability test strategy, one or more computer processors receive a volume forecast for manufacturing one or more products. The one or more computer processors receive information describing the one or more products. The one or more computer processors retrieve reliability test requirements associated with the one or more products. The one or more computer processors retrieve reliability test capability of one or more reliability test vendors. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the volume forecast, the information describing the one or more products, the reliability test requirements, and the reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors, a reliability test strategy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for determining reliability test strategy, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a volume forecast for manufacturing one or more products;
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, information describing the one or more products;
retrieving, by the one or more computer processors, reliability test requirements associated with the one or more products;
retrieving, by the one or more computer processors, reliability test capability of one or more reliability test vendors; and
determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the volume forecast, the information describing the one or more products, the reliability test requirements, and the reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors, a reliability test strategy.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether one or more exceptions to the reliability test requirements exists; and
responsive to determining one or more exceptions to the reliability test requirements exists, adding, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more exceptions to the reliability test strategy.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, responsive to determining the reliability test strategy, generating, by the one or more computer processors, output, wherein output includes at least a table listing one or more of a module name, a part number, a form factor, a customer, a reliability test vendor, one or more specified tests, and a test schedule.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the reliability test strategy is approved; and
responsive to determining the reliability test strategy is not approved, receiving, by the one or more computer processors, one or more changes to the reliability test strategy.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the one or more computer processors, at least one instruction corresponding to the reliability test strategy to the one or more reliability test vendors.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein information describing the one or more products includes at least: a module name, a part number, a form factor, a customer, an interconnect metallurgy, and a wire metallurgy.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors includes at least test equipment capability and test equipment capacity.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, reliability test results, based, at least in part, on the reliability test strategy;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the reliability test results include one or more failures; and
responsive to determining the reliability test results include one or more failures, notifying, by the one or more computer processors, a failure analysis laboratory.

9. A computer program product for determining reliability test strategy, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive a volume forecast for manufacturing one or more products;
program instructions to receive information describing the one or more products;
program instructions to retrieve reliability test requirements associated with the one or more products;
program instructions to retrieve reliability test capability of one or more reliability test vendors; and
program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the volume forecast, the information describing the one or more products, the reliability test requirements, and the reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors, a reliability test strategy.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine whether one or more exceptions to the reliability test requirements exists; and
responsive to determining one or more exceptions to the reliability test requirements exists, program instructions to add the one or more exceptions to the reliability test strategy.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising, responsive to determining the reliability test strategy, program instructions to generate output, wherein output includes at least a table listing one or more of a module name, a part number, a form factor, a customer, a reliability test vendor, one or more specified tests, and a test schedule.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine whether the reliability test strategy is approved; and
responsive to determining the reliability test strategy is not approved, program instructions to receive one or more changes to the reliability test strategy.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising program instructions to send at least one instruction corresponding to the reliability test strategy to the one or more reliability test vendors.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
program instructions to receive reliability test results, based, at least in part, on the reliability test strategy;
program instructions to determine whether the reliability test results include one or more failures; and
responsive to determining the reliability test results include one or more failures, program instructions to notify a failure analysis laboratory.

15. A computer system for determining reliability test strategy, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive a volume forecast for manufacturing one or more products;
program instructions to receive information describing the one or more products;
program instructions to retrieve reliability test requirements associated with the one or more products;
program instructions to retrieve reliability test capability of one or more reliability test vendors; and
program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the volume forecast, the information describing the one or more products, the reliability test requirements, and the reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors, a reliability test strategy.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine whether one or more exceptions to the reliability test requirements exists; and
responsive to determining one or more exceptions to the reliability test requirements exists, program instructions to add the one or more exceptions to the reliability test strategy.

17. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising, responsive to determining the reliability test strategy, program instructions to generate output, wherein output includes at least a table listing one or more of a module name, a part number, a form factor, a customer, a reliability test vendor, and one or more specified tests, a test schedule.

18. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine whether the reliability test strategy is approved; and
responsive to determining the rel

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ayotte Stephen P
• Klinger-Park Petra U
• Lam Mark T W
• Myat Sanda S
• Richard Glen E

Classifications

• G05B19/41875 Primary

  characterised by quality surveillance of production · CPC title

• G05B2219/45032

  Wafer manufacture; interlock, load-lock module · CPC title

• Y02P90/22

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02P90/02

  Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] · CPC title