Steve,
I agree with both phil and steve.  However, Steve Zeva, It is a wonderful
OPPORTUNITY to make your assembly line "almost perfect" (at least, you get
management's full support, since it is their idea to get into it at the 1st
place...;-(...Are you telling me you are not as perfect as NASA wants (not
the at the paper work level of course)...
well, when people know the stuff will go up with not much chance to
"re-work" at moment of notice, and both side inspect the assembly to
"death", you may get some good out of it (not say you will get good $ out of
it at the 1st cut...hopefully, your manager understand that)...Just make
sure no outgas stuff on it...(including your cleaning chemical residue)...my
$0.0134...
                                      jk
At 11:54 PM 7/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I know that it not exactly the same thing, but multichip modules (aka -
>MCM's or hybrids) for space applications would seem to have certain
>similarities to PWB types of products.
>
>We each have our own processes to control and tight visual and traceability
>requirements to maintain.
>
>We have to deal with lot acceptance testing of the bare semiconductor
>devices and radiation hardness testing, tighter controls over burn-in
>failures and assocciated lot acceptance, etc.
>
>As Bruce indicated, you may consider it to be an OPPORTUNITY.  If you build
>high rel product now, you likely already have a documention system and
>operator training system in place that will go a long way to providing the
>traceablity and operator skills that you will need.
>
>Be sure that management knows that some 'fine tuning' of existing systems
>may be required.
>
>Probably not much help, but just my 'two pence'
>
>Steven Creswick
>CTS RF Integrated Modules
>
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