The quality assurance system of the trusted Microelectronic production

Abstract

Trust (in reliable and safe operation) in a microelectronics product is mainly «laid down» at the stage of its development and is managed by guarantees of quality and reliability, the developer's qualifications and experience, a rational choice of key technical solutions that implement specified functional and operational characteristics, as well as parrying the main threats to its safety. Similarly, trust in products during their pilot and mass production is managed by the results of effective interaction and a rational combination of two systems: (1) managing the quality and protection of the manufacturer of products (i.e., using trusted processes) and (2) controlling production batches and samples of finished products (i.e., checking the reliability of a complex of technical means). This interaction implements a mutual «transfer of trust» to production processes and finished products – the possibility of spreading trust in production processes to trust in finished products and vice versa. At the stage of mass production, it is necessary first of all to ensure the stability of functional and operational characteristics, as well as acceptable technical and economic indicators of the product while maintaining the quality and protection levels inherent in its development. The article presents the results of an analysis of the critical stages of the microelectronics products production, typical threats arising at these stages, and methods of their parrying. There results allow us to build trust in such products (trust in their reliability and quality).

Keywords

• power of attorney, quality, production process, risks, threat, vulnerability, stages of the production process.