IEC TS 62500 : 1.0

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FOREWORD<br>INTRODUCTION<br>1 Scope<br>2 Terms and definitions<br>3 Acronyms<br>4 Highly accelerated test goals and principles<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 General characteristics<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 General principles of highly accelerated tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 Example of the limitations of highly accelerated tests<br>5 Industrial technical domains covered by highly accelerated<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tests<br>6 Highly accelerated tests in the lifecycle and associated<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;assembly levels<br>7 Planning and management of highly accelerated tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2 Validation and verification<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3 Planning of highly accelerated tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.4 Management of highly accelerated tests<br>8 General methodology for implementing highly accelerated<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.1 Structure of the approach<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2 Analysis of product sensitive points<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3 Selection of applicable stresses<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.4 Producing a test plan<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.5 Performing tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.6 Analysis of test results, corrective action and <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;resumption of testing<br>9 Building on and using experience<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2 Creating the database<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.3 Inclusion in the company reference system<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.4 Use of results for environmental stress screening<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.5 Correlation with feedback<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.6 Synthesis and impact on company culture<br>10 Customer/supplier relations<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1 Prime contractor/supplier relations<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1.1 Responsibilities<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1.2 Contract procedures<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1.3 Tests synthesis<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2 Supplier/test laboratory relations<br>11 Costs and savings<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2 'Non-reliability' costs<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2.1 Cost in delayed time to market<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2.2 Cost of an in-service failure<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2.3 Cost of a recovery operation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2.4 Impact on brand image<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.3 Expenses generated by the highly accelerated tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.3.1 Engineering upstream of testing<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.3.2 Test resources used<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.3.3 Manpower dedicated to highly accelerated tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.3.4 The cost of damaged or destroyed products<br>Annex A (informative) Comparative characteristics of highly<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accelerated tests and reliability tests<br>Annex B (informative) Example of potential effectiveness<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;table for stresses or loadings according to the <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;nature of the product sensitive point<br>Annex C (normative) Highly accelerated tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;implementation logic<br>Annex D (informative) Margin-related statistical<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;considerations - Example: telecommunications <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;circuit boards or board assembly<br>Bibliography

Abstract

Specifies the targets assigned to highly accelerated tests, their basic principles, their scope of application and their implementation procedures.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Electrotechnical Committee
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Committee	TC 107
Supersedes	IEC PAS 62500 : 1.0