Silicon Technology Reliability Vishay Siliconix BCD-18 TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATED OPERATING LIFE TEST RESULT Sample Size Equivalent Device Hours Failure Rate in FIT 82 3 566 796 255.131 Failure Rate in FIT is calculated according to JEDEC standard JESD85, Methods for Calculating Failure Rates in Units of FITs, based on accelerated high temperature operating life test results by using an apparent activation energy of 0.7 eV. The junction temperature of the device at use is assumed to be 55 °C. A constant failure rate distribution is assumed. The upper confidence bound of the failure rate is 60 %. Document Number: 65373 Revision: 18-Nov-10 www.vishay.com 1