Technology, customization, and reliability

An Approach to Automated Gripper Customization Using Rapid Prototyping Technology

The ability to rapidly introduce new components for assembly is an important concept in agile manufacturing. An agile workcell should therefore minimize the amount of downtime spent on retooling the system whenever components are introduced. In order to reduce the changeover time, a means for automatically generating gripper designs based on part geometry would be highly desirable. Such gripper...

Reliability and MMIC Technology Development and Production

A key aspect of MMIC technology development and production is reliability. At Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST), reliability assessment and improvement are incorporated into the formative stages of technology development and continue through process qualification and manufacturing. Key components of this approach include: multi-temperature accelerated life testing; other accelerated life...

Reliability for Technology Engineering and Management

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STAPLING TECHNOLOGY: IMPROVED RELIAbILITY IN STAPLE fORMATION

Tunnel FET technology: A reliability perspective

Tunneling-field-effect-transistor (TFET) has emerged as an alternative for conventional CMOS by enabling the supply voltage (VDD) scaling in ultra-low power, energy efficient computing, due to its sub-60 mV/ decade sub-threshold slope (SS). Given its unique device characteristics such as the asymmetrical source/drain design induced uni-directional conduction, enhanced on-state Miller capacitanc...