Sustaining System Level ESD/EOS Robustness Design and Consulting https://pragma-design.com/pd/index.php/services/sustaining Mon, 13 Jul 2020 22:27:07 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb Sustaining Engineering https://pragma-design.com/pd/index.php/services/sustaining/14-sustain/16-field-fails https://pragma-design.com/pd/index.php/services/sustaining/14-sustain/16-field-fails A Sustaining Engineer usually inherits all of the constraints of a previous design with none of the freedom! Except for reducing BOM costs, there may be no allowance or budget for any change whatsoever.

But when an ESD problem arises, the Sustaining Engineer may have a limited subset of options for recovery as compared to Production Problems.

But for BOM cost reductions, the risk to compliance must be considered.

If Susceptibility Scanning shows no quantifiable reduction in robustness or increase in susceptibility by removing a TVS device, then the confidence factor in the cost reduction goes up and can be justified earlier in the product cycle.]]> jeffhoo@pragma-design.com (Admin) Sustaining Engineering Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:41:47 +0000