Highly Accelerated Lifetime Test (HALT)

Equipment: Qualmark, Typhoon 2.0

Working Principle

  • Need liquid nitrogen, heater, and vibration stage
  • Stress temperature, rapid thermal cycle, and vibration work together
  • 'Test-to-fail' work - test until any failure occurs
  • Standard: IPC9592A

Technical Information

  • Find design weakness
  • Get the product profile from UDL through LDL
  • Provide guideline for HASS
  • Data can be used to predict lifetime

HALT Identifies the Operating and Destruct Limits for a Product