What is PD IEC/TS 62564-1 - Aerospace qualified electronic components (AQEC) about?
PD IEC/TS 62564-1 is a Technical Report that discusses process management for avionics.
PD IEC/TS 62564-1 is the first part of the multi-series that defines the minimum requirements for integrated circuits and semiconductors which are designated as an “aerospace qualified the electronic component (AQEC)”.
PD IEC/TS 62564-1 applies to integrated circuits and semiconductors exhibiting the following attributes:
- A minimum set of requirements, or information provided by the part manufacturer, which will allow a standard COTS component to be designated AQEC by the manufacturer
- As a minimum, each COTS component (designated AQEC) will have been designed, fabricated, assembled, and tested in accordance with the component manufacturer’s requirements for standard data book components
- Qualification of, and quality systems for, the COTS components to be designated as AQEC should include the manufacturer’s standards, operating procedures, and technical specifications. This information should be available when requested
- Components manufactured before the manufacturer has addressed AQEC requirements, but utilizing the same processes, are also considered AQEC compliant
- Additional desired attributes of a device designated AQEC (that will support AQEC users) are found in Annex B of this technical specification.
Note: Parts qualified to military specifications (except those identified as being for “logistic support” purposes only) are considered AQEC; the remainder of this technical specification only addresses non-military specification parts.
Who is PD IEC/TS 62564-1 - Aerospace qualified electronic components (AQEC) for?
PD IEC/TS 62564-1 on process management for avionics is useful for:
- AQEC manufacturers and designers
- AQEC users
- Semiconductor industry
- Private companies
- Government agencies
- Avionic industry
- System architectures
Why should you use PD IEC/TS 62564-1 - Aerospace qualified electronic components (AQEC)?
Avionics is a combination of aviation and electronics. These avionics is useful in communicating, navigating, monitoring, and helping in controlling the flight.
Aerospace qualified electronic components (AQEC) plans are developed by manufacturers in order to document compliance with AQEC requirements. For AQEC designated components, the intention is to:
- Provide AQEC users access to information from the AQEC manufacturers that is necessary for using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products
- Better enable AQEC users to assess whether these parts are capable of operating reliably in their applications
- Minimize deviations from the AQEC manufacturers’ COTS products
- Have minimal impact on the AQEC manufacturers’ standard operating or business procedures
- Promote communication between the AQEC manufacturers and users.
PD IEC/TS 62564-1 provides and maintains under revision control a data sheet that includes operating characteristics, as well as physical characteristics. This enables you to put controls in place to ensure that the specified AQEC device characteristics remain stable. PD IEC/TS 62564-1 is useful to identify and verify the performance of the given AQEC or the component family in all environmental conditions.
Overall, PD IEC/TS 62564-1 will assist AQEC manufacturers in selecting the appropriate components, applying and qualifying the component for the intended application, monitoring ongoing quality throughout production, checking compatibility with the manufacturing process, controlling configuration management and associated data, and controlling component dependability (e.g. obsolescence, reliability, risk management, and so on) in accordance with their electronic component management plan.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD IEC/TS 62564-1:2016 supersedes DD IEC/TS 62564-1:2011 which is withdrawn. PD IEC/TS 62564-1:2016 includes some technical changes with respect to DD IEC/TS 62564-1:2011. These include:
- IEC TS 62239 changed to IEC TS 62239-1, and IEC PAS 62686-1 changed to IEC TS 62686-1
- JESD48 changed to J-STD-048 and added to the Bibliography
- AEC-Q100 revision G changed to AEC-Q100:2014 in 4.5 (which is now revision H)
- Revision of AEC-Q101 removed in Bibliography
- J-STD-609 for “Marking and labeling” added to the Bibliography
- Information added regarding components' life expectancy in 4.2.5
