Advanced manufacturing technologies [DC/DC convertors]

Author

Silva, John

Author_Institution

Comp. Products, South Boston, MA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

23-27 Feb 1992

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

170

Abstract

The author details the design steps and manufacturing processes used in the development of DC/DC converters with power densities as high as 36 W/in³. By combining multilayer thick-film technology on ceramic, surface-mount components, and active laser trimming, together with simultaneous engineering, design for manufacturability, total quality management, and basic just-in-time manufacturing methodology, it was possible to achieve substantial improvements in product performance, reliability, and cost. The application of advanced design and manufacturing technologies resulted in power-density improvements of 5-10 times and a 10× increase in MTBF (mean time between failures), to 1.1 million hours

Keywords

manufacturing processes; power convertors; DC/DC converters; active laser trimming; cost; design steps; just-in-time manufacturing; manufacturing processes; multilayer thick-film technology; product performance; quality management; reliability; simultaneous engineering; surface-mount components; Ceramics; DC-DC power converters; Design engineering; Manufacturing processes; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical design; Power engineering and energy; Reliability engineering; Surface emitting lasers; Surface-mount technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1992. APEC '92. Conference Proceedings 1992., Seventh Annual

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0485-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1992.228415

Filename

228415