Automotive

All electronic systems are subject to wear-out, failure, and design issues. In today’s automotive industry, post-event analysis, or diagnostic testing, is the predominant maintenance technology used in automotive service facilities. Prognostics and health management (PHM) solutions, also known as electronic prognostics, provide advance warnings of impending electronic module and circuit failures prior to an actual failure event.

For automotive manufacturers and service technicians, this can:

• Reduce lifetime warranty cost to manufacturer or third-party warranty vendor
• Reduce service and maintenance times for electronic system analysis
• Improve vehicle performance and reliability

For customers, on-board prognostics can:

• Increase reliability and safety of vehicle
• Reduce maintenance costs and total cost of ownership
• Improve overall satisfaction with vehicle experience

In addition to electronic prognostics for vehicular applications, Ridgetop Group’s integrated circuit die-level monitoring solutions provide an exceptional ability to monitor chip and wafer design for accuracy at the foundry level.