What are ratings?

Texas Instruments understands that semiconductor quality and reliability standards are important. Part ratings are classifications assigned at the part level that help you more easily find parts aligning with industry standards for your intended application.

On TI.com, a product may contain multiple orderable parts. Because ratings are assigned at the part level rather than the product level, different parts within the same product may carry different ratings. In these cases, TI will display all applicable ratings and clearly indicate which rating applies to which part.

Rating descriptions

Rating

Description and target applications

Automotive

Designed for automotive applications, automotive-classified parts help designers meet Automotive Electronics Council (AEC)-Q100 or AEC-Q101 standards, or other automotive specifications. See the product's data sheet for details.

Catalog

TI classifies a majority of its parts as catalog products, which it releases in alignment with its own quality guidelines.

Enhanced product (EP)

TI classifies enhanced products (EP) for use in aerospace and defense applications. Our enhanced product (EP) plastic portfolio provides ruggedized commercial-off-the-shelf products qualified to meet the Aerospace Qualified Electronic Component (AQEC) standard. To learn more, see "QML Flow, Its Importance, and Obtaining Lot Information".

High temperature

TI high-temperature parts can withstand extreme temperatures in electronics systems. High-temperature products are available in ceramic (210°C), high-temperature plastic (175°C), and known good die.

Military

TI military-classified parts are suitable for defense and certain aerospace electronics. This classification entails developing parts with uniform methods, controls, and procedures and testing microelectronic devices for use within electronic systems, including basic environmental tests to determine resistance to the deleterious effects of natural elements and conditions surrounding military operations. Please see the data sheet for details if the products meet Military Performance Specification MIL-PRF-38535 (qualified manufacturers list [QML] Class Q and Class N).

Space

TI provides space or space-grade parts qualified for use in space electronics applications. Our portfolio includes QML Class V or similar, radiation-hardness-assured integrated circuits (ICs) or radiation-tolerant ICs, demonstrating the company’s long-standing commitment to the space electronics market. To learn more, see the ”Radiation Handbook for Electronics” and ”Reduce the Risk in Low-Earth Orbit Missions with Space Enhanced Plastic Products.”

 

Part classifications

Rating

 

Military

Space

 

 

 

 

Enhanced product (EP)

Automotive

Catalog

Classification

 

QML-Q

Space EP

SHP

QML-P

QML-Y

QML-V

Enhanced product (EP)

AEC-Q100

Commercial

Production testing & documentation provided


 

 

 

Vendor item drawing (VID)

 

 

IncludedIncluded

 

 

Included

 

 

Standard microcircuit drawing (SMD)

Included

 

 

IncludedIncluded

 

 

 

 

Process conformance report

IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

 

 

 

Process conformance report content

MIL-PRF-38535 Group A, B, C, D

See product page

 

MIL-PRF-38535 Group A, B, C, D, E

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing


 

 

Single controlled baseline

IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

 

 

Multiple wafer lots per reel possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncludedIncludedIncluded

Life test per wafer lot

 

 

IncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

 

 

 

Packaging


 

 

 

 

 

Package construction

Hermetic

Plastic

Plastic

Plastic - wirebond or flip chip with overmold

Plastic - flip chip without overmold

Hermetic

Plastic

Plastic

Plastic

Bond wire

Al

Au

Au

Au

N/A

Al

Au

Au/Cu

Au/Cu

Pure tin (Sn) lead finish possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncludedIncluded

>97% tin (Sn) inside package possible

 

Flip chip

Flip chip

Flip chip

Flip chip

 

Flip chip

IncludedIncluded

Production burn-in required

Burn-in unless optimization aligned with DLA

 

IncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

 

 

 

Outgassing tested per ASTM E595

 

IncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

N/A

 

 

 

Radiation


 

 

TID characterization range (krad/Si)

 

30 to 50

50 to 300

50 to 300

50 to 300

50 to 300

 

 

 

TID radiation lot acceptance testing (RLAT) range - RHA (krad/Si)

 

20, 30, or 50

50, 100 or 300

50, 100 or 300

50, 100 or 300

50, 100 or 300

 

 

 

SEL immunity (MeV*cm2/mg)

 

≥43

≥60

≥60

≥60

≥60

 

 

 

Typical temperature range


 

-55 to +125°C

-55 to +125°C

-55 to +125°C

-55 to +125°C

-55 to +125°C

-55 to +125°C

-55 to +125°C

-40 to +125°C

-40 to +85°C