AN11106

Pin FMEA for AHC/AHCT family

Rev. 2 — 9 January 2019 Application note

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Keywords FMEA, AHC, AHCT, CMOS

Abstract This application note provides a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for Nexperia's AHC/
AHCT family under typical failure situations
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1. Introduction
The Advanced High-Speed CMOS (AHC and AHCT) family of logic devices from Nexperia
Semiconductors, offers many of the same functions found in the High-Speed CMOS (HC and HCT)
family. However, it has higher performance and lower power consumption than the HC/HCT while
maintaining competitive prices. In addition, Nexperia Semiconductors guarantees AHC/AHCT
products to operate over an extended temperature range of -40 °C to +125 °C. The increase in
product specification is at no extra cost to the customer..
The AHC/AHCT family of products is ideally suited for notebooks, telecom infrastructure, and
portable applications. The capability to operate at both 5 V and 3.3 V, further extends its integration
into new designs. The dual voltage facilitates the migration of existing designs to low-voltage
systems and establishes it as a truly mixed-voltage product.
The AHC/AHCT family includes gates, octals, MSI, and 16 bit-wide devices. It is both functionally
and pin-for-pin compatible with the HC/HCT family of products.

2. Pin FMEA
This chapter provides a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for the device pins of
Nexperia’s AHC/AHCT family under typical failure situations such as a short-circuit to VCC or GND
or to a neighboring pin, or if a pin is left open.
A failure is classified according to its effect on the AHC/AHCT device and the functionality of the
application; see Table 1.

Table 1. Classification of failure effects

Class Failure effect
A damage to device
affects application functionality
B no damage to device
may affect application functionality
C no damage to device
no affect to application functionality

Table 2. FMEA matrix for pin short-circuit to VCC

Pin Class Remarks
Input B normal operating condition, no damage, no leakage, may affect
functionality
Output C if output defined HIGH, no damage, no leakage, no output level
change
Output A if output defined LOW, short-circuits and high currents can damage
device, output level changes
GND B short-circuits and high currents can damage device, will affect
functionality

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Table 3. FMEA matrix for pin short-circuit to GND

Pin Class Remarks
Input B normal operating condition, no damage, no leakage, may affect
functionality
Output C if output defined LOW, no damage, no leakage, no output level change
Output A if output defined HIGH, short-circuits and high currents can damage
device, output level changes
VCC B no damage, affects functionality

Table 4. FMEA matrix for pin left open

Pin Class Remarks
Input B undefined operating condition, no damage, increases leakage, may
affect functionality
Output C normal operating condition, no damage, no leakage
GND B undefined operating condition, no damage, increases leakage, will
affect functionality
VCC B undefined operating condition, no damage, increases leakage (only for
I/O types), affects functionality

Table 5. FMEA matrix for pin short-circuits between neighbor pins

Pin Class Remarks
Input to input C if inputs have same voltage levels: no damage, no leakage
B if inputs have different voltage levels: leakage increases, will
affect functionality
Input to output A if input and output have different voltage levels, can cause
high current and can damage device, will affect functionality
C if input and output have same voltage levels, no damage, no
leakage
Input to GND - see Table 3
Input to VCC - see Table 2
Output to output C if outputs have same voltage levels, no damage, no leakage
A if outputs have different voltage levels, can cause high
current and can damage device, will affect functionality
Output to input - same effect as ‘input to output’ condition
Output to GND - see Table 3
Output to VCC - see Table 2
GND to VCC - not applicable, these pins are not neighbors

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3. Abbreviations
Table 6. Abbreviations
Acronym Description
AHCT Advanced High-Speed CMOS TTL
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
LSTTL Low power Schottky TTL
TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic

4. Revision history
Table 7. Revision history
Rev Date Description
v.2 20190109 AN11106, updated to latest Nexperia documentation standard
v.1 20111104 AN11106 initial version

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List of Tables
Table 1. Classification of failure effects................................2
Table 2. FMEA matrix for pin short-circuit to VCC............... 2
Table 3. FMEA matrix for pin short-circuit to GND............... 3
Table 4. FMEA matrix for pin left open................................ 3
Table 5. FMEA matrix for pin short-circuits between
neighbor pins........................................................................3
Table 6. Abbreviations..........................................................4
Table 7. Revision history......................................................4

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Contents
1. Introduction................................................................... 2
2. Pin FMEA.......................................................................2
3. Abbreviations................................................................ 4
4. Revision history............................................................4
5. Legal information......................................................... 5

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