Tipping the scales in your favor when uprating. How to avoid the legal risks of parts use outside the manufacturer's specified temperature range

IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 15-23

  Biagini, Raymond B ^a   Rowland, Mark A ^b,c   Jackson, Margaret ^d   Pecht, Mike ^e  

^a LLP   (United States)

^b LLP   (United States)

^c Government Contracts Department

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Electronic Products   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT LIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

ELECTRONIC PARTS; PRODUCT LIABILITY THEORY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UPRATING;

NETWORK COMPONENTS;

EID: 0032636259     PISSN: 87553996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/101.780969     Document Type: Article

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