Maxim offers ruggedized plastic-packaged ICs for stressful, high-reliability mil/aero applications where moisture resistance is not an issue.
A "ruggedized" product is one that has been burned-in and tested to military specifications. Usually, ruggedized products are packaged in hermetic packages. However, some mil/aero applications do not require the expense of a full hermetic seal, but do require high-reliability processing. For such applications, Maxim's ruggedized military plastic products fulfill this processing requirement and can be thought of as "super-COTS" products. All of Maxim's ruggedized plastic parts ship with a Certificate of Compliance, just as do the full military spec hermetic devices.
All of Maxim's ruggedized plastic products have the following features:
- Certificate of Compliance
- 85/15 SnPb electroplated lead finish to eliminate tin-whisker and solder-cracking issues