Harnessing the potential of Defense and Aerospace technology
Vishay’s line of high reliability products reflects a long term commitment to our military customers. As one of the largest suppliers of military components, we continually strive to meet the changing application requirements of the defense, avionics, and aerospace markets by developing new products and manufacturing technologies on an ongoing basis.
Vishay has one of the broadest lines of military-qualified resistors, capacitors, and inductors in the industry, and our high reliability devices can be found in nearly every existing military and aerospace program, including aircraft, satellites, missiles, weapons, ground vehicles, and ships. Even our precision potentiometers have been used for over 20 years in three different missile programs, in addition to passenger jets.
Every component Vishay provides to the military, avionics, and aerospace markets is backed by the comprehensive testing and failure analysis capabilities of our own technical staff, who are industry experts in understanding and meeting the requirements of the military environment. Our technical expertise, knowledge of the military industry, broad product offering, and ability to work long term are all part of Vishay’s ongoing commitment to meeting the changing requirements of our most reliability-conscious customers, today and in the future.
Featured products
Space Grade SGIHLP® Power Inductors MIL-STD-981,
Class S Compliant
Vishay has been supplying qualified passive components to the space market since the early 1980s. The SGIHLP Power Inductors, which meet MIL-STD-981 Class S space requirements, provides the very highest efficiency surface mount power inductor solution based on low DCR (Direct Current Resistance) and low core loss over a wide range of operating frequencies. Inductors are fully tested to MIL-STD-981 Group A/B requirements. The SGIHLP Inductor family offers engineers seven space-saving, low profile packages with minimal weight compared to conventional ferrite and through-hole technologies.
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.22uH to 15uH, saturation current to 11 Amps, maximum height 4.3mm | SGIHLP-24DC-8 |
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.10uH to 22uH, saturation current to 33 Amps, maximum height 5.3mm | SGIHLP-34EB-8 |
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.22uH to 33uH, saturation current to 32 Amps, maximum height 6.0mm | SGIHLP-41FA-8 |
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.47uH to 68uH, saturation current to 28.5 Amps, maximum height 6.1mm | SGIHLP-48FA-8 |
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.22uH to 22uH, saturation current to 68 Amps, maximum height 8.6mm | SGIHLP-60HE-8 |
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.47uH to 47uH, saturation current to 76 Amps, maximum height 8.8mm | SGIHLP-73HF-8 |
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MIL-STD-981 Class S compliant, inductance values from 0.47uH to 100uH, saturation current to 100 Amps, maximum height 15.2mm | SGIHLP-97OZ-8 |
Polymer Capacitors
High-Capacitance, Low-ESR Capacitors
Vishay is the Pioneer and leader for Tantalum capacitors in the market today. Vishay offers a variety of Tantalum and Polymer product types that provide high reliability solutions for the Military, Automotive, & Aerospace segments. Vishay’s portfolio of Polymer capacitors offer stable performance and reliability for the most demanding applications. The Polymer technology advantages include high volumetric efficiency, low ESR & improved derate capability. In addition to Military, Automotive & Aerospace grade capacitors Vishay is equipped to design and produce custom ratings to meet any performance requirement.
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Resource Document: Polymers & Tantalum Capacitors for High CV MLCCs
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T55 Hi Performance Type (Standard ESR) & (Low ESR) |
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T56 Hi-Reliability COTS |
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Key Benefit - High capacitance density reduces component count
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T59 MicroTan® INDUSTRIAL Series |
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T51 Hi Performance AUTOMOTIVE Grade |
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T54 vPolyTanTM COTS |
Established reliability military film surface mount resistors
Vishay has one of the broadest lines of military-qualified resistors in the industry, and our high reliability devices can be found in nearly every existing military program, including aircraft, satellites, missiles, weapons, ground vehicles, and ships.
Vishay is equipped to design and produce custom components to meet many design and reliability demands. In addition to standard military-grade resistor products, we also have many resistive solutions designed to meet various military source-controlled drawings.
Resource Document: Lead Resistors Check List
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Established Reliability Thick Film Military Chip Resistors
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RCWPM Series MIL-PRF-55342, Type RM |
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Established Reliability Thin Film Military Chip Resistors
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E/H Series MIL-PRF-55342, TYPE RM |
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Established Reliability Thick Film Military Chip Jumpers
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RCWPM Jumper Series MIL-PRF-32159, Type RCZ |
Many Vishay customers in the military and aerospace markets have come to rely on Vishay Automotive Grade semiconductor products for applications where full military qualification or internal testing is not required.* Vishay’s automotive qualified components include select MOSFETs, diodes, LEDs, and rectifiers developed for applications such as active safety systems and powertrains. The products listed below strictly adhere to the Automotive Electronics Council’s Q101 Stress Test Qualification and are manufactured by Vishay under quality standards with a goal of zero defects.
*Vishay Automotive Grade components are not military qualified nor internally tested other than what is required in our standard Automotive Grade process or as specified in AEC-Q101.
SQ MOSFETs
N-Channel and P-Channel TrenchFET® Power MOSFETs
DESCRIPTION
- N-channel devices with voltage ratings from 20 V to 300 V, P-channel devices with voltage ratings from -12 V to -200 V
- Low on-resistance (RDS(ON))
- Efficient switching / PWM
- Robust in avalanche and 100 % tested
- Standard and logic level gate families
- ESD-protected gate option
- Temperature rating of 175 °C
PACKAGE TYPE
Through-Hole
- TO-220, TO-262, TO-247
Surface-Mount PowerPAK®
- PowerPAK® 8 x 8L (8 mm x 8 mm)
- PowerPAK® SO-8L (5 mm x 6 mm)
- PowerPAK® 1212-8 (3 mm x 3 mm)
- PowerPAK® SC-70 (2 mm x 2 mm)
Surface-Mount Conventional
- SOIC-8, TSOP-6, SOT-23, SC-70, TO-252, TO-252 reverse lead, TO-263, TO-263-7L
Resource Documents:
eSMP® Series
Many Vishay customers in the military and aerospace markets have come to rely on Vishay Automotive Grade semiconductor products for applications where full military qualification or internal testing is not required.* Vishay’s automotive qualified components include select MOSFETs, diodes, LEDs, and rectifiers developed for applications such as active safety systems and powertrains. The products listed below strictly adhere to the Automotive Electronics Council’s Q101 Stress Test Qualification and are manufactured by Vishay under quality standards with a goal of zero defects.
*Vishay Automotive Grade components are not military qualified nor internally tested other than what is required in our standard Automotive Grade Program or as specified in AEC-Q101
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ESD Protection | eSMP® Series [SMF (DO-219AB)] | SOT-23 | SOD-323 |
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Rectifiers (Schottky, Standard / Fast Recovery, and Ultrafast Recovery) |
PACKAGES: eSMP® Series [MicroSMP (DO-219AD) | SMP (DO-220AA) | SMF (DO-219AB) | SMPC (TO-277A) | SMA (DO-214AC) | SMB (DO-214AA) | SMC (DO-214AB) |
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Small Signal Diodes (Schottky, Switching, Zener) |
PACKAGES: eSMP® Series [SMF (DO-219AB) | MicroSMF (DO-219AC)] | SOD-123 | SOD-323 |
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Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS) |
PACKAGES eSMP® Series [MicroSMP (DO-219AD) | SMP (DO-220AA) | SMPC (TO-277A) | SMA (DO-214AC) | SMB (DO-214AA) | SMC (DO-214AB) |
Vishay’s Automotive Grade Process
Vishay has incorporated key automotive industry quality initiatives into an Automotive Grade product line. The goal is zero defects. The requirements cover design, qualification, and manufacturing, and are used to continuously improve Vishay products and processes. Products fulfilling the Vishay Automotive Grade requirements, described below, earn our Automotive Grade stamp on their datasheets.
Design
- Robust Design Policy: new and modified products are designed using design rules, DFMEA, and lessons learned. The design rules ensure Automotive Grade products are robust through manufacturing and assembly. Testing to failure confirms that design margins meet the demands of automotive use.
- Safe Launch: Vishay’s Safe Launch Policy ensures that everything from design through production roll-out happens according to plan. Process corner evaluation, yield analysis, process capability review, and reliability testing are all incorporated.
Qualification
- AEC-Q100, AEC-Q101, AEC-Q102, AEC-Q200 qualified: Automotive Grade products are qualified to the latest AEC qualification standards and presented for approval using PPAP.
Manufacturing
- IATF16949 Facility: all Automotive Grade products are produced in facilities certified to IATF16949.
- Maverick Lot Program: the Maverick Lot Program employs part average testing (PAT), statistical yield limit (SYL), and statistical bin limit (SBL) according to AEC-Q001 and AEC-Q002 to identify statistically different parts and lots.
- Periodic Verification to AEC Requirements (Reliability Monitoring): product families are verified to AEC Stress Test Qualification standards every two years.
Continuous Improvement
- Error Proofing: error proofing is performed during the entire process to identify and eliminate potential causes of defects.
- Lessons Learned / Look Across: all continual improvement actions are linked to lessons learned and look across programs to ensure improvement everywhere in the company.
Resource Documents:
Polymers
Resistors
MOSFETs
- MOSFET Product Selector Guide
- AEC-Q101 Qualified SQ Automotive MOSFET selector guide
- Understanding MOSFETs
Diodes and Rectifiers
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