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How to Make a Device into a Product: Accelerated Life Testing (ALT), Its Role, Attributes, Challenges, Pitfalls, and Interaction with Qualification Tests

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Suhir, E. (2007). How to Make a Device into a Product: Accelerated Life Testing (ALT), Its Role, Attributes, Challenges, Pitfalls, and Interaction with Qualification Tests . In: Suhir, E., Lee, Y.C., Wong, C.P. (eds) Micro- and Opto-Electronic Materials and Structures: Physics, Mechanics, Design, Reliability, Packaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32989-7_28

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