AECQ certification is a vehicle classification standard applied to automobile parts, which is actually a set of hardware specifications. For example, car navigation, for example, requires AECQ certification in the United States. AEC is the abbreviation of "Automotive Electronics Council: Automotive Electronics Association". Chrysler, Ford and General Motors set up the Automotive Electronics Committee (AEC) to establish a set of universal parts qualification and quality system standards. < P > It is a group established by major automobile manufacturers and major parts manufacturers in the United States, aiming at the reliability of on-board electronic components and the standardization of certification standards. AEC has established standards for quality control.

AEC-Q1 is a failure mechanism for stress test certification of integrated circuits. The standard for discrete devices is AEC-Q11, the standard for LED is AEC-Q12, and the design for passive components is AEC-Q2.

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Importance of AEC-Q certification:

Automotive electronics is mainly based on the International Automotive Electronics Council (AEC for short) as the verification standard of vehicle regulations. Including AEC-Q1 (integrated circuit IC), AEC-Q11 (discrete component), AEC-Q12 (discrete photoelectric LED),

AEC-Q14 (multi-chip component) and AEC-Q2 (passive component), although the test conditions are stricter than those of consumer chips. In order to enter the vehicle field and enter the supply chain of various Tier1 automotive electronics manufacturers, we must obtain:

1. AEC-Q1 (integrated circuit IC), AEC-Q11 (discrete component), AEC-Q12 (discrete photoelectric LED), AEC-Q14 (multi-chip component) and AEC.

2. it is necessary to conform to the Quality Management System of the supply chain with Zero Defect (ISO/IATF 16949).

—Ramtron's 64 kilobit serial F-RAM memory meets the AEC-Q1 standard for automotive electronics.