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HASA (highly accelerated stress audit) is a proven test method developed to find manufacturing/production process induced defects in electronics and electro-mechanical assemblies before those products are released to market. HASA is a form of HASS – a powerful testing tool for improving product reliability, reducing warranty costs and increasing customer satisfaction.

Whereas HASS is defined as: "highly accelerated stress screening: Used to improve the robustness/reliability of a product through test-fail-fix process where the applied stresses may be beyond the specified operating limits (OL) determined by HALT(highly accelerated life test). This is applied to 100% of the manufactured units."

HASA is an audit of the manufactured units and can be used where HASS has determined that process has achieved statistical control.

There are 3 parts to HASA testing:

  1. HASS development/proof-of-screen (POS)
  2. HASS production screen
  3. HASA production audit

Since HASS levels are more aggressive than conventional screening tools, a POS procedure is used to establish the effectiveness in revealing production induced defects. A POS is vital to determine that the HASS stresses are capable of revealing production defects, but not so extreme as to remove significant life from the test item. Instituting HASS to screen the product is an excellent tool to maintain a high level of robustness and it will reduce the test time required to screen a product resulting in long term savings. Ongoing HASS screening assures that any weak components or manufacturing process degradations are quickly detected and corrected. HASS is not intended to be a rigid process that has an endpoint. It is a dynamic process that may need modification or adjustment over the life of the product.

HASS aids in the detection of early life failues. HASA's primary purpose is to monitor manufacturing and prevent any defects from being introduced during the process. A carefully determined HASA sampling plan must be designed that will quickly signal when process quality has been degraded.

General reference: books

  • "HALT, HASS & HASA Explained, Accelerated Reliability Techniques, Revised Edition" by Harry W.McLean, ASQ ISBN 978-0-87389-766-2
  • "Management & Technical Guidelines for the ESS Process" IEST-RP-PR001.1, published by the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology.
  • "Accelerated Testing" a Practitioners Guide to Accelerated and Reliability Testing, by Bryan Dodson and Harry Schwab.
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