Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of assembling a product assembled from a plurality of components, with the components being available from multiple manufacturing lots, to increase the yield of products having acceptable performance characteristics, comprising: a. testing significant performance parameters of components of each manufacturing lot of each major component used in the assembly of the product to establish the statistical characteristics of the significant performance parameters of each manufacturing lot of each major component used in the assembly of the product; b. evaluating the statistically probable performance of the product assembled with different combinations of components form different manufacturing lots to assess the performance sensitivity of the product to different combinations of components from different manufacturing lots; c. selecting the combinations of components from different manufacturing lots to achieve the highest yield of products with acceptable performance characteristics; and d. assembling products from the selected combination of components from different manufacturing lots to achieve the highest yield of products with acceptable performance characteristics.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of assembling a product assembled from a plurality of components, with the components being available from multiple manufacturing lots, to increase the yield of products having acceptable performance characteristics, comprising: a. testing significant performance parameters of components of each manufacturing lot of each major component used in the assembly of the product to establish the statistical characteristics of the significant performance parameters of each manufacturing lot of each major component used in the assembly of the product; b. evaluating the statistically probable performance of the product assembled with different combinations of components form different manufacturing lots to assess the performance sensitivity of the product to different combinations of components from different manufacturing lots; c. selecting the combinations of components from different manufacturing lots to achieve the highest yield of products with acceptable performance characteristics; and d. assembling products from the selected combination of components from different manufacturing lots to achieve the highest yield of products with acceptable performance characteristics.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method of assembling a product according to claim 1, wherein said step of establishing the statistical characteristics of the significant performance parameters of each manufacturing lot of each major component comprises establishing the mean m and variance of each significant performance parameter of each manufacturing lot of each major component by sample testing thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method of assembling a product according to claim 2, wherein said step of evaluating the statistically probable performance of the product assembled with different combinations of components from different manufacturing lots comprises determining the mean m and variance o of the assembled product for all different possible combinations of the major components.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method of assembling a product according to claim 3, wherein the product is an electronic product assembled from a plurality of electronic components, and said step of establishing comprises establishing the statistical characteristics of the significant electronic parameters of each manufacturing lot of each major electronic component used in the assembly of the electronic product.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method of assembling a product according to claim 1, wherein the product is an electronic product assembled from a plurality of electronic components, and said step of establishing comprises establishing the statistical characteristics of the significant electronic parameters of each manufacturing lot of each major electronic component used in the assembly of the electronic product.