Stm32F2 Series Microcontroller Development Process; Stmicroelectronics Standard Development Process - ST STM32F2 Series User Manual

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STM32F2 Series microcontroller development process

The development process of a microelectronic device that is used in safety critical application takes into account
the adequate management to reduce the probability of systematic faults introduced during the design phase.
IEC 61508:2 in Annex F (Techniques and measures for ASICs - avoidance of systematic failures) act as a
guidance in tailoring the microcontroller standard design and manufacturer process to the compliance of the IEC
61508 requirements. The checklist reported in the named Annex F helps to collect all related evidences of a given
real process.
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STMicroelectronics standard development process

STMicroelectronics (ST) serves four industry domains:
• Standard products.
• Automotive products: ST automotive products are AEC-Q100 compliant. They are subject to specific stress
testing and processing instructions in order to achieve the required quality levels and product stability.
• Automotive safety: a subset of the automotive domain. ST uses as a reference the ISO 26262 Road vehicles
Functional safety standard. ST supports customer inquiries regarding product failure rates and FMEDA to
support hardware system compliance to established safety goals. ST provides products that are safe in their
intended use, working in cooperation with customers to understand the mission profile, adopt common
methods and define countermeasures for residual risks.
• Medical products: ST complies with applicable regulations for medical products and applies due diligence in
the development and validation of these products.
STMicroelectronics product development process, compliant with the ISO/TS 16949 standard, is a set of
interrelated activities dedicated to transform customer specification and market or industry domain requirements
into a semiconductor device and all its associated elements (package, module, sub-system, application,
hardware, software and documentation), qualified respecting ST internal procedures and able to be manufactured
using ST internal or subcontracted technologies.
Figure 1. presents a summary of the STMicroelectronics product-development process.
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