By choosing QML Class V components, users are guaranteed that the component manufacturers’ test methods and quality procedures meet the exacting standards of the U.S. Government Qualifying Activity program. Consequently, the use of QML Class V components is preferred by spacecraft prime contractors.
This can lower program costs by simplifying the procurement process, reducing component documentation, and may no longer require performance of destructive physical analysis using flight grade components.
Compliance to Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) ensures that Linear Technology has performed Radiation Lot Acceptance Tests on each manufacturing lot, so manufacturers no longer need to commission their own Total Ionizing Dose testing, providing further cost and time savings. Additional Linear Technology RH products are planned for release to QML Class V.