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Do you know where your parts came from?

The counterfeit market is big business. According to recent reports the volume of counterfeit parts in the supply chain is increasing.

Do you know where your parts came from? With our counterfeit parts detection procedures in place TCS Space & Component Technology will ensure that the high-reliability parts we deliver are 100% genuine.

Counterfeits are expected to increase. The problem will continue growing as long as it’s profitable. Distributors and retailers often sell counterfeit goods unknowingly. Counterfeit parts that are in circulation in the supply chain continue to persist in the supply chain for years after the initial entry.

The effect that counterfeit parts can have in your satellite or launch vehicle can be catastrophic. Are you willing to take the risk?

• TCS Space & Component Technology performs destructive physical analysis to the die level and verifies the die matches OEM die
• Basic inspection and lot homogeneity inspection
• Die workmanship inspection, de-capsulation (open part), and identify the logo and part number on the DIE
• Extended tests (Quality Assessment not typically performed)
• Glaciations integrity testing
• Cross-sectioning
• Bond pull
• Other nondestructive options
• X-RAY (see if samples match internally or even have DIE)
• C-mode scanning acoustic microscopy (CSAM)