Working with ISI

Our Collaborative Approach to Custom Microelectronic Module Development

One-Stop-Shop for End-to-End Custom Module Development

Beginning in the early stages of a project, ISI delivers value through deep technical engagements with system-level designers and project stakeholders to clearly define requirements and identify challenges.

Whether you have a new idea to develop from the ground up, or want to improve upon an existing product, ISI has developed processes to efficiently progress through each stage of a project to quickly deliver the most cost-effective modules that fully meet your technical requirements. 

ISI offers a broad range of capabilities that are rare to find under one roof:

  • A talented multi-disciplined engineering staff adept at collaborative technical engagements that produce innovative design solutions

  • A broad range of electronics manufacturing capabilities coupled with an operations team experienced in developing new reliable manufacturing processes for quick proto-typing and production-level assemblies

  • Hardware, firmware, and software capabilities to develop custom test solutions to verify functionality and ensure quality

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1. Customer
Engagement

  • ISI sales and engineering teams engage with our customer to fully understand the customer's challenge, the customer's desired outcome(both technically & commercially), and the desired timeline for prototypes / production.
  • ISI can intercept a project at various stages of the development cycle (e.g., concept, block diagram, schematic, prototype, or design review), however, early engagement facilitates design for manufacturing and component selection to optimize costs for production.
  • Through the initial technical exchanges and discussions, ISI and the customer can typically determine if  ISI's capabilities are likely to deliver value and decide if it makes sense for ISI to conduct a feasibility study.

2. Feasibility
Study

  • Depending on the complexity of the design, a feasibility study may be required to assess the likelihood of achieving the desired outcome and the amount of engineering effort required.
  • During a typical ISI feasibility study ISI prepares:
  • A high-level concept design, layout or “space study.”
  • An approximation of the number of engineering hours needed to provide a solution
  • The estimated costs for delivering such a solution

3. Quotation

  • With a positive outcome to the feasibility study, ISI proceeds to issue a quotation:
  • Non-Recurring Engineering (“NRE”) charges based on the engineering hours and 3rd party charges required to facilitate the design
  • Price (or lot charge) for first prototypes
  • Production pricing estimate based on the current design parameters
  • Timeline for engineering work, prototypes and production

4. Project
Kickoff

  • Once a purchase order is received, ISI’s engineering team kicks off design work on the project. The mechanical, electrical, thermal, and material selection aspects of the design are considered with a particular focus on optimizing the design for manufacturability.

  • ISI experienced PCB and Substrate design team utilizing the latest tools and materials, design for manufacturability with our PCB supply chain partners.

  • Frequent technical exchanges between the customer engineering and ISI engineering ensure a design that meets customer’s expectations.

  • Prior to fabrication, the final design is sent to the customer for approval and sign off.

5. Design
Approval

  • Once customer design approval is received, ISI places orders with its supply base to get materials on order to build initial prototypes.

  • ISI manufacturing team develops tools, molds, fixtures and other custom equipment to develop a custom manufacturing line to reliably manufacture the prototypes.

6. Production

  • ISI delivers prototypes and first article reports to the customer for their review and approval.
 
  • Once the customer has tested the prototypes on their assembly line and in their end product, final approval is sought to release the product for production
 
  • Once final approval is obtained, product is released for volume production.

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