{"id":1532,"date":"2024-04-29T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T07:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:46:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T07:46:26","slug":"how-to-identify-avoid-fake-electronic-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/how-to-identify-avoid-fake-electronic-components\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Identify & Avoid Fake Electronic Components?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Identifying and avoiding fake electronic components on PCB<\/a> is crucial for ensuring the reliability and performance of your electronics. But with the development of electronics, the replacement cycle of various electronic components, including plastic integrated circuits, is getting shortage in resourcing, which brings the big difficulties to the component management supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some components has been updated and may no longer to produced, especially for equipment manufacturers with small components consumption, many varieties and high reliability requirements. Due to small procurement volume, they often cannot be purchased directly from originally manufacturers and much be purchased through agents, thus proving the opportunities for fake components to enter the market. Herein, Best team would like to share some information about definition of fake components and methods to verify & identify fake parts, hope this is helpful for everyone that has demands on components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Are Fake Components and How Does It Affect Industry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fake components, also known as counterfeit electronic components, are parts that are misrepresented by sellers as genuine, but are actually inferior in quality and may not meet the specifications of the original manufacturer.  The U.S. Department of Energy \/SAE AS5553 defines counterfeit components as copies or substitutes produced without legal authorization, or components whose materials, properties, or specifications are falsely advertised. These components can be refurbished parts, parts with altered date codes or markings, or completely fabricated units that mimic real products. They are introduced into the supply chain through various illegal means, including unauthorized factories and distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counterfeiting is a violation of the legal rights of intellectual property owners. The economic cost of counterfeit components far exceeds the cost of replacement, including safety costs, lost performance, repair or replacement, and important is reputational impact. For example, a $2 component used on a printed circuit board (PCB) can cost up to $20 to replace once it is detected to be a counterfeit component. More importantly, counterfeit components have the potential to cause serious consequences. A case in point is the crash of a chartered Convair580 near the Danish coast on September 8th<\/sup>, 1989. In addition, counterfeit goods may be used in some sabotages, which is likely to pose a serious challenge to national security. Therefore, identifying counterfeit components at the initial stage appear to be particularly important during the initial stage, especially before the PCBA assembly process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Identifying Fake Electronics Components at Initial Stage?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At present, the fake integrated circuits on the market can be divided into refurbished integrated circuits and counterfeit integrated circuits. The mass entry of fake and inferior devices into the market or the supply chain of military products has seriously affected the quality and reliability of our country’s equipment products. Here are some methods to confirm whether you are using a counterfeit component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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