Conversion Between ppm and Sigma Level

+/- Sigma
Mean at target
Level at
Spec. Limit Percent
Percent
Defective
within spec. off-spec. ppm
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8

68.268948
72.8667797
76.9860537
80.6398901
83.8486577
86.6385542
89.0401421
91.0869136
92.8139469
94.2567014
95.4499876
96.4271285
97.2193202
97.8551838
98.3604942
98.758064
99.0677556
99.3065954
99.48889619
99.626824
99.7300066
99.8064658
99.8625596
99.9033035
99.9326038
99.9534653
99.9681709
99.9784340
99.9855255

31.731052
27.1332203
23.0139463
19.3601099
16.1513423
13.3614458
10.9598579
8.9130864
7.1860531
5.7432986
4.5500124
3.5728715
2.7806798
2.1448162
1.6395058
1.241936
0.9322444
0.6934046
0.51110381
0.373176
0.2699934
0.1935342
0.1374404
0.0966965
0.0673962
0.0465347
0.0318291
0.021566
0.0144745

317310.520
271332.203
230139.463
193601.099
161513.423
133614.458
109598.579
89130.864
71860.531
57432.986
45500.124
35728.715
27806.798
21448.162
16395.058
12419.360
9322.444
6934.046
5110.381
3731.760
2699.934
1935.342
1374.404
966.965
673.962
465.347
318.291
215.660
144.745

3.9

99.9903769

0.0096231

96.231

Mean shifted from target to 1.5

Sigma level
Percent
Percent
Defective
within
off-spec. ppm
spec.
30.232785
69.767215
697672.15
33.991708
66.008292
660082.92
37.862162
62.137838
621378.38
41.818512
58.181488
581814.88
45.830622
54.169378
541693.78
49.865003
50.134997
501349.97
53.886022
46.113978
461139.78
57.857249
42.142751
421427.51
61.742787
38.257213
382572.13
65.508472
34.491528
344915.28
69.122979
30.877021
308770.21
72.558779
27.441221
274412.21
75.792859
24.207141
242071.41
78.807229
21.192771
211927.71
81.589179
18.410821
184108.21
84.131305
15.868695
158686.95
86.431323
13.568677
135686.77
88.491691
11.508309
115083.09
90.319090
9.68091
96809.10
91.923787
8.076213
80762.13
93.318937
6.681063
606810.63
94.519860
5.48014
54801.40
95.543327
4.456673
44566.73
96.406894
3.593106
35931.06
97.128203
2.871797
28716.97
97.724965
2.275035
22750.35
98.213547
1.786453
17864.53
98.609650
1.39035
13903.50
98.927586
1.072414
10724.14
99.180244

0.819756

8197.56

Conversion Between ppm and Sigma Level

+/- Sigma
Level at
Spec. Limit

Mean at target
Percent
Percent
within spec. off-spec.

Mean shifted from target to 1.5

Sigma level

Defective
ppm

99.9936628

0.0063372

Percent
Percent
Defective
within
off-spec. ppm
spec.
63.372
99.379030
0.62097
6209.70

4.1

99.9958663

0.0041337

41.337

99.533877

0.466123

4661.23

4.2

99.9973292

0.0026708

26.708

99.653297

0.346703

3467.03

4.3

99.9982908

0.0017092

17.092

99.744481

0.255519

2555.19

4.4

99.9989166

0.0010834

10.834

99.813412

0.186588

1865.88

4.5

99.9993198

0.0006802

6.802

99.865003

0.134997

1349.97

4.6

99.9995771

0.0004229

4.229

99.903233

0.096767

967.67

4.7

99.9997395

0.0002605

2.605

99.931280

0.06872

687.20

4.8

99.9998411

0.0001589

1.589

99.951652

0.048348

483.48

4.9

99.9999040

9.6E-05

0.960

99.966302

0.033698

336.98

99.0000426

0.9999574

0.574

99.976733

0.023267

232.67

5.1

99.9999660

3.4E-05

0.340

99.984085

0.015915

159.15

5.2

99.9999800

2E-05

0.200

99.989217

0.010783

107.83

5.3

99.9999884

1.16E-05

0.116

99.992763

0.007237

72.37

5.4

99.9999933

6.7E-06

0.067

99.995188

0.004812

48.12

5.5

99.9999962

3.8E-06

0.038

99.996831

0.003169

31.69

5.6

99.9999979

2.1E-06

0.21

99.997933

0.002067

20.67

5.7

99.9999988

1.2E-06

0.012

99.998665

0.001335

13.75

5.8

99.9999993

7E-07

0.007

99.999145

0.000855

8.55

5.9

99.9999996

4E-07

0.004

99.999458

0.000542

5.42

99.9999998

2E-07

0.002

99.99966

0.00034

3.40