• DocumentCode
    1254511
  • Title

    A method to predict an average activation energy for subassemblies

  • Author

    Seager, J.D. ; Fieselman, C.D.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM, Charlotte, NC, USA
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    12/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    458
  • Lastpage
    461
  • Abstract
    The problem of predicting an average acceleration effect under the Arrhenius model of a subassembly with known operating and stress conditions is addressed. The average effect includes the several failure mechanisms that can exist along with the several stress conditions across the product associated with unique temperature profiles. The averaging effect is modeled by predicting an average activation energy. An example is included to demonstrate the ease of the computation
  • Keywords
    electronic equipment testing; failure analysis; life testing; reliability; Arrhenius model; average acceleration effect; average activation energy; failure mechanisms; reliability; stress conditions; subassembly; Acceleration; Capacitors; Electronic components; Electronic equipment testing; Failure analysis; Kelvin; Life estimation; Predictive models; Stress; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/24.9861
  • Filename
    9861