Adequate Failure Analysis When Life Testing Electronic Equipment

Careful and diligent failure analysis is necessary to obtain maximum benefit from life tests of electronic equipments. The importance of good failure analysis is often underrated in a test program, to the detriment of the program. This paper discusses the role and the significance of correct attitudes, advance indoctrination, thorough planning, skills, facilities, and effective supervision in adequately diagnosing each failure incident, in recording its details, and in preserving the lesson learned.