Failure assessment software for circuit card assemblies

Author

Osterman, Michael ; Stadterman, Thomas

Author_Institution

CALCE Electron. Products & Syst. Center, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

18 -21 Jan 1999

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

276

Abstract

Up-front failure analysis of circuit card assembly designs can dramatically reduce cost of ownership, increase product reliability, and thus reduce risks. In this paper, the design process for electronic products is discussed in terms of failure assessment activity. Information resources necessary to support the failure assessment activity are discussed. Finally, the effectiveness of failure assessment software is demonstrated by analyzing circuit card assemblies (CCAs) from a military radio control module using the calcePWA software developed by the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center (EPSC) at the University of Maryland

Keywords

circuit reliability; electronic engineering computing; failure analysis; military equipment; printed circuit design; software packages; telecontrol; CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center; Maryland University; calcePWA software; circuit card assemblies; cost of ownership reduction; electronic products design process; failure assessment activity; failure assessment software; military radio control module; product reliability increase; risks reduction; up-front failure analysis; Assembly systems; Circuits; Consumer electronics; Costs; Failure analysis; Performance analysis; Process design; Risk analysis; Risk management; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1999. Proceedings. Annual

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5143-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAMS.1999.744130

Filename

744130