Title :
Reliability theory and predictions versus reality
Author :
Petersson, Anders
Author_Institution :
Ericsson Power Modules, Kungens Kurva, Sweden
Abstract :
Observed failure rates deviates quite often from predicted (no matter which prediction method used). In this paper, it was shown that normally will the observed failure rate be lower than the predicted, but there are times when the observed failure rate is higher than the predicted.
Keywords :
failure analysis; reliability theory; observed failure rate; prediction method; reliability theory; Databases; Event detection; Face detection; Multichip modules; Prediction methods; Product design; Reliability theory;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2004. APEC '04. Nineteenth Annual IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8269-2
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2004.1295980
