The market for high-reliabilitycomponents wasone of the few growthsectors during the recent economicdownturn. The concentrationof military, medical,space, and aerospace,while not ...

What are the key factors in optimizing mean time between failure (MTBF)? Developing the best strategy for MTBF. What to look for in MTBF test studies. For designers of engineered electronics powering ...

System Component Count is often one of the larger determining factors in system reliability. Let's compare two designs — two done largely with discrete and one done with ICs. In the first version, the ...

Heat is both a byproduct and one of the greatest enemies of electrical and electronic components. If not dissipated, this heat has the potential to cause early failures and malfunctions. Components ...

Medical system design, perhaps more than any other, generates challenging requirements for passive component performance and reliability, writes Stephen Oxley The great advances of recent years in ...

The use of a component on multiple products within a firm’s product line, such as the brake rotor on a car, is commonly referred to as component sharing. Professors Kamalini Ramdas and Taylor ...

On any given day, a certain percentage of the plastic-encapsulated components passing through an assembly line is defective in some way. The defect is less likely to be a chip-level electrical flaw ...

The use of a component on multiple products within a firm’s product line, such as the brake rotor on a car, is commonly referred to as component sharing. Professors Kamalini Ramdas and Taylor ...