Reliability And Accelerated Tests

CONTENTS

1. Reliability and its requirement

2. Reliability Vs. Quality Control

3. The bathtub Curve

4. Accelerated Tests

4.1 Accelerated Life Testing

4.2 Reliability Enhancement Testing

4.3 Environmental Stress Screening

5. Environmental Stress Screening

5.1 The Environment

5.1.1 Temperature Tests
5.1.2 Atmospheric
5.1.3 Radiation
5.1.4 Dynamic Testing

5.2 The Objective of ESS

5.2.1 Burn-in

5.3 Application of ESS in Manufacturing flow

5.4 ESS Implementation:

5.4.1 Types of Failures detectable by various environments
5.4.2 Differences in the screening of components and equipment
5.4.3 Design of Screens:
5.4.4 Effect of Temperature and Humidity on some electronic components
5.4.5 Reduction or Elimination of ESS

5.5 Case study

5.6 Screening Effectiveness

6. Reliability Handbooks