Reliability Fundamentals
The following sections are included:
Reliability Requirements
Definitions
Properties of probability distributions
Exponential distribution
Normal and log-normal distributions
Weibull distribution
Statistical plotting methods
Reliability metrics: FIT rate
Acceleration Mechanisms
Temperature: activation energy
Infant mortality and burn-in
Other acceleration factors
Electric field
Current density
Non-constant failure rate
Basic Failure Mechanisms
Traps at surfaces
Dislocations
Contact degradation
Electromigration
Analysis of Reliability Test Data
Screening and infant mortality
Activation energies
Sample tests
Summary
References