Corrosion Reliability of Electronic Systems

On the Reliability of Electronic Payment Systems

One of the problems facing the builders of the `Information Superhighway' is how to charge for services. The high costs of billing systems suggest that prepayment mechanisms could play a large part in the solution. Yet how does one go about making an electronic prepayment system (or indeed any kind of payment system) robust? We describe some recent systems engineering experience which may be re...

Reliability Analysis for VLSI Electronic Systems

The standard methods used for analysing the reliability of electronic systems are unsuited to VLSI systems because of their large-scale and software-driven nature. In this paper, a review of the problems is presented together with an analysis of the difficulties encountered in extrapolation of the present techniques. Some proposals are presented with the intention of making the solution more ma...

Developments in Reliability-Based Assessment of Corrosion

The reliability prediction of electronic packages – an expert systems approach

The exponential growth of the electronics packaging industry has fueled the availability of a variety of area array packages. The reliability of these packages, as characterized by their capacity to withstand the IPC(formerly Institute of Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits) prescribed swings in temperature, differentiates one from the other. With design cycles shrinking and compe...

Electronic circuit reliability modeling

The intrinsic failure mechanisms and reliability models of state-of-the-art MOSFETs are reviewed. The simulation tools and failure equivalent circuits are described. The review includes historical background as well as a new approach for accurately predicting circuit reliability and failure rate from the system point of view. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.