Track 2 Session 1

9:10 to 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Application of DFMEA & FTA in Subscriber Radio Product Engineering for Reliability Improvement

Use of tools such as Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) helps reduce system development time by both preventing failures and then resolving issues quickly when they occur unexpectedly. Both FMEA and FTA are very powerful Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) tools that help to preempt failures early in the design cycle and also help in root cause analysis of major failures seen during the development life cycle of a product. In this session, I will be presenting different situations where these tools have been utilized very effectively as part of the DFSS methodology during development of Motorola’s new subscriber products.

Key Words: DFMEA, FMEA, FTA, DFSS, Subscriber Product Reliability

Shri Gupta

Motorola

Plantation, Florida