Track 2 Session 5

9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 21, 2010

Evaluation and Extension of Useful Life of Electronic Equipment

The use of electronic equipment in industries like aerospace, automotive, home automation, industry and plant automation, etc. is increasing. These industries demand higher total technical life, typically in the range of 10-20 years. This dictates the need to ensure that these types of equipment are capable enough to endure the intended service life without a compromise in their specified performance criteria. Hence, it becomes a design requirement to have a process in place to ensure that all parts and materials that go into the design are capable of enduring for the full desired target life. This presentation addresses a scientific methodology using physics of failure techniques for evaluating and extending the technical life of electronic equipment.

Key Words: Useful Life, Electronics, Reliability, Degradation, Aging

Ganesh Chaturvedi, Nabajit Deka, Priyanka Agarwal and S. Sivasubramanian

Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab