Author Archive for Michael Pecht

Health Assessment and Prognostics of Electronic Products: An Alternative to Traditional Reliability Prediction Methods

May 9th, 2009

Introduction Traditional handbook-based reliability prediction methods for electronic products include Mil-Hdbk-217, Telcordia SR-332 (formerly Bellcore), PRISM, FIDES, CNET/RDF (European), and the Chinese GJB-299. These methods rely on analysis of failure data collected from the field…read more

Why the traditional reliability prediction models do not work – is there an alternative?

January 1st, 1996

Introduction While it is generally believed that reliability prediction methods should beused to aid product design and product development, the integrity andauditability of the traditional prediction methods have been found to bequestionable, in that the…read more