Burn-In Testing offers one of the most effective methods of reliability screening at the component level.

Burn-In Testing includes:

• Definitions, classifications, and test conditions
• A review of failure patterns during burn-in
• Seven general mathematical models including four bathtub curve models
• A quick calculation approach for time determination
• Representative cost models and burn-in time optimization
• The bimodal mixed-exponential life distribution applied to quantify and optimize burn-in
• The Mean Residual Life (MRL) concept applied to quantify and optimize burn-in
• The Total Time on Test (TTT) transform and the TTT plot applied to quantify and optimize burn-in
• Accelerated testing and its quantification
• A roadmap for practical applications

Contents

1. Burn-in Definitions, Classifications, Documents and Test Conditions
2. Frequently Encountered Terminologies and Acronyms in Burn-in Testing
3. Phenomenological Observations and the Physical Insight of the Failure Process During Burn-in
4. Math Models Describing the Failure Process During Burn-in and Their Parameters' Estimation
5. Burn-in Time Determination Using a Quick Calculation Approach
6. Burn-in Time Determination Based on The Bimodal Times-to-Failure Distribution
7. Mean Residual Life Concepts and its Applications to Burn-in Time Determinations
8. Burn-in Time Determination for the Minimum Cost
9. Burn-in Quantification and Optimization Using the Bimodal Mixed-Exponential Distribution
10. The Total-Time-on-Test Transform and its Application to Burn-in Time-Determination
11. Accelerated Burn-in Testing and Burn-in Time Reduction Algorithms
12. Accelerated Burn-in Using Temperature Cycling
13. Guidelines for Burn-in Quantification and Optimum Burn-in Time Determination

Index

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