Reliability Characterisation of Electrical and Electronic Systems

Foreword

Reliability of systems and their sub-elements – be they optical, optoelectronic, electrical, or electronic – is a crucially important topic in industry for enabling the classification of the faults and failure modes of devices and systems during their operational lifetime and the quantification of their residual useful life. Unfortunately it is a topic absent in the majority of syllabi in universities worldwide. As electrical and electronic devices become more complex, students ought to understand, let alone apply, design-for-reliability and the various testing methods that they might employ in industry.

In that respect, this book fills an important gap in the market. Its unashamedly empirical approach to the topic and the case studies ...