Guia docente 2014_15 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Item 1: Introduction	Definitions. Reliability Basics. RAMS Technologies. Statistical functions. Reliability Management.
Item 2: Reliability of electronic components	Definitions. Parameters (Failure rate, MTBF, MTTF). Reliability prediction of electronic components. Regulations.
Item 3: Reliability of electronic systems	Serie systems. Redundant Systems. Reliability allocation. Redundancy optimitation. Srtandards.
Item 4: Maintainability and Availability	Definitions and types of maintenance. Parameters (Repair rate, MTTR). Stocks management. Availability of series and parallel systems. Regulations.
Item 5: Safety	Definitions. Electronic systems for safety applications. Safety level or safety category determination for safety electronic systems. Standards.
Item 6: Reliability tools	Failure mode effects analysis and criticalities (FMECA). Fault Tree (FTA). Markov Models. Standards.
Item 7: Failure Analysis	Determination of causes, modes and failure mechanisms. Semiconductor failure mechanisms.
Item 8: Essays	Types and test plans. Accelerated tests. Standards.
Item 9: Electromagnetic Interferences	Definitions. Fundamentals of electromagnetic interferences. Sources of interference. Minimization elements. Standards.