MTBF analysis in OEM Company: Applications to ZCZVT PWM soft-transition inverters

Author

Nil, Metin ; Nil, Metin ; Cakir, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kocaeli Univ., Kocaeli, Turkey

fYear

2010

fDate

16-19 May 2010

Firstpage

353

Lastpage

356

Abstract

MTBF Mean Time Between Failure is a life unit as a million hours or years of the electronic product or systems. Reliability engineering as a scientific discipline is introduced in this paper, with an emphasis on the specific nature of reliability analysis. Applications of reliability analysis in the form of reliability tests are discussed for the ZCZVT (Zero Current Zero Voltage Transition) PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) soft-transition inverter in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) Company. A reliability test plan for the ZCZVT PWM soft-transition inverter is proposed, after a brief introduction to the subject, consisting of several board level environmental tests and component level lifespan tests. The results for the reliability tests are analyzed using Relex Reliability software adhering to the MIL-STD-217F using the Parts Count method.

Keywords

PWM invertors; power system reliability; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; MTBF analysis; OEM company; ZCZVT PWM; electronic product; mean time between failure; original equipment manufacturing company; pulse width modulation soft-transition inverter; reliability engineering; soft-transition inverters; zero current zero voltage transition; Electronic components; Failure analysis; Graphics; Life testing; Performance evaluation; Production; Pulse width modulation inverters; Reliability engineering; Stress; System testing; Inverter; MTFB; PWM; Relex; Reliability; Soft-Transition; Tests;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2010 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5370-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5371-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2010.5489940

Filename

5489940