Tips on Failure Analysis
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Kirk and Fred discussing doing failure analysis and the challenges
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SOR 563 Tips on Failure Analysis
SOR 562 What are the New Challenges in Reliability Engineering?
What are the New Challenges in Reliability Engineering?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the new challenges in reliability engineering, which maybe the old challenges of moving away from the misleading approach of Failure Prediction Methodology (FPM) and for Fred its the continued use of MTBF as a metric for reliability.
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SOR 554 Do Customers only Want the Flat Part of the Curve
Do Customers only Want the Flat Part of the Curve?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the classic bathtub curve used in reliability engineering to define the life cycle of electronics and systems.
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SOR 553 How Many Samples?
How Many Samples?
Abstract
Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of getting samples and the conclusions that can be drawn from testing and analyzing a low number of samples
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SOR 544 Potential Long Term Changes to Live Professional Development
Potential Long Term Changes to Live Professional Development
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Kirk and Fred discussing the changes in professional conferences and seminars due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic
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SOR 543 Evaluating a Discreet Component for Reliability
Evaluating a Discreet Component for Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing a question on testing of a single transistor for reliability assurance.
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SOR 530 An Interesting Discovery
SOR 530 An Interesting Discovery
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Kirk discusses a very interesting failure mechanism in a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) design and manufacturing company he briefly worked at and what the detailed failure analysis showed.
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SOR 524 Why Did I Write a HALT Book
Why Did I Write a HALT Book
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Kirk discusses the reason he wrote a book, co-authored with John Paschkewitz, on basic HALT and HASS methods along with new developments and opportunities to use HALT methods for digital software-hardware failure issues.
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SOR 518 The Folly of Reliability Predictions
SOR 518 The Folly of Reliability Predictions
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Kirk discusses the continued reliance on the misleading approach of using reliability prediction for reliability development.
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SOR 512 Learning From Any Failure
SOR 512 Learning From Any Failure
Abstract
Kirk discusses the many times his home appliances failing and doing his own failure analysis and the limitations.
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SOR 506 Encountering a Radical Idea
SOR 506 Encountering a Radical Idea
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Kirk discusses his experiences in semiconductor manufacturing and systems manufacturing that led him to an understanding and agreement of the radical ideas that Gregg Hobbs was proposing with HALT and HASS methods.
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SOR 489 3 Questions to Get Started with HALT Planning
3 Questions to Get Started with HALT Planning
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Kirk and Fred discussing a listener’s question on how to get started with HALT (Highly Accelerated Limit Test).
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SOR 488 What Were They Thinking
What Were They Thinking
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Kirk and Fred discussing what engineers estimated stress and environmental use conditions and loads for long term use and reliability during new product development
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SOR 475 Cat vs Dog Reliability
Cat vs Dog Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing the question of which common pet has more reliable behavior and how this relates to quality versus reliability
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SOR 474 Preventing a Public Reliability Problem
Preventing a Public Reliability Problem
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Kirk and Fred discussing how to prevent a field problem from becoming a widely disseminated through the media
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