Prognostics and Health Management of Electronics

The first book on Prognostics and Health Management of ElectronicsRecently, the field of prognostics for electronic products hasreceived increased attention due to the potential to provide earlywarning of system failures, forecast maintenance as needed, andreduce life cycle costs. In response to the subject's growinginterest among industry, government, and academic professionals,this book provides a road map to the current challenges andopportunities for research and development in Prognostics andHealth Management (PHM).The book begins with a review of PHM and the techniques beingdeveloped to enable a prognostics approach for electronic productsand systems. building on this foundation, the book then presentsthe state of the art in sensor systems for in-situ health and usagemonitoring. Next, it discusses the various models and algorithmsthat can be utilized in PHM. Finally, it concludes with adiscussion of the opportunities in future research.Readers can use the information in this book to:* Detect and isolate faults* Reduce the occurrence of No Fault Found (NFF)* Provide advanced warning of system failures* Enable condition-based (predictive) maintenance* Obtain knowledge of load history for future design,qualification, and root cause analysis* Increase system availability through an extension ofmaintenance cycles and/or timely repair actions* Subtract life cycle costs of equipment from reduction ininspection costs, down time, and inventoryPrognostics and Health Management of Electronics is anindispensable reference for electrical engineers in manufacturing,systems maintenance, and management, as well as design engineers inall areas of electronics.