Burn-in Optimization under Reliability & Capacity Restrictions

Dong-Hae Chi, Way Kuo

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Abstract

Burn-in is a method to screen out early failures of electronic components. The burn-in problems that minimize the system life-cycle cost have been investigated reasonably well in many applications, but physical constraints during the decision process have not been considered. This paper searches for optimal burn-in time and develops a cost-optimization model. Two types of constraints are to be satisfied during decison making: 1) The minimum system reliability requirement, and 2) The maximum capacity available for burn-in. Guidelines are suggested for making burn-in decisions. An example illustrates a practical application. The model generalizes the burn-in problems that were over-simplifed in a previous study. © 1989 IEEE
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-198
JournalIEEE Transactions on Reliability
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1989
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • Burn-in
  • Randomized pattern search

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