Burn-In: An Engineering Approach to the Design and Analysis of Burn-In Procedures [Hardcover]

Finn Jensen (Author), Niels Erik Petersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 1982 | ISBN-10: 0471102156 | ISBN-13: 978-0471102151 | Edition: 1

Introduces the benefits and techniques of performing burn-in on components, sub-assemblies, and complete systems. An engineering approach, this text emphasizes practical applications of reliability theory. Presents numerous real-life examples. Provides the fundamental information needed to design and analyze a meaningful and effective burn-in procedure.

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Introduces the benefits and techniques of performing burn-in on components, sub-assemblies, and complete systems. An engineering approach, this text emphasizes practical applications of reliability theory. Presents numerous real-life examples. Provides the fundamental information needed to design and analyze a meaningful and effective burn-in procedure.

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This book shows how to deal with the early failures that invariably plague product manufacturers whether the product be components or complete systems, electronic or mechanical devices. The text provides a basic understanding of why failure patterns appear as they do in real life and then shows how to cope with the problem on a sound engineering basis. Burn-in is used to eliminate early failures in components or systems and the book shows how to analyse and plan a burn-in procedure, balancing the needs of reliability and cost. The models that are presented are simple but they do nevertheless cover a large number of practical situations. The book is the outcome of a research project initiated at the Engineering Academy of Denmark and sponsored jointly by the Danish Council of Technology and a number of Danish manufacturing companies within the electronics and electromechanical industry. It is written primarily for the practising reliability engineer who needs to know about the techniques and benefits of performing burn-in on components, subassemblies, or complete systems. Contents

1. Introduction
2. A Model for the Basic Time-to-Failure Pattern of Components
3. The Bimodal Time-to-Failure Distribution of Systems
4. Analysis of Component and System Failure Patterns
5. Burn-in Procedures for Components or Systems without Repair
6. Burn-in Procedures for Systems with Repair
7. Acceleration of Burn-in Tests
8. Burn-in for Reliability and Economy
9. Planning and Controlling Production Burn-in of Systems

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 10, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471102156
• ISBN-13: 978-0471102151
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A no-nonsense approach, June 18, 2001

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"hum-vee" (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burn-In: An Engineering Approach to the Design and Analysis of Burn-In Procedures (Hardcover)

This book emphasizes a no-nonsense approach to burn in and is suitable for the experienced engineer who is faced with difficult questions about test and reliability. It is fast paced and avoids excessive advanced statistical analysis to achive an engineering result that is adequate 90% of the time.

First time users of burnin technology will want to familiarize themselves with the statistics of failure analysis before advancing onto a burn-in plan.

The book may also appeal to senior manufacturing line personnel who have witnessed first hand experiences in burn-in and wish to pursue further the cause and effect relationship. Using the methodologies outlined within, production line resources can be maximized for yield and quality.

The read is enjoyable and refreshing - without sidetracking - It dives right into the topic at hand and plows through to a solution and implementation plan.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reliability Resource., March 12, 2003

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John P. Rooney "John" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burn-In: An Engineering Approach to the Design and Analysis of Burn-In Procedures (Hardcover)

"Burn-in" by Finn Jensen and Niels Erik Petersen. Sub-titled: "An Engineering Approach To The Design And Analysis Of Burn-in Procedures". John Wiley & Sons, 1986.

The main purpose of this book is to provide an organized approach to the development and implementation of a burn-in program. This book does give you the basics in developing burn-in, that is the application of elevated temperature to cause latent defects to fail at the manufacturing plant rather than to have the unit fail during use by the Customer. The book, however, is truly a rather complete text in reliability, dealing with the three stages of a product: infant mortality, useful life and wear out.

I have used this book over the past decade or so, and taken portions of the text for proposals, when a project was just beginning, and, at the other end, used the text for Weibull functions to ascertain the end-of-life of a product. It is an excellent book, describing reliability principles far more clearly than some other fundamental texts.

I received this book at a burn-in seminar taught by Dr. Finn Jensen. Dr. Jensen is a slight, bubbly man, whose English is impeccable. At the seminar, he fleshed out the examples in the book with details and anecdotes showing that the book, "Burn-In", is grounded on a wealth of real-life experience. If you buy one book on burn-in, or on reliability, this is the one.

John Peter Rooney, MSEE; ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer #2425.