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Ep 136 01 011014
Ep 136 01 011014
Surya Kunche
Hardware and Software
CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center,
Intermittent failures and no fault found (NFF) phenomena are a concern in electronic
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systems because of their unpredictable nature and irregular occurrence. They can impose
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significant costs for companies, damage the reputation of a company, or be catastrophic
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in systems such as nuclear plants or avionics. Intermittent failures in systems can be
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attributed to hardware failures or software failures. In order to diagnose and mitigate
the intermittent failures in systems, the nature and the root cause of these failures have to
Michael Pecht be understood. In this paper we have reviewed the current literature concerning intermit-
CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center, tent failures and have a comprehensive study on how these failures happen, how to detect
Building 89, Room 1103, them and how to mitigate them. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4026639]
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e-mail: pecht@calce.umd.edu