Outlook to the Future of Reliability
W. D. van Driel (TU Delft - Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)
Kyle G. Pressel (Infineon Technologies AG)
M. Soyturk (Marmara University)
H Knoll (Sensitec GmbH)
P. Hille (Sensitec GmbH)
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Abstract
The future of reliability is bright as each electronics company is spending 1–5% of their annual sales on cost of non-quality. These costs are related to product failures prior to the end of its warranty period. If even a portion of these costs are reduced, it would result in a substantial profit increase. Progress in the area of reliability can be found in five directions; (i) multi-scale and multi-physics simulations for physics of degradation; (ii) AI-based control systems in advanced production; (iii) smart sensoring and big data analysis; (iv) reliable materials and reliability testing; and (v) prognostics and health management/digital twin for condition monitoring. In this chapter, we discuss these directions and what it would mean for the future developments of the reliability domain.