FMEA Failure predictions

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alanj100

Joined Apr 26, 2019
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I'm doing an FMEA using MIL HDBK 217. I m looking at a MOSFET . The figure I'm getting is 10e-6 which seems very high, Looking at other FMEAs the FETS are 10e-9.
Using a small signal plastic model with an environment gm .
Anyone familiar with MIL HDBK 217 and if so what do your standard small signal FETS come out as?
 

MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
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Failure Mode Effects Analysis and failure probability are quite different. IN fact VERY different. The handbook covers the probability of failure, while the FMEA considers what happens when a part fails. And the effect of an FET failure effect will be quite different depending on fail open or fail short or some other fault, such as fail noisy.
 
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