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Switching Power Supply/Adaptor MTBF Report

Part No. : CSS150 SERIES Description : 12Vdc/12.5Amp(Sample) Date : 2009.09.21

MTBF Model
The calculation is based on MIL-HDBK-217F, Notice 1, Appendix A: Parts Count Reliability. The prediction were performed with the power supply operating in a Ground Benign (Gb) controlled environment

MIL-HDBK-217F
MTBF = 1 = 1 × 106
n
λequip Σ Ni ( λG ) I ( πQ ) i
j=1
Where : λG : Generic Failure Rate for the 'ith (Failures / 106 Hours πQ : Quality Factor
λequip : Total Equipment Failure Rate (Failures / 106 Hours) πL : Learning Factor
Ni : Quantity of the 'ith Generic Part n : Number of different Generic Part categories

No. Part Type λG πQ πL Ni λequip Remark


1. Resistor (Film), RN 0.0014 10 - 46 0.644
2. Capacitor (Aluminum Dry),CE 0.029 10 - 5 1.45
3. Capacitor (Ceramic,General Purpose),CK 0.0036 10 - 26 0.936 Including of EMI Y Cap.
4. Capacitor (Metalized plastic/plastic) 0.0029 10 - 4 0.116 Including of EMI X Cap.
5. Trandient Suppresor/Varistor 0.0029 10 - 0 0
6. Thermistor 0.065 10 - 1 0.65
7. Diode (Fast Recovery Power Rectifier) 0.065 5.5 - 1 0.3575 Including of Bridge Diode
8. Diode (General Purpose Analog) 0.0036 5.5 - 4 0.0792
9. Diode (Power Rectifier/Power Schottky) 0.0028 5.5 - 3 0.0462 Output Rectifiers
10. Diode (Voltage Reference/Regulator; Avalanche and Zener) 0.0033 5.5 - 3 0.05445 TL431/Zener Diode
11. Transistor (NPN/PNP, Frequency<200MHz) 0.00015 5.5 - 3 0.002475
12. Transistor (Power MOSFET, Frequency<200MHz) 0.0057 5.5 - 5 0.15675
13. Diode (Thyristor/SCR) 0.0025 5.5 - 0 0
14. Microcircuit (Bipolar technology, Gate/logic Arrays, Linear,1-100 Transistors) 0.0095 10 - 5 0.475 PWM IC AND OPTOCOUPLERS
15. Inductive Device (Low power Pulse Transformer) 0.0035 10 - 6 0.21 Transformer & Line Filter
16. Electronic Filter (Ceramic-Ferrite) 0.022 2.9 - 4 0.2552 Ferrite Bead core
17. FUSE 0.01 1 - 2 0.02
18. Rotating Device (Motor) 1.6 1 - 0 0
19. Switch (Toggle or Push-button) 0.001 20 - 0 0
20. Connector (General) 0.011 2 - 3 0.066 Input & Output Connector
21. Hand Solder (Wrapping) 0.00014 1 - 0 0 Output Wireharness/Cable
22. Single Connections (Clip Termination) 0.00012 1 - 0 0
23. Single Connections (Reflow Solder) 0.000069 1 - 215 0.014835
Total Equipment Failure Rate (Failures / 106 Hours) 5.53361

MTBF = 180,714 Hours

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