When it comes to process-control systems, reliability is crucial and failure can be costly or dangerous. A combination of good design practices, component selection, and testing can enhance ...

For decades, megaprojects in every industry have been designed to provide specific functionality or value with delivery and commissioning as the end goal. Large process and refinery projects, such as ...

Reliability and safety are two inter-relatable terms that define the overall effectiveness of any working system ― be it an electrical system, mechanical system, or a combination of both. The concept ...

When a global medical device company needed help setting up a reliability program, Marie Getsug was up for the task. As a program manager of strategic consulting for asset management at Jacobs ...

As the semiconductor industry continues its relentless march towards smaller process nodes and more complex integrated circuits (ICs), the challenge of ensuring reliability has become increasingly ...

Circuit aging is emerging as a mandatory design concern across a swath of end markets, particularly in markets where advanced-node chips are expected to last for more than a few years. Some chipmakers ...

While working for Hewlett-Packard’s medical group, a manager said, “When the barriers to entry are high, those who overcome them have a strategic advantage.” That adage has remained important in the ...

In 2018, I had to replace some failed components on a 25-year-old HP34401A DMM. Two capacitors failed, taking out diodes as well. That was the third instance of having to replace failed capacitors ...

Mark Perreault is Senior Director of Research & Development at Repligen Corp., a bioprocessing-focused life sciences company bringing expertise and innovation to customers since 1981. Mark earned his ...

NBTI degradation is critical for chip processes using thermal-nitride gate insulators”which are now at such thicknesses that NBTI effects can prevent a chip designer from relying on the expected ...