Leakage through parasitic body diodes in MOSFETs: Unintended current paths can form through transistor body diodes, ...

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 ...

DALLAS — Reliability experts are waving red flags about a little understood problem — negative bias temperature instability — that can cause significant delays to CMOS circuits. The delays increase ...

The types of chips used in automotive, medical, aerospace and defense, and other sectors require higher levels of safety—with industry standards such as ISO 26262—and long-term reliability under harsh ...

Reliability is expected from every manufactured product, but achieving reliability in an age of changing technology and increased product complexity can prove to be a challenge. That was the ...

Not all UPS designs are the same. As a result of cost savings in the very competitive UPS market, some designs may not have the highest level of component reliability. Capacitors are an integral part ...

The head of the nation’s grid reliability authority called for more electricity generation. Transmission reform alone will not solve the U.S. electric grid’s ongoing reliability issues, with more ...

Widely accepted wisdom has it that electric vehicles are easier to maintain than those with internal combustion powertrains. It seems intuitive—EVs have many fewer moving parts than cars that have to ...

A new ChargerHelp! report finds that nearly a third of U.S. EV charging attempts fail despite high uptime rates, highlighting ...