Assuring Component Reliability In Medical Electronic Devices

Rapid technology advances in medical microelectronics, driven by increased service life, miniaturization, lack of redundancy and functional integration, requires a rigorous development, manufacturing and monitoring methodology to assure reliability. Such an approach must be relevant throughout the product lifecycle and, for every component in a system hierarchy. It must also be effective and efficient. This article discusses a smart end-to-end solution for capacitor reliability that can yield better, more dependable medical electronic devices.