Definition
Reliability metric representing the average operating interval between failures of a repairable system or equipment population under stated conditions.
Application
Used for fab-equipment reliability, maintenance planning, availability analysis, and comparison of repairable systems; it is not a guaranteed individual lifetime.
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mean time between failure
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Evidence and further reading
- Evidence from ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/think/topics/mtbf
- Evidence from r5.ieee.orghttps://r5.ieee.org/houston/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/02/Intro-to-Reliability-Fundamentals-IEEE-rev2.pdf