Engineers need to know how components fail
Engineers need to know how components fail The failure of components is directly affected by factors such as temperature, humidity, voltage, and machinery. The effect of temperature changes on capacitance The temperature change will cause the dielectric loss of the capacitor to change, thereby affecting its service life. When the temperature rises by 10°C, the life of the capacitor is reduced by 50%, and at the same time, it also causes a change in the resistance-capacitance time constant, and even thermal breakdown due to excessive dielectric loss. In addition, the increase in temperature will also reduce the insulation performance of inductors, transformers, chokes, etc. Humidity causes failure When the humidity is too high, when dust containing acid and alkali falls on the circuit board, it will corrode the solder joints and wiring of the components, causing the solder joints to fall off and the joints to break. Excessive humidity is also the main cause of leakage ...