That is, as MTTF=1/λ, the life of a product with 1 Fit is 10 9 h. This statistically means the probability of a failure occurring once per billion hours, and it is related to the mean time to failure (MTTF), which is the average failure time, when repair is impossible.

In functional safety ISO26262-1:2018, BFR is defined as “failure rate of a hardware element in a given application use case used as an input to safety analyses.” 1) The unit of failure rate λ (lambda) is Fit, and 1 Fit is 10 -9/h. This paper deals with the calculation or derivation of the BFR value, failure mode, and failure mode distribution rate for the hardware components to be analyzed, which are the main input parameters required when performing FMEDA. In particular, the diagnostic coverage value for each fault or failure mode that the defined safety mechanism protects should be calculated. In addition to this, it is necessary to define a safety mechanism that is a technical solution designed to eliminate or suppress the probable single-point faults and multiple-point latent faults that may violate the safety goals. To perform FMEDA, it is necessary to determine the base failure rate(BFR) value, failure mode, and failure mode distribution rate for the safety-related components present in the circuit under analysis. Under the current situation, failure mode effects and diagnostics analysis(FMEDA) is the only practical means to evaluate both 1) and 2) above among the quantitative safety analysis techniques presented in ISO 26262-10:2018. 1) The evaluation is usually performed using PMHF, a global probability approach, unless otherwise requested by the customer. “Residual risk assessment for safety goal violation” uses either PMHF or EEC.

For this evaluation, ISO26262-5:2018 provides two alternative methods: probabilistic metrics for random hardware failure(PMHF) and evaluation of each cause of safety goal violation(EEC). The second, “residual risk assessment for safety goal violation,” is for checking whether the residual risk of safety goal violation is sufficiently low for the hardware to be analyzed, and the evaluation unit is Fit. The first, “evaluation of the hardware architectural metrics,” is designed to check whether the single-point fault rate and the multi-point latent fault rate present in the hardware to be analyzed are within the allowable range of values, and the evaluation unit is %. To perform quantitative evaluation of random hardware failures, as required for functional safety under ISO 26262, the following must be performed: 1)ġ) evaluation of the hardware architectural metrics andĢ) residual risk assessment for safety goal violation.

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