Circuit reliability
Appearance
Circuit reliability (also time availability) (CiR) is the percentage of time an electronic circuit was available for use in a specified period of scheduled availability. Circuit reliability is given by
where is the circuit total outage time, is the circuit total scheduled time, and is the circuit total available time. In addition, circuit reliability is the expected lifespan of operation of a functioning system under nominal conditions.
References
[edit] This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).