Patent ID: 7596727

Claim:
A system for analyzing a mean time between failures (MTBF) of an electronic product, the system comprising: a database comprising a plurality of bill of material (BOM) tables for storing data on components of the electronic product; and a computer being installed with a spreadsheet for analyzing the MTBF of the electronic product, the computer comprising: a data importing module configured for importing the data in the BOM tables to the spreadsheet; a reliability analyzing module configured for analyzing a reliability of the electronic product by using the spreadsheet, and generating a reliability prediction report, wherein the reliability analyzing module comprises: a data classifying sub-module configured for classifying the data on the spreadsheet according to component specifications and component types of the electronic product; a parameter setting sub-module configured for setting various calculating parameters and calculating formats to analyze the classified data; an equation generating sub-module configured for generating different equations according to the calculating parameters and the calculating formats; a failure rate calculating sub-module configured for calculating a failure rate of the components and a failure rate of the electronic product according to the equations; a MTBF analyzing sub-module configured for calculating the MTBF of the electronic product according to the failure rate of the components and the failure rate of the electronic product, and analyzing the reliability of the electronic product according to the MTBF of the electronic product; and a report outputting module for outputting the reliability prediction report; and an output device connected to the report outputting module for receiving the reliability prediction report.