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tab.
The 'Totals - IEC61508' tab contains the results of the chip level FMEDA metrics
based on the selections in the previous tabs. This tab summarizes the metrics as described by the
IEC 61508 functional safety standard. The top table breaks out the overall FIT and diagnostic
coverage for permanent faults of the die, transient faults of the die, package faults, and finally
the overall sum of faults for each row. The following information is
provided:
- Total FIT (Raw FIT): The total base failure rate of the
device using the described base FIT model under the environmental conditions input in the 'Mission
Profile Tailoring' tab.
- Safety related FIT: A subset of the total FIT that
includes only the design blocks or device pins that are indicated as safety related on the 'Pin
Level Tailoring' and 'Function and Diag Tailoring' tabs.
- Probability of Hardware Failures - PFH (in FIT):
The average frequency of a dangerous failure (only this device's
contribution) to the assumed Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic
(E/E/PE) safety related system to perform the specified safety function over
a given period of time. The selection of diagnostics in the 'Pin Level
Tailoring' and 'Function and Diag Tailoring' tabs directly impact this
number.
- Safe Failure
Fraction - SFF: The ratio of the average failure rates of safe plus dangerous detected failures and
safe plus dangerous failures. The selection of diagnostics in the 'Pin Level Tailoring' and
'Function and Diag Tailoring' tabs directly impact this percentage.
There are also some intermediate calculations based on the terms in the IEC 61508
standard:
- Total faults (λ): Same as the total FIT from
above.
- Total non safety related faults
(λnSR)
- Total safe faults
(λs)
- Total dangerous faults
(λD)
- Total dangerous detected faults
(λDD)
- Total dangerous undetected faults
(λDU)