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. 2007 Nov 20;7(11):2846–2859. doi: 10.3390/s7112846

Table 5.

Maximum value of the failure rate vs. parameters of the lognormal distribution and activation energy

Variant Median time of the lognormal distribution tm(h) Standard deviation of the lognormal distribution σ Activation energy with temperature of the failure mechanism EA(eV) Maximum value of the failure rate λ (h-1) Time moment of the maximum value for the failure rate (h)
1 2 × 107 1.2 1.0 3.5 × 10-8 1.5 × 107
2 6 × 107 2.0 1.0 10-8 107
3 2 × 106 1.2 0.8 3.5 × 10-7 1.5 × 106
4 8 × 106 2.0 0.8 8 × 10-8 2 × 106