System and method for determining wear on electronic components based on random vibration data analysis during transport
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorKing Hei Leung
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Abstract
The technology is generally directed to determining fatigue damages to an electronic component or a hardware system caused by the transport or movement of the electronic component or hardware system. The electronic components may be, for example, data center hardware components. The electronic components are susceptible to fatigue damage resulting from thermal, shock and vibration events. The thermal, shock, and vibration events may occur, for example, during transport or movement of the electronic components. To fully characterize fatigue, the acceleration and stress cycles may be tracked, which correlate with natural phenomena in the global supply chain and data center environment.
Claims20
A method for determining fatigue damages to an electronic component caused by movement of the electronic component, the method comprising:
- detecting, during transport of the electronic component, vibration data from one or more portable vibration data acquisition units, each portable vibration data acquisition unit comprising one or more sensors located in proximity to the electronic component;
- determining, with one or more processors, characteristics of the vibration data, the characteristics including one or more of frequency, amplitude, timing, and cycle count, wherein determined characteristics are correlated to segments of the movement;
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- determining, with the one or more processors, the fatigue damages to the electronic components based on the characteristics of the vibration data.
A system for determining fatigue damages to an electronic component caused by movement of the electronic component comprising:
- one or more portable vibration data acquisition units comprising one or more sensors configured to detect vibration data during transport of the electronic component;
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- one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to:
- determine characteristics of the vibration data, the characteristics including at least one of frequency, amplitude, timing, or cycle count, wherein the characteristics are correlated to segments of the movement;
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- determine the fatigue damages to the electronic components based on the processed vibration data, wherein the determined fatigue damages are correlated to segments of the transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.