I'm working on a design at the moment where the reliability of the circuit needs to be calculated. I've seen some datasheets where the reliability data (MTBF, component life time, etc) is listed, but most of the components I'm using for this circuit don't list any values.
Are semiconductor companies likely to list values somewhere? I'm not too sure how often components such as ICs, diodes and transistors fail, but surely they would eventually. I could see other components like resistors and capacitors failing more regularly but I'm really not sure how to go about finding/requesting reliability data.
Even if I can't get data from the manufacture, I thought that there may be some test data for certain types of generic components that give a rough guide as to how long, say, a generic transistor should last for. Anyone know of anything like that?
Anyone ever done calculations like this and found all the data necessary of it?