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Diagnostics may be able to tell you the reason why a component has failed. Ridgetop Group prognostics have vastly greater value because they detect impending device failures before they occur. Using prognostics, you can keep critical systems in service and avoid unnecessary replacements.

Today’s shrinking process geometries have had the effect of reducing semiconductor lifetimes. The Ridgetop Group developed and introduced the world’s first prognostic cell libraries predicting TDDB/gate oxide failure, hot carrier damage, radiation effects, and NBTI – all of which are catastrophic in critical electronic systems.

Using Ridgetop's Sentinel software, you define the digital-based assemblies and subassemblies you want to monitor for condition-based maintenance and reliability analysis.

For effective interpretation and processing of prognostics data, the Sentinel Software family of products provide a platform for acquisition of prognostic “signatures”, ranking, and processing.

The software is largely Java and XML-based for ease in porting to a variety of CPU platforms. There are several versions available, depending on specific application, including:

• Sentinel Network – For LAN and IT network prognostics and diagnostics.
• Sentinel PHMPro™ - A comprehensive net-centric hub for electronic prognostic sensor data acquisition, data storage and algorithm port.
• Sentinel PI – A companion software product supporting Sentinel RingDown™ for power systems and electromechanical (EMA) actuators.

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