Table 6 MTTF computation.

From: Extendable high gain low current/high pulse modified quadratic–SEPIC converter for water treatment applications

Component failure rate

Proposed HPSQB converter

Converter in Ref19

λS

2.24 × 10−6

2.32 × 10−6

λD

3.49 × 10−6

5.43 × 10−6

λC

0.0002 × 10−6

0.009 × 10−6

λL

0.82 × 10−6

0.022 × 10−6

Mean time to failure (MTTF)

17.44Years

14.67Years

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