System integrated fault-tree analysis methods (siftan)
CA 1305797 C · Owner: Rutenberg, Mark R. · Inventors: Rutenberg, Mark R.
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The subject invention employs a system integrated fault-tree analysis (SIFTAN) which has the unique ability to detect all latent hardware and software design defects that could cause unanticipated critical failure of a complex software controlled electronic system. This new approach modifies and then integrates two existing system analysis techniques-namely hardware fault-tree analysis (HFTA) and software fault-tree analysis (SFTA). The resultant integrated technique is identified as SIFTAN for system integrated fault tree analysis. Through its integrated hardware/software scope and its critical failure focus SIFTAN has unique potential to solve the essential analytical limitation behind …
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- Granted July 28, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 28, 2009.
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