Abstract:Prognostics and health management technology, more advanced than the traditional fault diagnosis technology, is about fault diagnosis, prognostic and health management. It is of great significance in cutting down failure rate and maintenance cost. More and more attention is paid to the reliability of electronic system, especially avionics system. Applying PHM technology to electronic system has been one of the most important trends of PHM technology. Based on the analysis of current research, the four implementation methods of prognostics and health management technology of electronics are summarized. They are monitoring precursors, using canary structures, monitoring environmental and usage loads and integration. Then, the key technologies related to PHM technology of electronics are presented, and the future problems and challenges for PHM technology of electronics in the field of precursors capture, physical degradation model and quality of electronic component are discussed. Finally, several suggestions, about design for testability, standard and estimation of PHM technology, are given for future development of PHM technology of electronics.