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Fault Isolation
Location: Lalique I (InterContinental Hotel Dallas)
(Please check final room assignments on-site).
Session Description: The haystacks are taller, and the needles are smaller. Before any understanding of a root cause can start, the failure analyst must first find the location of the defect on a failing chip. The Fault Localization Track focuses on both imaging and software techniques that can pinpoint a defective location on the failing chip.

Session Chairs:Ms. Susan Li Spansion Inc, Sunnyvale, CA
Mr. Randal E. Mulder Silicon Labs, Austin, TX
8:15 AMBeam-Based Defect Localization
10:00 AMBreak
10:15 AMRefreshment Break
10:30 AMFailure Localization with Active and Passive Voltage Contrast in FIB and SEM
12:00 PMLunch
1:00 PMPhotonic Localization Techniques
3:00 PMRefreshment Break
3:15 PMLock-in Infrared Thermography for IC Failure Analysis
4:15 PMX-Ray and SAM Challenges for IC Package Inspection