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Computed Tomography As Failure Analysis Insurance

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 1:55 PM
Meeting Room 230A (San Jose McEnery Convention Center)
Mr. Gerald M. Martinez , TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA

Summary:

A case study is presented in which the reported failure of an optocoupler could not be confirmed throughout the nondestructive and destructive failure analysis steps, but was subsequently conclusively confirmed by review of a computed tomography model acquired near the beginning of the analysis.