Will Tomorrow's Failure Analysis Lab Operate more like Today's Fab?
Will Tomorrow's Failure Analysis Lab Operate more like Today's Fab?
Thursday, November 13, 2014: 11:30 AM
310 A (George R. Brown Convention Center )
Summary:
Most processes found in today’s advanced Failure Analysis (FA) labs rely heavily on skilled technicians performing a variety of tasks that require them to make hundreds, if not thousands, of small operations each day. This sort of operation is very different from the process that occurs on the other side of the wall in the Fab where efficiencies in operation are achieved largely because routine steps or processes have been automated and the need for operator interaction minimized. This methodology is now making its way out of the Fab and into the FA lab as the need for more and faster failure analysis feedback becomes the bottleneck to yield ramp.
Most processes found in today’s advanced Failure Analysis (FA) labs rely heavily on skilled technicians performing a variety of tasks that require them to make hundreds, if not thousands, of small operations each day. This sort of operation is very different from the process that occurs on the other side of the wall in the Fab where efficiencies in operation are achieved largely because routine steps or processes have been automated and the need for operator interaction minimized. This methodology is now making its way out of the Fab and into the FA lab as the need for more and faster failure analysis feedback becomes the bottleneck to yield ramp.