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Company Newsletter - "Advancing IC Diagnostics"

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Recent Articles

 "FA Tutorial Session - IRPS 2007" click here for the presentation

  "Frequently Asked Questions and the Future of Failure Analysis";  Jim Colvin, Guest Columnist, EDFA Vol 7, No.2  click here for a copy

  "Case Study: Analysis of Ohmic Leakage"  click here for a copy

Technical Papers           

A selection of technical papers from international symposia

• "Moiré Stabilized Thermal imaging" - IPFA 2005
• "Functional Failure analysis by Induced Stimulus" Awarded: Best Paper in Session, ISTFA 2002 "
• "A New Technique to Rapidly Identify Gate Oxide Leakage in Field Effect Semiconductors Using a Scanning Electron Microscope", ISTFA 1990
• "The Identification and Analysis of Latent ESD Damage on CMOS Input Gates" 1993   Received the Best Paper award from the EOS/ESD Symposium"
• "The Identification of Compromised Oxide Interfaces Using Noise Signature Techniques From A Constant Current Source, ISTFA 1994."
• "Color Voltage Contrast: A New Method of Implementing Fault Contrast With Color Imaging Software", Received Outstanding Paper Award, ISTFA 1995."
• "ESD Failure Analysis Methodology", an invited review paper for Microelectronics Reliability; November 1998."
• "BGA and Advanced Package Wire to Wire Bonding for Backside Emission Microscopy", ISTFA 1999."
• "Identification and Analysis of Parasitic Depletion Mode Leakage in a Memory Select Transistor", ISTFA 2000."

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