Advanced Failure Analysis - USEA is able to leverage their engineers and scientists and an advanced suite of
analytical tools to analyze failiure mechanisms beyond standard 8D studies. Examples of the tools we employ are: | | - Decapping and deprocessing |
| | - Emission microscopy - Rapid troubleshooting of flip chips |
| | - Real-time X-Ray - Rapid wirebond and die attach integrity |
| | - Acoustic microscopy (CSAM) - Analysis of flip chip and CSP with additional insight provided
by 3-D tomography |
| | - Selected area electron diffraction and TEM - Characterization of crystal structure of materials |
| | - Secondary ion mass spectrometry - Determination of the elemental, isotopic, and molecular composition
of the surface |
| | - Scanning Auger microscopy - Spatial resolution of the surface chemical composition |
| | - Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) - High resolution imaging of surfaces |
| | - Fast ion bombardment - Localized surface modification and ejection of material from the surface |
| | - Vapor phase decomposition inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry - Elemental analysis of semiconductor surfaces |
| | - Transmission electron microscopy - Analysis of structures at the submicron scale |
| | - Total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TRXF) - Ultra-trace analysis of surface contaminants |
| | - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) - Surface composition and electronic structure analysis (1-10 nm depth) |