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ISTFA 2020

November 15–19, 2020

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ISTFA 2020: Papers Accepted for the Planned 46th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis

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3D Device Failure Analysis
Artificial Intelligence Application for Failure Analysis
Board and System Level Failure Analysis
Case Studies
Emerging Failure Analysis Techniques and Concepts
Fault Isolation
FIB Circuit Analysis and Edit
Hardware Attacks, Security, and Reverse Engineering
Microscopy
Nanoprobing and Electrical Characterization
Packaging and Assembly Level Failure Analysis
Poster Session
Product Yield, Test, and Diagnostics
Sample Preparation and Device Deprocessing

ISTFA 2020: Papers Accepted for the Planned 46th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis

3D Device Failure Analysis

Innovative Base Die Debug Technique with TSV Wirebond for 3D Stack-Die Devices

Wen-Hsien Chuang; Tom Tong; May Ling Oh; Hyuk Ju Ryu; Di Xu; Swaran Kumar; Shuai Zhao; Jennifer Huening; Chia-Yi Chen; Charles W Ladwig; Joshua D Foster; Lacey Badger

ISTFA 2020; 1-5doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0001

Fault Isolation of Resistive/Open 3-D Wafer Bonding Interconnects by Thermal Laser Stimulation and Light-Induced Capacitance Alteration

K.J.P. Jacobs; S.W. Kim; I. De Wolf; E. Beyne

ISTFA 2020; 6-11doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0006

Addressing Failures in Advanced Packaging Through a Correlative Workflow

Neel Leslie; Brian Lai; Heebeom Lee; Mingi Lee; Christopher H. Kang; Zuzana Patakova; Frantisek Zelenka; Trond Varslot

ISTFA 2020; 12-16doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0012

Laser Ablation for Throughput Increase in Large Volume Semiconductor Failure Analysis Tasks

Marek Tuček; Martin Búran; Rostislav Váňa; Lukáš Hladík; Jozef Vincenc Oboňa

ISTFA 2020; 17-19doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0017

Artificial Intelligence Application for Failure Analysis

Knowledge-Based Object Localization in Scanning Electron Microscopy Images for Hardware Assurance

Hangwei Lu; Ronald Wilson; Nidish Vashistha; Navid Asadizanjani; Mark Tehranipoor; Damon L. Woodard

ISTFA 2020; 20-28doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0020

Board and System Level Failure Analysis

Failure Analysis on BGA U45 on Soldered Balls

Miguel Angel Neri Flores; Gregorio Vázquez Olvera

ISTFA 2020; 29-37doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0029

Case Studies

Yield and Failure Analysis of FinFET Source to Drain Leakage in 12nm Technology

Felix Beaudoin; Satish Kodali; Rohan Deshpande; Wayne Zhao; Edmund Banghart; Rinus Lee; Thirukumaran Mahalingam; Nuh Yuksek; Lu Yuan; Wang Tao; Lillian Li; Sushruth Goud Perumalla; Shweta Arora; Trejo Rust

ISTFA 2020; 38-41doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0038

Word Line Defect Localization Methods in 2D NAND Flash

Chung-Huan Chang; Pei-Ning Hsu; Yu-Min Chung; Nan-Tzu Lian; Ta-Hone Yang; Kuang-Chao Chen; Chih-Yuan Lu

ISTFA 2020; 42-45doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0042

Qualification and Selection Philosophy for the SuperCam IRS Photodiode on Perseverance Rover

Sophie Jacquinod; Jean-Michel Reess; Napoléon Nguyen Tuong; Jérôme Parisot; Frédéric Chapron; Kateryna Kiryukhina; Guy Perez; Guillaume Bascoul; Olivier Gilard; Julien Mekki; Marina Heim; Estelle Raynal; Yann Hello

ISTFA 2020; 46-52doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0046

Bottom Electrode Properties and Electrical Field Cycling Effects on HfOx based Resistive Switching Memory Device

J. Li; Y. Kim; D. Kong; K. Cheng; S. -C. Seo; C. Robinson; N. Saulnier; R. R. Robison; A. J. Varghese; I. Ahsan; R. Muralidhar; T. Ando; V. Narayanan

ISTFA 2020; 53-56doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0053

Fault Isolation of Metal-Insulator-Metal (MiM) Capacitor Failures by Lock-in Thermography (LIT)

Ke-Ying Lin; Pei-Fen Lue; Jayce Liu; Paul Kenneth Ang

ISTFA 2020; 57-60doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0057

Electrical Probing Role in 14nm SOI Microprocessor Failure Analysis

Zhigang Song; Pat McGinnis; Dave Albert; Greg Hornicek; Mike Tenney; Larry Fischer; John Sylvestri; Phong Tran; Chuck Le; Danielle Floyd; Guoda Lian; Steve Boettcher; Malik Ali

ISTFA 2020; 61-66doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0061

Efficient Identification of Wafer Edge’s Defect with Volume Diagnosis Analysis and Plasma-FIB Planar Deprocessing

Hoseok Song; Dong Hae Kang; Jaeseok Park; Jeongun Choi; Seongjun Cho

ISTFA 2020; 67-69doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0067

Simple Circuit Edit Passive Voltage Contrast Technique to Identify Leakage Location

S.L. Ting; P.K. Tan; I. Withana; H. Tan; C.Q. Chen

ISTFA 2020; 70-74doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0070

Emerging Failure Analysis Techniques and Concepts

Enhanced Failure Analysis (FA) of Organic Contamination Using Submicron Simultaneous IR and Raman Spectroscopy: Breakthrough Developments of Optical Photothermal IR (O-PTIR)

D. Jay Anderson; Mustafa Kansiz; Michael Lo; Eoghan Dillon; Curtis Marcott

ISTFA 2020; 75-78doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0075

Addressing Failure Analysis Challenges in Advanced Packages and MEMS using a Novel Phase and Darkfield X-Ray Imaging System

S.H. Lau; Sheraz Gul; Guibin Zan; David Vine; Sylvia Lewis; Wenbing Yun

ISTFA 2020; 79-83doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0079

Backside Integrated Circuit Magnetic Field Imaging with a Quantum Diamond Microscope

Edlyn V. Levine; Matthew J. Turner; Nicholas Langellier; Thomas M. Babinec; Marko Lončar; Ronald L. Walsworth

ISTFA 2020; 84-90doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0084

Analog and Mixed Signal Diagnosis Flow Using Fault Isolation Techniques and Simulation

Tommaso Melis; Emmanuel Simeu; Etienne Auvray

ISTFA 2020; 91-99doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0091

Fault Isolation

High Spatial and Energy Resolution Fault Isolation by Electron Beam Probing for Advanced Technology Nodes

Jennifer J. Huening; Prasoon Joshi; Hyuk Ju Ryu; Wen-hsien Chuang; Di Xu; May Ling Oh; Shuai Zhao; Tom Tong

ISTFA 2020; 100-102doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0100

Using NI-PXI Test Platform in Soft Defect Localization of Temperature Dependent Failures

Jed Paolo Deligente; Saidaliah Sarip

ISTFA 2020; 103-107doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0103

Short Wavelength Probing for Fault Isolation Applications

Ravikumar Venkat Krishnan; Lua Winson; Vasanth Somasundaram; Phoa Angeline; Pey Kin Leong; Joel K.W. Yang

ISTFA 2020; 108-115doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0108

Enabling EFA on Single Die

Rudolf Schlangen; Chen Chih (Ronan) Chien; Christopher Nemirow; Eddy Yang; Jiff Cheng; William Lo; Howard Marks; Neel Leslie; Prasad Sabbineni

ISTFA 2020; 116-121doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0116

FIB Circuit Analysis and Edit

FinFET Transistor Output Drive Performance Modification by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Chip Circuit Editing

Steven B. Herschbein; Kyle M. Winter; Carmelo F. Scrudato; Brian L. Yates; Edward S. Hermann; John Carulli

ISTFA 2020; 122-128doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0122

Back Side Illumination Image Sensor Characterization by Backside Circuit Editing

Jian Yu; Jin Xu; Niel Sanico

ISTFA 2020; 129-132doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0129

Cutting-Edge Sample Preparation from FIB to Ar Concentrated Ion Beam Milling of Advanced Semiconductor Devices

C.S. Bonifacio; P. Nowakowski; R. Li; M.L. Ray; P.E. Fischione; C. Downing

ISTFA 2020; 133-140doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0133

A Solution for Obtaining an Advanced Lamella Geometry on the Grid with a Single Manipulation Step

Marek Šikula; Andrey Denisyuk; Lukáš Hladík; Jozef Vincenc Oboňa

ISTFA 2020; 141-143doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0141

Site-Specific Sample Preparation Method for Atom Probe Tomography on Semiconductor Devices

Roger L. Alvis; Zdenek Kral; Trevan Landin; Jonathan Orsborn; Ty J. Prosa; Katherine P. Rice

ISTFA 2020; 144-149doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0144

Faster and More Efficient FIB Sample Preparation: Exploring Single-Raster Staircase Patterning at Glancing Angle of Incidence

Joseph Favata; Valery Ray; Sina Shahbazmohamadi

ISTFA 2020; 150-156doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0150

Hardware Attacks, Security, and Reverse Engineering

Automated Via Detection for PCB Reverse Engineering

Ulbert J. Botero; David Koblah; Daniel E. Capecci; Fatemeh Ganji; Navid Asadizanjani; Damon L. Woodard; Domenic Forte

ISTFA 2020; 157-171doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0157

Color Normalization for Robust Automatic Bill of Materials Generation and Visual Inspection of PCBs

Olivia P. Paradis; Nathan T. Jessurun; Mark Tehranipoor; Navid Asadizanjani

ISTFA 2020; 172-179doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0172

LASRE: A Novel Approach to Large area Accelerated Segmentation for Reverse Engineering on SEM images

Ronald Wilson; Domenic Forte; Navid Asadizanjani; Damon L. Woodard

ISTFA 2020; 180-187doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0180

An Overview of 3D X-Ray Reconstruction Algorithms for PCB Inspection

Alexandra Roberts; John True; Nathan T. Jessurun; Dr. Navid Asadizanjani

ISTFA 2020; 188-197doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0188

Microscopy

Elemental TEM Tomography of Phase Change Memory Artificial Intelligence Hardware Case Study

J. Demarest; K. Brew; H. Jagannathan; O. Ogundipe M. Rizzolo; C. Robinson; L. Tierney; K. Toole

ISTFA 2020; 198-201doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0198

IC Decomposition and Imaging Metrics to Optimize Design File Recovery for Verification and Validation

Adam R. Waite; Jonathan H. Scholl; Joshua Baur; Adam Kimura; Michael Strizich; Glen David Via

ISTFA 2020; 202-208doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0202

Nanoprobing and Electrical Characterization

Nanoprobe Nodal Analysis with Stitch Diagram in Local Fault Isolation

Al Gleason; John West; Min Xia

ISTFA 2020; 209-213doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0209

Electrical Probing of 7nm SRAMS/SOC at Contact Layer

Noor Jehan Saujauddin; Tim Niemi; Ted Lundquist; Baohua Niu

ISTFA 2020; 214-218doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0214

Back End of Line (BEOL) Pulse Nanoprobing Fault Isolation Technique on RF Device with Soft Failure Issue

P.K. Tan; C.Q. Chen; R. Fransiscus; A. Quah; P.T. Ng; S. M. Parab; Y.Z. Ma; R. He

ISTFA 2020; 219-225doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0219

Packaging and Assembly Level Failure Analysis

Benefits of Using a CF₄-Free Microwave Induced Plasma (MIP) Spot Etch Process to Remove Underfill and Analyze 2.5D Modules

Kevin Distelhurst; Joe Myers; Dan Bader; Ron Russotti; Pradip Pichumani; Jiaqi Tang; Mark McKinnon

ISTFA 2020; 226-232doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0226

Application of B-Scan SAT Mode, an Acoustic Cross Section Technique to Analyze Packaged Components beyond Delamination

Srinath Rajaram; Denise Barrientos; Nadia Ahmad; Robert Carpenter; Eric Barbian

ISTFA 2020; 233-239doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0233

Influence of Alkaline Cleaning on Reliability of Stacked Copper Micro-Via

Yeonseop Yu; Job Ha; HyoungRok Lee; Joohyung Lee; Kang-Young Cho; Jongmyeong Jeon

ISTFA 2020; 240-244doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0240

Localization and Characterization of Defects for Advanced Packaging Using Novel EOTPR Probing Approach and Simulation

Chuan Zhang; Jane Y. Li; John Aguada; Jonathon Elliott; Somayyeh Rahimi; Christian Schmidt; Howard Marks; Tom White; Jesse Alton; Brett Gibson; Martin Igarashi

ISTFA 2020; 245-249doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0245

Poster Session

Study of Retention Time Variation due to the Change in Adjacent Wordline Voltage of BCAT DRAM Structure

Dongsuck Kang; Ilwoo Jung; Jinsuob Yoon; Dongin Lee; Hyeongsun Hong; Ilsub Chung

ISTFA 2020; 250-252doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0250

Unlocking Novel FA Case Studies Using a Lock-in Amplifier

Sukho Lee; Marc van Veenhuizen; Paolo Navaretti; Gaia Donati

ISTFA 2020; 253-260doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0253

Bridge Defect Case Inside Digital Circuitry

Angelo Antonio Merassi; Matteo Medda

ISTFA 2020; 261-263doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0261

A Study on the Early Detection of Metal Line Bridge Defects Using Wafer Burn-in Stress

Kyunghwui Min; Hayoung Kwon; Seihui Lee; Heeil Hong; Sungsoo Yim; Jonghoon Kim; Jung-Bae Lee

ISTFA 2020; 264-266doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0264

In-SEM Fault Isolation Using Voltage Contrast, EBIC/EBAC and Resistive Contrast Imaging

Lori L. Sarnecki; Caleb Daigneault

ISTFA 2020; 267-273doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0267

A Minor Change in Sample Preparation Leads to Unexpected Qualification Fails During High Temperature Storage Stress Test

Klaus Peter Tschernay; Thomas Haber

ISTFA 2020; 274-276doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0274

Cell Charge Loss by Formation of Inversion Channel in DRAM

Hoonchang Yang; Keunchul Ryu; Dongin Seo; Kyoungrak Cho; Junsik Park; Incheol Nam; Daesun Kim; Heeil Hong; Sungsoo Yim; Jonghoon Kim; Jung-Bae Lee

ISTFA 2020; 277-279doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0277

Optimization of Cross Sectioning for Solder Joint using Broad Ar Ion Beam Milling with Temperature Control

Natsuko Asano; Tamae Omoto; Jinfeng Lu; Hirobumi Morita; Natasha Erdman; Shunsuke Asahina

ISTFA 2020; 280-284doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0280

Methods of Improving Accuracy in InGaN MQWs Quantitative Analysis by STEM/EDS

Jong-Shing Bow; Wei-Chis Lai

ISTFA 2020; 285-289doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0285

In-Situ TEM Electrical Characterization of Void Formation and Growth Along Cu Interconnect Via: FIB Based Sample Preparation Method

Hagit Barda; Irina Geppert; Avraham Raz; Rémy Berthier

ISTFA 2020; 290-298doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0290

Automated Sample Depth Targeting with Low kV Cleaning by Focused Ion Beam Microscopy for Atom Probe Tomography

Woo Jun Kwon; Jisu Ryu; Christopher H. Kang; Michael B. Schmidt; Nicholas Croy

ISTFA 2020; 299-304doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0299

Influence of Dose Delivery of Low-Beam Energy Gallium on FinFET Devices

Michael Wong; Oleg Sidorov; Or Haimson; Roy Goldman; David Donnet; David Tien; Neel Leslie; Debbora Ahlgren

ISTFA 2020; 305-310doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0305

Semiconductor Device Radiation Damage in TEM

Timothy Yeow; Dong Tang; Ioannis Alexandrou; Guoda Lian; Steve Boetttcher; Malik Ali

ISTFA 2020; 311-313doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0311

In-Situ Thermal Chamber 3D X-Ray Computed Tomography for Non-Destructive Detection of Submicron Via-Crack in Printed Circuit Boards

Daechul Choi; Sooyoung Ji; Jaelim Choi; Miyang Kim; Eunju Yang; Sangeun Park; Jongyun Kim; Han Kim

ISTFA 2020; 314-316doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0314

Failure Case Studies of GaAs-Based Oxide-Confined VCSELs

Kuang-Tse Ho; Ching-Hsiang Chan

ISTFA 2020; 317-321doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0317

SRAM Bitcell Defect Identification Methodology Using Electrical Failure Analysis Data

Hyungtae Kim; Geonho Kim; Yunrong Li; Jinyong Jeong; Youngdae Kim

ISTFA 2020; 322-324doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0322

Ga Aggregation in Cu Layer on In-situ TEM Analysis: Observation and Alternative Solutions

Seo-Jin Kim; Byung-Kyu Park; Christopher H. Kang

ISTFA 2020; 325-329doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0325

Improving Amplifier for OBIRCH/TIVA Application

Michael Morag; Neel Leslie

ISTFA 2020; 330-334doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0330

Product Yield, Test, and Diagnostics

Enabling Cell Aware Diagnosis in a Foundry for Accurate and Efficient Failure Analysis of Cell Internal Defects

Rohan Deshpande; Gregory Billus; Nikitha Penmethsa; Davide Pacifico; Huaxing Tang; Jayant Dsouza; Randy Klingenberg; Manish Sharma Mentor

ISTFA 2020; 335-337doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0335

Nano-Indentation for Evaluating Low-K Dielectric Adhesion

Jeff Gambino; Tim Nitschke; Carrie Taylor; Will Barth; Harold Anderson; Wentao Qin; Robert Watkins

ISTFA 2020; 338-340doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0338

Failure Analysis of Total-Dose Radiation-Induced Degradation on FinFET Logic ICs

Joy Y. Liao; Somayyeh Rahimi; Christian Schmidt; Howard Lee Marks

ISTFA 2020; 341-344doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0341

On Debugging Intermittent Chain Hold-time Failures Caused by Process Variations for FinFET Technology

Huaxing Tang; Allen Yang; Zhanjun Shu; Eden Cai; Shizhong Chen; Xin Wen; Fanjin Meng

ISTFA 2020; 345-351doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0345

Fault Isolation using Layout Pattern Analysis

Atul Chittora; Neerja Bawaskar; Shobhit Malik; Monisa R Babu; Fadi Batarseh; Janam Bakshi; Davide Pacifico; Shenghua Song

ISTFA 2020; 352-356doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0352

Sample Preparation and Device Deprocessing

Laser Chemical Etching Trench Refinements for Backside Debug Journey to the Circuit Layer

Matthew M. Mulholland; Shida Tan; Muhammad Usman Raza; Matthew Levesque; Jordan Furlong; Christopher G.L. Ferri; Robert Chivas; Michael DiBattista; Scott Silverman

ISTFA 2020; 357-361doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0357

Cross Sectional Passive Voltage Contrast Approach for Gate Oxide Breakdown Defect Isolation and Visualization for TEM Analysis

S.L. Ting; P.K. Tan; Y.L. Pan; H.H.W. Thoungh; S.Y. Thum; F. Rivai; P.T. Ng; S.J. Moon; D. Nagalingam; T.T. Yu; S.P. Neo; C.Q. Chen

ISTFA 2020; 362-369doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0362

A Novel Deprocessing Technique for Revealing Transistor-Level Damage on 7nm FinFET Devices

Fei Long Xu; Phoumra Tan; Dan Nuez

ISTFA 2020; 370-374doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0370

A Novel Sample Preparation Approach for Dopant Profiling of 14 nm FinFET Devices with Scanning Capacitance Microscopy

Nirmal Adhikari; Phil Kaszuba; Gaitan Mathieu; Erik McCullen; Thom Hartswick; Joe Myer

ISTFA 2020; 375-378doi:https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0375

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