Martin P.L. Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook

McGraw-Hill, 1999. – 766 p.The definitive, all-in-one, cost-saving guide to electronic failure analysis--from the field's top experts. Still digging for the latest developments and techniques in electronic failure analysis? The leading-edge methods for slashing product failure rates are all right here--in one complete, comprehensive source. In the Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook, you'll find top-to-bottom coverage of this rapidly developing field, encompassing breakthrough techniques and technologies for both components and systems reliability testing, performance evaluation, and liability avoidance. Absolutely essential to anyone concerned with electronic product development and testing, the Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook gives you ready-to-use, insider information on: state-of-the-art EFA techniques; the how's and why's of electronic failures; failure prediction; warranty cost control; liability-costs and other issues.Electronic packaging and interconnection seriesAbout the editor
Overview of electronic component reliability
Overview of electronic systems reliability
Product liability
Photography and optical microscopy
X-ray/radiographic component inspection
Infrared thermography
Acoustic micro imaging failure analysis of electronic devices
Metallography
Chemical characterization
Electronic and electrical characterization
Scanning electron microscopy and x-ray analysis
Miscellaneous techniques
Solder joints
Failure analysis of printed wiring assemblies
Wires and cables
Switches and relays
Connection technology
Failure analysis of components
Semiconductors
Power and high-voltage considerations