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Your intelligence = brief on infrared=20 thermography =

Volume 8, Issue = 12

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Welcome

Application Brief: Microelectronic Device - ESD=20 Failure

IR News you can Use

ITC Message Board Posts

Brainteaser of the Month

Last Month's Brainteaser

Course Calendars

About the ITC

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The holiday season is just around the = corner and we=20 are closing this year with a case history that we don't hear too = much=20 about, and that is electronic quality control and troubleshooting = using=20 thermography. We have a story by an experienced thermographer at = the Jet=20 Propulsion Laboratory showing how he uses IR to inspect = electronics that=20 go literally "out of this world".

As usual we have our Message board posts, = News items, and our = monthly Brainteaser for you to=20 solve.

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Season's Greetings = and a Happy New=20 Year. We'll see you again next year,

Gary Orlove,
Editor and Publisher

Application=20 Brief: Microelectronic Device - ESD=20 Failure

by Ronald = Ruiz
Reliability=20 and Failure Analysis Group
Jet Propulsion = Laboratory
Pasadena,=20 CA

Here is a case history of a failed = ASIC=20 (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) that is of interest to = us here=20 in the Failure Analysis Lab at JPL. Much of what we design and = build here=20 goes into outer space as part of an autonomous spacecraft. = Therefore,=20 interest in the reliability of electronic components are what we = mainly=20 focus on here in Pasadena California. The infrared camera = (ThermaCAM=20 PM390) and real-time image subtract software, has been extremely = useful to=20 our work to quickly identify thermal radiative signatures from ROI = (regions of interest) as small as 15 micrometers, this is one of = those=20 examples.

The ASIC was = tested with a=20 ThermaCAM PM390 with a microscope lens, 1cm from the target in = image=20 subtract mode. The ASIC power level was set at 80 mw, and the = emissivity=20 was set at 0.75 for the measurements.

IR thermogram of the ASIC under = power.=20
The short is indicated by the arrow.

Visible photo of the ASIC. The = location=20
of the short is indicated by the=20 arrow.

Analysis
A microelectronic device, Application = Specific=20 Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for use in a spacecraft communication = module,=20 failed after being pulsed with an electrostatic discharge. The = location of=20 failure depicts the weakest point where insulating oxide breaks = down and=20 causes a short between electrical conductors. The arrow points to = the=20 shorted area displaying a 5.6 C rise above the rest of the=20 circuit.

Recommendation
Devices that are fabricated on = silicon in=20 a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fashion are very=20 susceptible to ESD events. Because of this, they should be handled = with=20 care by using ESD precautions when transferred between assembly=20 facilities.

Ron earns 8=20 certification renewal credits for his application=20 brief.

IR News you can=20 Use

Straight from the = World Wide Web,=20 here is what's going on in the world of infrared = thermography.

technology

Investigators search for Big Foot in = Battens=20 community
The = Enterprise=20 Ledger, AL - December 5, = 2007
Six=20 infrared cameras and night-vision video equipment are used in a = search,=20 along with thermal imaging cameras and train-trip = cameras.=20 ...
Venus: Earth=92s twin = planet?
PhysOrg.com, VA - Nov 29, = 2007
This beautiful set of infrared images of the = south polar=20 vortex at Venus was obtained by the Visible and Infrared = Thermal=20 Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) on=20 ...
Cars make some night-vision progress
CNET Crave = Blog -=20 Nov 27, 2007
... which specializes in = infrared=20 photography, has taken a step toward that goal with a deal to = install=20 its "PathFindIR" thermal imaging technology in BMWs,=20 ...
Tiger Team set up to find root cause of RCC=20 concern
NASASpaceflight.com, UK - = Nov 19,=20 2007
Called Flash Thermography, the results = produced=20 anomalous readings near the junction between panels along the = edge of=20 the T-seal. The panel was not damaged, = ...

Medicine/veterinary

FEI Initiating Thermographic Exams to Prevent Show = Jumper Abuse=20 ...
TheHorse.com, KY - Nov = 30,=20 2007
By contrast, thermography employs the use = of=20 infrared cameras to detect heat caused by the hypersensitization = products in the animals=92 limbs. ...
Thermography technology can = detect=20 changes early
The=20 Citizen.com, GA - Nov 27,=20 2007
Thermography as a physiologic test, = demonstrates=20 heat patterns that are strongly indicative of breast = abnormality, the=20 test can detect subtle changes in ...
Studies of Oiled Birds Should Help = Save=20 Others
UC = Davis, CA -=20 Nov 16, 2007
Infrared thermography: This = imaging=20 technology may be useful in detecting cleaned birds that are = losing body=20 heat because they have not regained=20 ...
New Devices Aim to Catch Breast = Cancer=20 Sooner
ABC = News - Nov=20 7, 2007
The infrared technology is called = thermography,=20 and it was created decades ago to map the heat from an enemy = missile=20 that might be approaching the United=20 ...

Buildings/energy/infrastructure

Weatherization helps families = stabilize energy=20 costs
Auburn=20 Citizen, NY - Nov 26, 2007
The = agency's=20 auditors conduct a series of diagnostic tests using state of the = art=20 equipment such as a blower door, infrared camera, = monometer and=20 combustion ...
Energy audits can help pinpoint = places to=20 save
The = Patriot-News -=20 PennLive.com, PA - Nov 24, = 2007
He also=20 has an infrared camera to spot problems behind walls. If = the Web=20 audit shows you are in pretty good shape, it might not be worth = the=20 money to hire a ...
Bill is =91red-hot=92 = =BB=BB
The Independent=20 Online, Canada - Nov 14, = 2007
Nearly=20 600 thermo-imaging professionals =96 a record number =96 = attended this=20 year=92s event, giving infrared camera users, or = thermographers, an=20 opportunity to ...
Go Green with thermal=20 imaging
KVBC, NV - Nov 5,=20 2007
Those gaps show up as dark spots on Peter's = $40000=20 thermal imaging camera. Peter finds trouble spots in just = about=20 every room. "This is a situation where we=20 ...

condition = monitoring

Tracking =91fugitives=92
Greater Baton = Rouge Business=20 Report, LA - Nov 20, 2007
The = camera=92s=20 international manufacturer, FLIR Systems, specializes in = thermal=20 imaging in everything from airborne observation to drug = interdiction=20 to ...
What to Do When Your Oil Analysis Results Go=20 South
Practicing Oil Analysis=20 Magazine, OK - Nov 7, 2007
Take = immediate corrective action, like filtration, vibration or=20 thermography before performing another lab analysis. If = an=20 environmental or mechanical=20 ...

ITC Message Board = Posts=20

Here = is a selection=20 of recent new threads by IR Community members. Feel free to click = the=20 links, see the responses, and post your own response if you=20 like.

Switchgear - arc flash image
High speed IR. note: Solids, = preasure wave=20 and flame.
El= ectrical=20 Heat Tolerances
Does anyone know which referenced = publication=20 that I could refer to in order to identify what maximum = temperatures are=20 allowable in electrical switch and receptacle boxes for = residential=20 applications.

And of course if YOU have a question or want = to start=20 a discussion on a topic, we would love to hear from you. Just post = a new=20 thread on a mes= sage=20 board.

= Brainteaser of the = Month =20

Here is = this month's=20 brainteaser. Readers who email us a correct identification or = explanation=20 are entered into a drawing to win a prize. Please put = "Brainteaser"=20 as the subject of the message.

Click=20 here to email your guess

Do you have an interesting image = that you think=20 would challenge other thermographers? If so please email me your image = (preferably=20 in native .img, .jpg, .tif, .tgw, or .tmw format) with an = accompanying=20 visible photo and explanation. If your image is used, you receive = a gift=20 as = well.

=20 Last Month's Brainteaser

It's a=20 mouse! Not the rodent kind but the computer species. We had 45 = guesses and=20 only 6 correct answers from our readers. Congratulations to Larry = Stanos=20 from S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in Bay City, MI, our winner = this month,=20 and to Roy Gariepy from Dorlastan LLC in Goose Creek, SC for = submitting=20 the thermogram. They both get the ITC low e coffee=20 mug.

Course = Calendars =20

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About = the=20 Infrared Training Center =20

The Infrared Training Center offers training and = certification in=20 all aspects of infrared thermography use. Our world-class training = headquarters are located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and = Stockholm,=20 Sweden and have the world's most extensive hands on laboratories = for=20 infrared applications. In addition, we have training centers = around the=20 world. Please join us in exploring the fascinating world of the = infrared!=20

Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter are = welcomed=20 and encouraged. If you have an interesting application or case = study to=20 share, we encourage you to submit it for publication. Published = articles earn credit towards IR = recertification.

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