Newsletter of the Atlanta Chapter of ASM International
http://www.asm-atlanta.org/ Normally Meets 3rd Tuesday
May, 2007 Volume 13 Number 8
ASM Atlanta May Meeting
Is proud to host
ASM International President,
Dr. Lawrence C. Wagner
Monday Evening, May 14, 2007
Trends in IC Failure Analysis
Semiconductor trends as embodied in the International
Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors provides a guide for the
challenges facing the failure analysis community. The increased
complexity of devices as the industry drives toward system on chip
defines the requirements for better test-based methods for isolation as
well as better techniques for physical failure site isolation. New
approaches as well as improvements in existing techniques for failure
site isolation will be discussed. In addition, the trend towards
backside analysis to address the loss of accessibility to circuit nodes
will be discussed. Smaller feature sizes drive a requirement for higher
resolution tools for observation of defects, sample preparation and
chemical analysis. Current and anticipated trends in these areas will be
discussed as well.
Monday Evening, May 14, 2007
Program
6:00 -6:30m Reception
6:30-7:30pm Dinner
7:30 pm Dr. Wagner’s Presentation
Dinner Costs:
$20.00
for Professionals, $6.00
for Students
WHERE
– The Institute of Paper
Science and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
500 10th Street,
Seminar Room #114.
Free
Parking is available!
Map:
http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/welcome/map.html
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Menu: To be determined
Reservations:
RSVP - by 5:00 pm Friday,
May 11 to Gautam Patel or Stephan Turano,
Tel: (404) 407- 7635,
gautam.patel@gtri.gatech.edu;
stephan.turano@gtri.gatech.edu;
Dr. Lawrence C. Wagner President (2006-2007)
Lawrence (Larry) Wagner is the Failure Analysis
Technical Strategy Manager and a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
at Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in
chemistry from Marquette University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry
from Purdue University. After two years in the High Temperature
Chemistry Group at Argonne National Laboratory, he joined Texas
Instruments as a failure analysis engineer in 1976. He managed the
failure analysis lab for 15 years, starting in 1979. Dr. Wagner has
published extensively, including the book, Failure Analysis of ICs:
Tools and Techniques, published in 1999 by Kluwer Academic. He has
delivered six tutorials on failure analysis, including tutorials at the
International Reliability Physics Symposium, International Symposium on
the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, and the
Materials Research Society. He is a member of the Product Engineering
Council at Texas Instruments and the Sematech Product Analysis Forum and
represents Texas Instruments on the Sematech Quality Council. He was the
first president of the Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society
(EDFAS) and the first editor of Electronic Device Failure Analysis News.
He was also the 1995 general chair of the International Symposium for
Testing and Failure Analysis (ISTFA). He chaired the Sematech Product
Analysis Forum in 2000. Larry Wagner joined ASM in 1987 and is now a
member of EDFAS as well as IEEE, ACS, Sigma Chi and ASMS.
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Officers for the 2005-2006 Chapter Year
Chairman: Gautam Patel
gautam.patel@gtri.gatech.edu
1st Vice President
(Programs): Preet
Singh
preet.singh@mse.gatech.edu
2nd Vice President
(Industrial Relations):
Harry Tian
htian@giwindustries.com
Treasurer: Eric Weishaupt
eweishaupt@mmelab.com
Secretary: David Morrison
davidmorrison@stcmetals.com
The Chapter's Executive Committee
consists of the above five
Chapter Officers plus the following Standing Committee Chairs
Membership: John Barnes
john.e.barnes@lmco.com
Education & Academic Advisor: Ken Gall
ken.gall@mse.gatech.edu
Yearbook/Directory: John Mihelich
jlmihelich@comcast.net
Finance (Immediate Past Chair): George Kremer
gwkremer@bellsouth.net
Newsletter Editor: Stephan Turano
stephan.turano@gtri.gatech.edu
Web Site Coordinator: Jud Ready
jud.ready@gtri.gatech.edu
Short Course Director:
Ga Tech Student Chapter Chair: Arsalan Siddiqi
gtg970r@mail.gatech.edu
Council of Past Chairs (3): Steve Johnson
steve.johnson@mse.gatech.edu
George Kremer
gwkremer@bellsouth.net
Hamid Garmestani
hamid.garmestani@mse.gatech.edu
The chapter leadership is always looking for chapter
members who are interested in actively supporting the work of your
chapter. This is a particularly good time of the chapter year to contact
one of the recently elected officers and offering your services as a
member of one of the standing committees listed above. Please, please
step up and contact one of these individuals!! You will find working
with a technical society, and particularly this one, to be a rewarding
experience.
Directions to IPST
From the Airport or I-75/I-85 Northbound
Take I-75/I-85 North to
Exit 250 (Tenth Street - Fourteenth Street - Georgia Tech). Turn left at
exit light on Tenth Street. Go about 3/4 mile and turn left on Hemphill
Avenue. At the first stop sign, turn right onto Ferst Drive. The Love
building is on the left, about 1/10 of a mile down.
From I-75 or I-85 Southbound
Take I-75 south to Exit 250
(Sixteenth Street - Fourteenth Street - Tenth Street), or take I-85
south to Exit 84 (17th Street - 14th Street - 10th Street). Follow the
signs south on Techwood Drive to Tenth Street. Take Tenth Street
westbound (turn right). Go about 3/4 mile and turn left on Hemphill
Avenue. At the first stop sign, turn right onto Ferst Drive. The Love
building is on the left, about 1/10 of a mile down.
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Atlanta ASM Chapter's Year Book for 2006-2007
Dr.
John Mihelich
has completed Atlanta Chapter Yearbook for 2006-2007. This document is
intended to serve the needs of you, the membership of the Atlanta ASM
Chapter, while also providing an information resource for all materials
related industry and other interests throughout Georgia. The yearbook
will be headed out to members in the very near future, so keep your eyes
open for it!. Contact John concerning details.
Dr. John Mihelich, jlmihelich@comcast.net,
770-942-7893.
