Semitracks Subscription

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

Advanced CMOS/FINFET Fabrication is an online course that offers detailed instruction on the processing used in a modern integrated circuit and the processing technologies required to make them. We emphasize the current issues related to manufacturing the next-generation devices. Participants will learn why FINFETs and FD-SOI are fast becoming the technologies of choice at feature sizes below 20nm. Our instructors work hard to explain semiconductor processing without delving heavily into the complex physics and material science that generally accompanies this discipline. Participants will learn powerful aspects about CMOS fabrication and FinFET Technology. This skill-building series is dividend into four segments; Front End of Line (FEOL), Back End of LINE (BEOL), FinFET Manufacturing and FinFET Reliability

 Course Objectives 

• Provide an in-depth understanding of SOI technology and it's technical issues
• Provide an understanding of how Hi-K/Metal Gate and FinFET devices are manufactured
• Look at latest challenges with copper metallization and Low-k dielectrics
• Help participants to understand difficulties associated with non-planar structures and methods
• Enable participants to make decision about how to evaluate FinFET devices and changes that are emerging
• Learn about IC reliability and failure modes associated with these devices
• Show a comparison between FD-SOI and FINFETs.

 Course Duration

16 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers is designed to help an engineer understand the dicing process.  In this course we will review techniques used and challenges associated with non-silicon semiconductor wafers, such as GaAs. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and methods used in Wafer Dicing. 

Identifies the different techniques to analyze data related to Wafer Dicing. 

Covers GaAs in more detail and compares and contrasts dicing techniques between Si and GaAs wafers.

Helps identify the advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques for Wafer Dicing.

Enables the participant to learn more information to enable them to make tradeoffs between yield, cost and production efficiency.

 Course Duration

 4 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

Failure Analysis starts with localizing the failure mode. The localization process begins with the Curve Tracer.  For many analysis efforts, the localization process begins with the Curve Tracer. The curve tracer, or semiconductor parameter analyzer, is a two to a four-terminal device that can measure the current-voltage characteristics of an electrical circuit.  The industry needs competent analysts to operate the curve tracer and interpret the data it provides. This course offers detailed instruction on the operation and use of the curve tracer. By Do It Right the First-Time approach to the analysis, participants will learn the appropriate methodology to successfully locate defects, characterize them and determine the root cause of failure. This skill-building series is divided into three segments: The Basic Operation of the Curve Tracer, The Interaction of the Curve Tracer with Electrical Circuits and Case Histories. 

 Course Objectives 

• Provide an in-depth understanding of the curve tracer
• Determine how to interpret the data generated by the curve tracer
• Identify a variety of different failure modes and how they manifest themselves on the curve tracer
• Identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding a laboratory

 Course Duration

2 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers a detailed instruction on a variety of subjects pertaining to designing for reliability testing.  Participants will develop the skills to determine what failure mechanisms might occur and develop    This course will be delivered using a combination of lecture, video problem solving and question/answer sessions.

Course Objectives 

• Fundamental understanding of quality statistics and how they are used in the semiconductor industry.
• Participants will understand how to use data and statistics to quantify the level of quality in a product. 
• Discuss the control chart, explain how they are set up and monitored during production.
• Provide understanding of major criteria for success in the qualification process.
• Provide an understanding of how to determine a valid statistical sample size.

Course Duration

8 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This training course offers an overview of the methods, statistics, and overall flow for developing a Design of Experiments (DOE) in a modern manufacturing environment. By focusing on tried-and-true methods for DOE, participants will learn the appropriate methodology to successfully identify problems, characterize them and determine the root cause of failure. Participants learn to develop skills to determine what tools and techniques should be applied and when should be applied. The skill-building series covers these aspects: Foundational Element and Design of Experiments. 

 Course Objectives 

Provides participants with an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques, and methods used in DOE

Helps learners to identify different techniques to analyze data related to a Design of Experiments

Provides advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques for DOE

Helps the learner gain an understanding of the types of issues they might expect to see

 Course Duration

8 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers a detailed instruction on EOS, ESD, and how to distinguish between them.  Participants will develop the skills to determine what constitutes a good ESD design and how to recognize devices that can reduce ESD susceptibility. It will also show the learner how to design new ESD structures for a variety of technologies.    This course will be delivered using a combination of lecture, video problem solving and question/answer sessions.

Course Objectives 

Provide in-depth understanding of electrical overstress, the models used for EOS and the manifestation of the mechanism.

Participants will understand the ESD failure mechanism, test structures, equipment, and testing methods used to achieve robust ESD resistance in today’s components. 

Identify the major issues associated with ESD and explain how they are modeled, occur, and mitigated.

Participants will be able to identify basic ESD structures and determine how they are used to help reduce ESD susceptibility on semiconductor devices.

Participants will be able to distinguish between EOS and ESD when performing a failure analysis.

Participants will be able to estimate a pulse width, amplitude and determine the polarity of an EOS or ESD event.

Participants will be presented with examples of common problems that result in EOS and ESD in the manufacturing environment.

Course Duration

12 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instruction a variety of subjects pertaining to ESD design and technology.  This course offers detailed instruction on a variety of subjects pertaining to ESD design and technology. Participants learn to develop the skills to determine what constitutes a good ESD design, how to recognize devices that can reduce ESD susceptibility, and how to design new ESD structures for a variety of technologies. 

Course Objectives 

Provides in-depth understanding of ESD failure mechanisms, test structures, equipment, and provide testing methods used to achieve robust ESD resistance in today’s components. 

Participants will be able to gather ESD data, determine how to plot the data, and make inferences from the data. 

This course will identify the major issues associated with ESD, explain how they occur, and are modeled and mitigated.

Participants will be able to identify ESD structures and determine how they are used to help reduce ESD susceptibility on semiconductor devices.

Participants will be able to knowledgeably design appropriate ESD structures to assure a component's robustness. 

Participants will be able to identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding ESD test capabilities.

 Course Duration

16 hours 

 Target Audience  

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

Requisite Knowledge
None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instruction of a variety of effective tools, as well as the overall process flow for locating and characterizing the defects responsible for the failure.  By focusing on a Do it Right the First Time approach to the analysis, participants will learn the appropriate methodology to locate defects successfully, characterize them, and determine the root cause of failure. This course will be delivered using a combination of lectures, videos, problem-solving, and question/answer sessions.

Course Objectives 

Provide an in-depth understanding of tools, techniques, and processes used in failure and yield analysis. 

Participants will be able to determine how to proceed with a submitted request for analysis, ensuring the analysis is done with the greatest probability of success. 

This course will identify the advantages and disadvantages of various tools and techniques used for failure and yield analysis.

A wide variety of video demonstrations of analysis techniques will be offered so the student can understand the types of results they may see on their equipment.

Participants will be able to see and identify a variety of failure mechanisms and identify how they manifest themselves. 

Participants will be able to identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding a laboratory.

 Course Duration

32 hours 

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instruction on a variety of effective tools, as well as the overall process flow for identifying, locating and characterizing the defects responsible for the low yields. Participants learn to develop the skills to determine what tools and techniques should be applied and when they should be implemented.  This skill-building series is divided into three segments: The Process of Yield Analysis, Data Mining Techniques, and Case Histories. By using a combination of instruction, lecture, video, and question/answer sessions, participants will learn practical approaches to the failure analysis process. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and processes used in yield analysis. 

Identifies how to proceed with a submitted request for analysis, ensuring that it is done with the greatest probability of success.  

Identifies advantages and disadvantages of a wide variety of tools and techniques that used for yield analysis.

Demonstrates a variety of video of analysis techniques so an analyst can understand types of results they may expect to see.

Provides participants a way to identify basic yield models and equations and applicability to a variety of semiconductor devices.

Participants will be able to identify a variety of different failure mechanisms and how they manifest themselves. 

Provides the ability to identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding a lab.

 Course Duration

8 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This training course consists of two separate sections. The topic areas include design-related tradeoffs and process-related tradeoffs.  This course will focus on design and help you to understand impacts on performance and the basics of what may happen if something is incorrect or pushing a design limit.  This course will help you to understand how device physics at the transistor level relates to product behavior and help you to understand the basics of a Process Design Kit (PDK). It will also cover process variables that impact yield, and understand the importance of yield parameters like speed, leakage, voltage, and temperature. 

 Course Objectives 

Understand how device physics at the transistor level relates to product behavior

Review how the basics of the Process Design Kit (PDK)

Present how SPICE models relate to the design process 

Present how the process variables impact yield, understand the importance of yield parameters like speed, leakage, voltage and temperature

 Course Duration

8 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This training course consists of two separate sections. The topic
areas include design-related tradeoffs and process-related tradeoffs.
 This course will focus on process-related tradeoffs. In this course,
you will learn state-of-the-art FEOL, BEOL and FinFET processing.  In
addition, we will present Wafer Acceptance Test and what parameters are
measured, how they relate to yield, performance and power, and how to
interpret the data. Lastly, we will look at WAT parameters and how they
relate to manufacturing problems and understand FinFET reliability and
learn how to make tradeoffs to improve performance. 

Course Objectives 

Understand state-of-the art FEOL, BEOL and FinFET Processing

Learn to understand the basics of a Process Design KIT (PDK) and understand how SPICE models relate to the design process

Present how the process variables impact yield, understand the
importance of yield parameters like speed, leakage, voltage and
temperature

Understand the tradeoffs when choosing different transistor threshold voltages and sizings

Understand state-of-the-art FEOL, BEOL and FinFET processing

Learn about what Wafer Acceptance testing is, what parameters
are measured, how they relate to yield, performance and power and how to
interpret the data

Present how WAT parameters relate to manufacturing problems and
understand FinFET reliability and how to make tradeoffs to improve
performance

Course Duration

8 hours

Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any
individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using
it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instructions on how to test laser diodes and VCSELs. Participants will learn to develop skills to test and characterize procedures set up equipment and analyze the results of their tests. Topics covered include Overviews for LED and VCSEL Electrical and Optical Characteristics, Characterization Techniques, Production Test Methods, and Data Analysis. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an overview of LED, laser diode, and VCSEL testing.

Presents participants with electrical and optical characteristics of these devices and provides a guide to developing tests to examine characteristics.

Identifies the major issues associated with characterization and production tests. 

Participants will be able to compare and contrast characterization methods with production test methods. 

Enables the student to gain an understanding of the electrical test equipment used for characterization and production tests.

Identifies appropriate data analysis techniques for examination of LED and VCSEL test data. 

 Course Duration

8 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instructions on how to test laser diodes and VCSELs. Participants will learn to develop skills to test and characterize procedures set up equipment and analyze the results of their tests. Topics covered include Overviews for LED and VCSEL Electrical and Optical Characteristics, Characterization Techniques, Production Test Methods, and Data Analysis. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an overview of LED, laser diode, and VCSEL testing.

Presents participants with electrical and optical characteristics of these devices and provides a guide to developing tests to examine characteristics.

Identifies the major issues associated with characterization and production tests. 

Participants will be able to compare and contrast characterization methods with production test methods. 

Enables the student to gain an understanding of the electrical test equipment used for characterization and production tests.

Identifies appropriate data analysis techniques for examination of LED and VCSEL test data. 

 Course Duration

8 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

The Microelectromechanical Systems course is an online course that offers detailed instruction on the design, processing, packaging, and reliability of MEMS devices. We cover Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE), surface-to-volume ratio issues, electrostatics, liquid wetting, inertia, and other parameters. 

Course Objectives 

Provide participants with an in-depth understanding of MEMS and its technical issues.

Teach the participant the unique processing steps related to MEMS technology, including deep reactive ion etching, non-standard silicon orientation wafers, and special thin films and coatings for moving components. 

Provide an understanding of basic concepts behind thermal and mechanical simulations of MEMS packages.

Identifies key issues related to the success of MEMS packaging, including understanding char, release, and package environments. 

Participants will be able to identify basic and advanced principles for mechanical stress, charge, and thermal diffusion.

Introduces participants to wafer-level simulations, which are important to MEMS packages.

Teaches participants how to construct and evaluate new MEMS packaging designs and technologies. 

Enables participants to understand how process, release techniques, and packaging are interrelated.

 Course Duration

 24 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course covers the topic of Metallography.  One can think of metallography as the preparation of samples (metallic, ceramic and polymeric) for examination using an optical or scanning electron microscope.   

Course Objectives 

Provides participants with an in-depth understanding of how to prepare a sample for imaging.

Participants will be able to perform cross-sections on various materials and determine the best approach to sectioning a sample based on material type. 

Identify basic material features on electronic components and boards.

Learn how to properly use the optical and scanning electron microscopes for imaging samples.

Perform techniques through a number of hands-on training exercises.

 Course Duration

12 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

The Military Standard (MIL-STD) procedures dictate that various activities require trained operators.  The standards of primary interest for this area are MIL-STD 883 and MIL-STD 750.  One significant activity that requires operator training for companies dealing with military components is Pre-Cap Visual Inspection. This is the inspection before sealing the lid onto a hermetically sealed component. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an understanding of equipment for Pre-Cap inspection and evaluating equipment for use in Pre-Cap inspection. 

Participants gain a basic understanding of IC construction.

Helps participants identify defects in microcircuits, called out in MIL-STD 883G and Method 2010,

Assists participants in identifying defects in transistors and diodes, called out in MIL-STD 750E, Methods 2072, 2073, and 2074. 

 Identifies various defects in hybrid microcircuits called out in MIL-STD 883G and Methods 2017, 2032.

 Course Duration

 12 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

Optoelectronics devices are increasingly used in today's electronics. They are used as sensors and detectors.  in fact, the whole area of optical communications is undergoing significant changes.  The field of silicon photonics is growing rapidly. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are gaining increased acceptance in several of today's applications.  Engineers are required to understand a variety of disciplines to design and develop these applications effectively.  This requires knowledge of design, testing, technology, processing materials science, chemistry, and even optics.  Poorly designed devices can lead to low yields, customer returns, and idle manufacturing lines.  This course offers detailed instruction on Laser diodes and LED technology, Optical ICs, manufacturing, and characterization. Participants will learn to develop the skills to determine what design and technology approaches should be applied and when they should be applied.  

Course Objectives 

• Provide an in-depth understanding of Optoelectronics and Silicon Photonics Technology.
• Determine how to evaluate a process for a given application. 
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various processing techniques for optoelectronic devices, sensors, LEDs, and integration techniques onto silicon ICs.
• Teaches basic technology features on semiconductor LEDs, laser diodes, photodiodes, and photodetectors.
• Identifies a variety of failure mechanisms and how they manifest themselves. 
• Participants can identify basic technology features on silicon photonics ICs, such as waveguides, combiners, splitters, LEDs, laser diodes, photodiodes, and photodetectors. 
• Students will be able to identify the appropriate equipment to purchase when starting or expanding a manufacturing operation. 

Course Duration

24 hours

Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians or any individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using its components or supplying tools to the industry. 

Requisite Knowledge 

None 

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instructions on the design of printed circuit boards for semiconductor use. Emphasis is placed on the overall process. We will focus on the fundamentals of PCB design and modeling. Participants will learn how to design and specify components for a project.  Participants will learn aspects of PCB Design.  This skill-building series is divided into four segments: PCB Schematic Capture, PCB Place and Route, Bill of Materials, and Component Libraries. 

Course Objectives 

Presents an overview of the schematic capture and board layout process.

Provide an understanding of the basic concepts behind a Bill of Material for a PCB. 

Identify key issues related to the proper documentation and use of library components.

Present a variety of video clips showing the major steps involved in the design and layout process. 

Learn how to identify potential problems associated with design flow.

Understand how design rules work in conjunction with a board layout. 

Generate the PCB documentation need to manufacture a PCB.

Learn best practices for PCB design. 

24 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instructions on the physics behind the operation of a modern mixed-signal integrated circuit and the processing technologies required to manufacture them. We place special emphasis on current issues related to designing and manufacturing next-generation devices. Participants will learn why advances in the industry are occurring along certain lines and not others. This skill-building series is divided into three segments. 

Course Objectives 

This seminar will give participants an in-depth understanding of the semiconductor industry and its technical issues. 

Participants will understand the basic concepts behind transistor operation and performance.

The seminar offers a wide variety of sample problems so that participants can gain knowledge of the fundamentals of device operation and manufacturing.

A wide variety of video demonstrations of analysis techniques will be offered so the student can get an understanding of the types of results they may see on their equipment.

Participants will be able to understand reliability, power consumption and device performance.

Participants will be able to make decisions about how to construct and evaluate new CMOS, BiCMOS and bipolar technologies.

 Course Duration

16 hours 

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

Quality is a fundamental aspect of the microelectronics industry.  This course offers a detailed instruction on a variety of subjects pertaining to semiconductor quality. Participants will develop the skills to determine the best process for qualification how to identify issues and how to resolve them.   This course will be delivered using a combination of lecture, video problem solving and question/answer sessions.

Course Objectives 

Fundamental understanding of quality as it pertains to the semiconductor industry.

Identify major failure mechanisms; explain how they are observed, modeled, and explain how to handle them during design and qualification.

Introduce major qualification processes, including: JEDEC, JESD47, AEC Q-100, MIL-STD and other related documents.

Provide understanding of major criteria for success in the qualification process.

Identify why reliability engineers need samples for testing.

Course Duration

4 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers a detailed instruction on statistics that pertain to semiconductor quality.  Participants will develop the skills to determine the best process for qualification how to identify issues and how to resolve them.   This course will be delivered using a combination of lecture, video problem solving and question/answer sessions.

Course Objectives 

Fundamental understanding of quality statistics and how they are used in the semiconductor industry.

Participants will understand how to use data and statistics to quantify the level of quality in a product. 

Discuss the control chart, explain how they are set up and monitored during production.

Provide understanding of major criteria for success in the qualification process.

Provide an understanding of how to determine a valid statistical sample size.

Course Duration

4 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

Semiconductor reliability is at a crossroads. In the past, reliability meant discovering, characterizing and modeling failure mechanisms and determining their impact on the reliability of the circuit.  Today, reliability can involve tradeoffs between performance and reliability, assessing the impact of new materials, dealing with limited margins, etc.  This 24-hour online course offers detailed instruction on a variety of subjects pertaining to semiconductor reliability.  Participants will learn to develop the skills to determine what failure mechanisms might occur, and how to test them, develop models for them, and eliminate them from the product.  Topics covered will include Overview of Reliability and Statistics, Failure Mechanisms, Test Structures and Test Strategies

 Course Objectives  

Provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the failure mechanisms, test structures, equipment, and testing methods used to achieve high-reliability components.

Participants will be able to gather data, determine how best to plot the data and make inferences from the data

Identify major failure mechanisms, explain how they are observed and how they are modeled

This seminar will offer a variety of video demonstrations of analysis techniques to get an understanding of the type of results they may see 

Participants will be able to identify basic test structures and how they are used to quantify reliability on semiconductor devices

Knowledgeably implement screens that are appropriate to assure the reliability of components

Identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding a lab

Course Duration

24 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instruction a variety of subjects pertaining to semiconductor reliability and qualification.  Participants will develop the skills to determine what failure mechanisms might occur and how to test them, develop models and eliminate them from the product.  This course will be delivered using a combination of lecture, video problem solving and question/answer sessions. Participants learn to develop the skills to determine what failure mechanisms might occur, and how to test and develop models.  In addition, they will also learn how to eliminate failures from the product. Topics covered include Overview of Reliability and Statistics, Failure Mechanisms, Test Structures and Test Strategies. 

Course Objectives 

Provides in-depth understanding of failure mechanisms, test structures, equipment and testing methods used to achieve high reliability components.

Enable participants to gather data and determine how to plot and draw inferences from the data. 

Identifies the major failure of mechanisms, explain how they observed, modeled and eliminated.

Provides a wide variety of video demonstrations of analysis techniques will be offered so the student can get an understanding of the types of results they may see on their equipment.

Identifies the steps and creates a basic qualification process for semiconductor devices. 

Participants will be able to knowledgeably implement screens appropriate to assure the reliability of a component.

Identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding a laboratory. 

 Course Duration

24 hours 

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course provides an overview of the semiconductor
manufacturing process and the processing technologies required to make
them.  Emphasis is placed on the basics surrounding each technique.  We
summarize the current related to manufacturing the next generation
devices.  This skill-building series is divided into three segments.
 They are Basic Processing Steps, The Evolution of Each Processing Step,
Current Issues in Wafer Fab Processing, Current Issues in Assembly and
Packaging

 Course Objectives 

Provide an overview of the semiconductor industry and its technical issues.

Provide an understanding of the basic concepts behind the fundamental wafer fab processing steps.

Identify the basic features and principles associated with each processing step.

Help participants to understand how processing, reliability, power consumption, and device performance are interrelated.

Gain an understanding of the testing process and how testing impacts the quality and cost of the product.

Introduce the packaging process and discuss the fundamental drivers.

 Course Duration

24 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any
individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using
it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course provides an overview of the semiconductor manufacturing process and the processing technologies required to make them.  Emphasis is placed on the basics surrounding each technique.  We summarize the current related to manufacturing the next generation devices.  This skill-building series is divided into three segments.  They are Basic Processing Steps, The Evolution of Each Processing Step, Current Issues in Wafer Fab Processing, Current Issues in Assembly and Packaging

 Course Objectives 

Provide an overview of the semiconductor industry and its technical issues.

Provide an understanding of the basic concepts behind the fundamental wafer fab processing steps.

Identify the basic features and principles associated with each processing step.

Help participants to understand how processing, reliability, power consumption, and device performance are interrelated.

Gain an understanding of the testing process and how testing impacts the quality and cost of the product.

Introduce the packaging process and discuss the fundamental drivers.

 Course Duration

24 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, supervisors, engineers, and technicians or any individual working directly working in the semiconductor industry, using it's components or supplying tools to the industry. 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers detailed instruction on a variety of effective tools, and the overall process flow for locating and characterizing the defects responsible for the failure. By focusing on a Do It Right the First Time approach to the analysis, participants will learn the appropriate methodology to successfully locate defects, characterize them and determine the root cause of failure. The skill-building series is divided into three segements: The Structure of a Solder Joint,The tools and Techniques and Case Histories. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an in-depth understanding of tools, techniques and processes used in solder joint analysis.

Participants will be able to determine how to proceed with a submitted request for analysis.

Helps participants to identify the advantages and disadvantages of a wide variety of tools and techniques.

Identifies basic technology features on electronic components and boards. 

Presents a variety of different failure mechanisms and how they manifest themselves. 

Learn how to perform techniques through a number of hands-on training sessions.

Identify appropriate tools to purchase when starting or expanding a laboratory. 

Course Duration

24 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge: 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses.  Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.  

Course Description 

This course offers is designed to help an engineer understand the dicing process.  In this course we will review techniques used and challenges associated with non-silicon semiconductor wafers, such as GaAs. 

Course Objectives 

Provides an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and methods used in Wafer Dicing. 

Identifies the different techniques to analyze data related to Wafer Dicing. 

Covers GaAs in more detail and compares and contrasts dicing techniques between Si and GaAs wafers.

Helps identify the advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques for Wafer Dicing.

Enables the participant to learn more information to enable them to make tradeoffs between yield, cost and production efficiency.

 Course Duration

 4 hours

 Target Audience 

Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field 

 Requisite Knowledge 

None

The Semitracks Subscription includes 28 courses. Individual Semitracks courses are sold as an all-inclusive subscription and cannot be purchased separately.
Course Description
The Basic Device Physics course offers detailed instruction on the physics behind the operation of a modern integrated circuit. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of semiconductor operations, and it stays away from the difficult mathematics that usually follows this topic.
Course Objectives
• Learn the fundamentals of semiconductor behavior like generation and recombination.
• Learn about the depletion region and how voltage affects the depletion region and carrier movement.
• Understand how to visualize the operation of the bipolar transistor it its three major conditions: cutoff, active and saturation.
• Understand contact potentials and the behavior of the MOS capacitor, and the major operation regions of the MOS transistor: cutoff, subthreshold, triode and saturation.
Course Duration
8 hours
Target Audience
Managers, engineers, and technicians working in the semiconductor field
Requisite Knowledge
None