Optimized Acoustic Microscopy Screening for Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

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An optimized acoustic microscopy screening process has been developed for multi layer ceramic chip capacitors that identifies potential early life failures for removal. Accelerated life testing has validated the effectiveness of the methodology.

Keywords: RAMS 2011 Proceedings - Accelerated Life Testing - Failure Analysis/ Physics of Failure - Product Reliability