Steve, Unbelievable as this may seem they look as if they were dropped or something was dropped on them!!! David A. Douthit Manager LoCan LLC Steve Gregory wrote: > Got some more results from failure analysis. Went to level 2 on one of > the parts that looked okay with x-ray and found this...again go to: > > http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com > > and look at "Chipped Chips 1-4"... > > We sure as hell didn't cause this...and as far as Phil's comment about > a ESD event causing the broken wire bonds, it was the opinion of a > gentleman at the failure analysis lab, that yes, broken wire bonds can > be caused by ESD, but the board would need to be struck by a lightning > bolt basically, to cause that kind of severe damage. > > My big question is; how in the hell does this CRAP get into the > market? > > We're spending more than a few dollars getting this failure analysis > done...I wonder how many companies would spend the money to do this? > Or just go ahead and rework these failed devices? > > I'll tell you, this REALLY sucks...I think most of you can appreciate > the time that we now have to spend reworking, cleaning, re-inspecting, > and then re-testing the assemblies that these parts are used on... > > -Steve Gregory- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following > text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To > temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing > per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet > Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: > http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site > http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or > contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------