A System for Detecting Failed Electronics Using Acoustics

Shannon, Russell; Zucaro, Gregory; Tallent, Justin; Collins, Vontrelle; Carswell, John

doi:10.1109/autest.2018.8532529

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“…Microelectronics within plastic packages can be inspected with a confocal resolution provided by SAM (Wüst and Rupitsch, 2018 ; Wang et al 2019 ; Zhu et al 2019 ; Shannon et al 2019 ; Qiu and Zhang, 2017 ; Qiu et al 2018 ). Figure 7 shows an image of a large area (45 × 60 mm 2 ) printed circuit board (PCB) obtained from its C-scan and reveals the features of its discrete components, such as ICs, memory chips, resistors, capacitors and inductors.…”

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Scanning acoustic microscopy for material evaluation

2020

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Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) or Acoustic Micro Imaging (AMI) is a powerful, non-destructive technique that can detect hidden defects in elastic and biological samples as well as non-transparent hard materials. By monitoring the internal features of a sample in three-dimensional integration, this technique can efficiently find physical defects such as cracks, voids, and delamination with high sensitivity. In recent years, advanced techniques such as ultrasound impedance microscopy, ultrasound speed microscopy, and scanning acoustic gigahertz microscopy have been developed for applications in industries and in the medical field to provide additional information on the internal stress, viscoelastic, and anisotropic, or nonlinear properties. X-ray, magnetic resonance, and infrared techniques are the other competitive and widely used methods. However, they have their own advantages and limitations owing to their inherent properties such as different light sources and sensors. This paper provides an overview of the principle of SAM and presents a few results to demonstrate the applications of modern acoustic imaging technology. A variety of inspection modes, such as vertical, horizontal, and diagonal cross-sections have been presented by employing the focus pathway and image reconstruction algorithm. Images have been reconstructed from the reflected echoes resulting from the change in the acoustic impedance at the interface of the material layers or defects. The results described in this paper indicate that the novel acoustic technology can expand the scope of SAM as a versatile diagnostic tool requiring less time and having a high efficiency.

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Section: Results Of the Sam Inspection Of Hard And Elastic Materialsmentioning

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Scanning acoustic microscopy for material evaluation

2020

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“…Although acoustic imaging techniques have a proven track record in non-destructive testing (NDT), only a few published works in this area leverage nonimaging approaches to NDT, such as acoustical resonance processing and direct analysis of circuit components for failure conditions [20]. Although acoustical resonance analysis and characterization has not been applied specifically to circuit card testing, these techniques have a strong presence in failure detection of larger mechanical systems [21].…”

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Experimental Studies of Conductive Paths of Printed Circuit Boards by Using Subminiature Eddy Current Transducers

2021

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This paper describes the development and experimental study of a software and hardware complex designed for studying the conductive tracks of printed circuit boards. In the course of this development, a subminiature eddy-current transducer and a measuring system capable of performing measurements using the newly developed transducer were created. The paper contains descriptions of the main parameters of the developed measuring system, and also presents the results of experiments conducted with various printed circuit boards, both with defect-free and those with artificial model defects. These experiments made it possible to confirm the possibility of using the developed measuring system and eddy-current transducer for controlling the conductive tracks on printed circuit boards and determining their quality.

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