The investigation of failures involves taking apart failed devices, tracking down a problem, and establishing the root cause for the failure. At the simplest level, failure-analysis (FA) labs answer ...

It is a crucial analytical field that is able to enhance the profitability and efficiency of polymeric products and supports research and development applications of polymer materials. In severe cases ...

A crucial stage in the research and development (R&D) process is understanding how and why materials degrade and ultimately falter. Polymers often fail in short timescales compared to the lifespan of ...

When a chip malfunctions it’s the job of the failure analysis engineer to determine how it failed or significantly deviated from its key performance metrics. The cost of failure in the field can be ...

Are your environmental test results exposing true device weaknesses, or just reflecting extreme stress conditions?

Once confined to analyzing returns, it now is shifting left and right as more data analytics are applied to both digital and analog. Failure analysis is rapidly becoming a complex, costly and ...

Power system failure analysis and diagnostics constitute a critical field within electrical engineering, addressing the reliability and safety of the complex networks that underpin modern society. In ...