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On July 1st, Toshiba Corporation's Semiconductor Company and Storage Products Company consolidated to form Semiconductor & Storage Products Company.This page describes reliability information of semiconductor products.

Semiconductor Reliability Handbook

[As of April, 2011]

No. BDE0128H (Feb 2011)

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Please read "RESTRICTIONS ON PRODUCT USE" at the bottom carefully and entirely.

[1] The Toshiba Quality and Reliability System (PDF:408KB)
  1. The Toshiba Semiconductor Quality and Reliability
  2. Document Control
  3. Education and Training
  4. Specifications and Quality Agreements
  5. Quality and Reliability in Product Development and Design Changes
  6. Control of Parts, Materials and Subcontracting
  7. Manufacturing Process Control
  8. Identification and Traceability
  9. Measurement Control
  10. Quality Service Activities
  11. Quality Audits
  12. Inspection System
  13. Product Control after Final Inspection
  14. Logistic Quality Management System
  15. Action at the Time of Failure
  16. Statistical Process Control
  17. Complaint Services
  18. Environmental Quality of Products
[2] Semiconductor Reliability (PDF:913KB)
  1. Reliability Concept
  2. Factors Affecting Reliability
  3. Failure Mechanisms
[3] Reliability Testing (PDF:697KB)
  1. What is Reliability Testing
  2. Accelerated Life time Tests
  3. Failure Rate Estimation Methods
  4. Detailed Application Methods for Reliability Testing
[4] Failure Analysis and Reliability Improvement (PDF:15,749KB)
  1. Significance of Failure Analysis
  2. Instruments Used in Failure Analysis
  3. Failure Analysis Procedure
  4. Examples of Failure Analysis
    1. ASIC product failure location identification using EB tester image
    2. Failure location identification using an emission microscope
    3. Si chip backside analysis using an infrared emission microscope (IR EMS)
    4. Failure location identification using IR-OBIRCH
    5. Single element failure analysis using a nanoprobe
    6. Failure location identification using an emission microscope and EB tester
    7. Gate oxide film breakdown analysis using SEM
    8. Interlayer particle analysis
    9. TEM based cross-sectional analysis of failure location identified using OBIC
    10. Analysis of fine particles in LSI using Auger electron spectroscopy (1)
    11. Analysis of fine particles in LSI using Auger electron spectroscopy (2)
    12. Coupling status analysis of minute part using XPS
    13. Junction analysis using SCM
    14. Leak location identification using conductive AFM
    15. Analysis of bonding pad corrosion
    16. Analysis of cause of leakage between metallization on package substrate
    17. Analysis of package crack by reflow of surface mounted device
    18. Analysis of a surface-mount device soldering failure by board used
  5. Failure Analysis and Reliability Improvement Measures
[5] Handling Precautions (PDF:426KB)
  1. Usage Notes for Semiconductor Products
  2. Safety Precautions
  3. General Usage Considerations
  4. Usage Considerations Specific to Each Product Group
[6] Appendix (PDF:372KB)
  1. Sampling Inspection
  2. Mathematics of Reliability
  3. Derating Concepts and Methods
RESTRICTIONS ON PRODUCT USE (PDF:27KB)

On July 1st, Toshiba Corporation's Semiconductor Company and Storage Products Company consolidated to form Semiconductor & Storage Products Company.This page describes reliability information of semiconductor products.

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