Research References: Semiconductor Failure Analysis & Reliability

Optotherm infrared imaging systems have been mentioned in peer-reviewed publications featuring semiconductor device reliability.

SEIPI | 2025

Non-Destructive Package-Level Fault Localization in CSP-BGA Devi​ces references an Optotherm high-resolution lock-in thermography system as a critical tool for precise, non-destructive fault localization in advanced semiconductor packages.

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IET Power Electronics | 2025

Impeding Dendritic Corrosion in Silicone Gel-Potted Power Module Isolation Trenches by Heating references Optotherm’s Sentris high-resolution thermal imaging system to characterize temperature distribution and validate the effectiveness of the heating approach in improving power module reliability.

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IEEE Xplore | 2024

Monolithic Integrated Micro-Thin-Film Thermocouples for On-Chip Temperature Measurement of GaN HEMTs captures infrared thermal graphs of the microheater using an Optotherm thermal imaging system for thermal analysis.

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IEEE Xplore | 2022

Impact of Inherent Design Limitat​ions for Cu–Sn SLID Microbumps on Its Electromigration Reliability for 3D ICs employs Optotherm's Sentris for lock-in thermography to locate the failure zones in stressed chips.

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Microelectronics Reliability | 2021

A Humidity-Induced Novel Failure Mechanism in Power Semiconductor Diodes discusses how lock-in thermography microscopy was used to localize failure hotspots using an Optotherm Sentris system.

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IEEE Xplore | 2018

Evaluation of LPCVD SiNx gate dielectric reliability by TDDB measurement in si-substrate-based AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT References an Optotherm thermal imaging microscope used to observe thermal variation induced by leakage current and to analyze the failure mechanism.

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Micro & Nano Letters | 2015

Out-of-plane buckled cantilever microstructures with adjustable angular positions using thermal bimorph actuation for transducer applications employs an Optotherm's InfraSight MI320 thermal imaging camera to perform thermal characterization of microscale components.

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