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The Computer Journal 1993 36(1):97-105; doi:10.1093/comjnl/36.1.97
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A Multimedia Information System for IC Failure Analysis

S. C. Hui1 *, A. Goh1 * and L. H. Lau2 §

1 Division of Computer Technology, School of Applied Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263,, 2 National Semiconductor, 11 Lorong 3, Toa Payoh, Singapore 1231

An object-oriented approach for constructing an IC failure analysis system environment named Multi-ICFA is described. The MultiICFA enables the failure analyst to manage IC analysis information, which consists of video, graphical plot, film, image, and text description, through a user interface. In this paper, the characteristics of failure analysis in an IC device are described and a process of failure analysis, which is currently used by an IC manufacturer, is given. The architecture of the MultiICFA is outlined, which focuses on modelling and management of data. An object-oriented approach to design is adopted in the implementation of the system. The goal of the system is to enable the failure analyst to formulate event-driven queries through the user interface in order to display the test results of faulty IC devices.

Received October 1992.

* Division of Computer Technology, School of Applied Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263

§ National Semiconductor, 11 Lorong 3, Toa Payoh, Singapore 1231


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