SCHEDULE

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Wednesday
10/1/2008
  Thursday
10/2/2008
  Friday
10/3/2008
7:00 AM
Breakfast
7:00 AM 7:00 AM
Breakfast
7:00 AM 7:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Committee
8:00 AM 8:00 AM
Announcements
Committee
8:00 AM 8:00 AM
Announcements
Committee
8:10 AM
Keynote 1
Mostafa Rassaian
A Multidisciplinary Electronics Durability Analysis Tool with Unified Damage Model for Simulation of Accelerated Test & Flight Conditions
8:10 AM 8:10 AM
Keynote 2
Milena Vujosevic
Predictive Modeling and Drop/Shock Test for Assessment of Reliability of Lead-Free BGA Structures
8:10 AM 8:10 AM
Keynote 3
Reza Ghaffarian
Acceleration life/reliability/testing of electronic packaging and assemblies
9:00 AM
Tutorial
Joe Fjelstad
Printed Circuit Boards: Design, Structures, Manufacturing, Reliability, Testing
9:00 AM 9:00 AM
Physics of Failure
Abhijit Dasgupta
Drop Durability of BGA Assemblies
 
9:00 AM 9:00 AM
Case Studies Intro
Ping Zhao
The Application of Accelerated Stress Testing for Active Implantable Medical Devices during Qualification and Product Development
  9:30 AM 9:30 PM
Physics of Failure
William Roesch
Reliability Evaluation of RF Amplifier Flip Chip Bumps
9:30 AM 9:30 AM
Case Studies
Harry W. McLean
Estimating Field Failure Rate from the Results of HALT
  10:00 AM 10:00 AM
BREAK
15 Minutes
10:00 AM 10:00
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15 Minutes
10:15 AM
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15 Minutes
10:15 AM 10:15 AM
Reliability Session Intro
Charles Cohn
Via to Via Isolation versus
Quality of Via Formation in Organic Substrates

 
10:15 AM 10:15 PM
Case Studies
Paul Parker and Mike Silverman
To ALT or not to ALT:  A Case Study
 
10:30 AM
Tutorial
Milena Krasich
Accelerated Reliability Growth Testing based on the Physics of failure; Methodology for the Test Design and Test Failure Data Analysis
10:30 AM   10:30 AM  
  11:00 AM 11:00 AM
Reliability
Mike Silverman

Linking Leading Indicators with HALT and HASS
11:00 AM 11:00 PM
Case Studies
David Rahe
PCBA Sulfur Corrosion Test
 
  11:30 AM 11:30 PM
Lunch Speaker
Roger Hill
Wind Turbine Reliability - A Database and Analysis Approach
11:30 AM 11:30 AM
Case Studies
Tom Peters
Rolling out a HASS process to off shore contract manufacturers
12:00 PM
Lunch
ASTR 2008 Committee Meeting
12:00 PM   12:00 PM 12:00 PM
Lunch
 
1:00 PM
Tutorial
Vasu S. Vasudevan
Pb-free (SAC) Solder Joint Reliability Performances and Challenges Overview
1:00 PM 1:00 PM
Reliability
Sampsa Kuusiluoma
Connector Reliability Evaluation Using Salt Spray Testing
1:00 PM 1:00 PM
Equipment Session Intro
Gregg K. Hobbs
Elimination of the No Defect Found Problem

 
  1:30 PM 1:30 PM
Reliability
Stephen Meschter
Tin Whisker Considerations and New Standards for Managing Risks Associated with Lead-Free Solder Technology for Aerospace and Military Industries
 
1:30 PM 1:30 PM
Equipment Session
Kung-Jung (Kenny) Chung
The Development and Verification of Accelerated Life Testing Circuits for Tire Pressure Monitoring System 
  2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Reliability
Subhash G. Gedam
Addressing Effects of Uncertainties in Fault Tree Analysis using Bootstrapped Data
 
2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Equipment Session
Eung-Ju Kim
Accelerated Temperature and Voltage Stress testing System for
Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor Insulation Resistance
2:30 PM
Physics of Failure Session Intro
Abhijit Dasgupta, Yuxun Zhou
Vibration Durability Models for
Pb-free (Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu) and Pb-based (Sn37Pb) Solders

 
2:30 PM 2:30 PM
Equipment Session Intro
Gregg K. Hobbs
Why Uniformity and Repeatability Are Not Necessary in HALT and HASS

 
2:30 PM 2:30 PM
Equipment Session
Frank Fan Wang
Lead Free Solder Joints Accelerated Stress Comparison Testing
3:00 PM
BREAK
15 Minutes
3:00 PM 3:00 PM
BREAK
15 Minutes
3:00 PM 3:00 PM
Reliability
Silvestre Avila Hernández
Testing Different Electronic Technologies with Same Test Template
 
3:15 PM
Physics of Failure
Bob Sykes
Correlation of Failure Modes to Loading Speeds: High Speed Solder Ball Shear and Pull Tests Vs Board Level Mechanical Drop Tests
3:15 PM 3:15 PM
Equipment Session
Walter Fenk, John Schneider
Manufacturing Stress Test for Desktop Motherboard Products
3:15 PM  
  3:30 PM   3:30 PM 3:30 PM
Wrap-up, Closing Statements 
3:50 PM
Physics of Failure
Dima Smolyanski
Understanding Failures in Microelectronic Packages Using Time Domain Reflectrometry Measurements
3:50 PM 3:50 PM
Equipment Panel
   
4.20 PM
Physics of Failure
Keith Rogers
Accelerated testing of High Density PWBs to Characterize CAF Formation Failures
 
4:20 PM      
5:00 PM
Reception
5:00 PM      
6:30 PM
Intel Tour
6:30 PM      
  7:00 PM 7:00 PM
Dinner Cruise