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Issue No. 21 - (10/30/06 - Gate Leakage Testing)

Gate Leakage Testing
 


Electro-Thermally Induced Gate Leakage is a failure mode introduced in high temperature, high electric field environments such as in an automotive engine compartment. It occurs in plastic encapsulated bipolar and MOS technologies, and adversely affects the performance and reliability of an IC. The failure mode is reversible with a high temperature bake without bias. A standardized test (AEC-Q100-006) has been developed to test the sensitivity of an IC to this trapped-charge phenomenon.

Silicon Cert is pleased to announce in-house gate leakage testing capability, as it becomes one of the few test laboratories within the USA to offer this test.


For more information call us at 610-939-9500.


Reliability Testing
SCL, as a leading reliability testing company with many years of experience, can economically perform Random Vibration Testing as well as other reliability tests, including:

  • Mechanical Shock
  • Vibration
  • Accelerated Bias Aging
  • Autoclave
  • Temperature Cycling
  • Tin Whisker Studies
  • Damp Heat / THB
  • Cyclic Moisture
  • SAM Analysis
  • Thermal Shock
  • Fine & Gross Leak Detect
  • MSL and Preconditioning
  • Centrifuge
  • PIND
  • Cross-sectioning
  • HAST
  • SEM analysis
  • IC Decapsulation