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Table of Contents

1. An Overview of Electronic Devices and Their Reliability
2. Electronic Devices: Materials Properties Determine How They Operate and Are Fabricated
3. Defects, Contamination and Yield
4. The Mathematics of Failure and Reliability
5. Mass Transport-Induced Failure
6. Electronic Charge-Induced Damage
7. Environmental Damage to Electronic Products
8. Packaging Materials, Processes, and Stresses
9. Degradation of Contacts and Packages
10. Degradation and Failure of Electro-Optical and Magnetic Materials and Devices
11. Characterization and Failure Analysis of Material, Devices and Packages
12. Future Directions and Reliability Issues

About the Author

Dr. Milton Ohring, author of two previously acclaimed Academic Press books,The Materials Science of Thin Films (l992) and Engineering Materials Science (1995), has taught courses on reliability and failure in electronics at Bell Laboratories (AT&T and Lucent Technologies). From this perspective and the well-written tutorial style of the book, the reader will gain a deeper physical understanding of failure mechanisms in electronic materials and devices; acquire skills in the mathematical handling of reliability data; and better appreciate future technology trends and the reliability issues they raise.