FTIR Services In The Electronics Failure Analysis Lab

What is Fourier Transform Infrared?

At our electronics failure analysis lab, a sophisticated piece of scientific apparatus called fourier transform infrared analysis, often known as FTIR spectroscopy, is utilized to scan material samples and examine chemical properties. An FTIR scanning microscope can tell you what chemicals are in organic materials like oils, fluxes, polymers, and sometimes inorganic materials as well.

How Do FITR Services for Electronic Failure Analysis Work?

The engineers in our microelectronics failure analysis lab utilize the FTIR scanning microscope to send infrared radiation of around 10,000 to 100 cm-1 through an electronic component or material while they conduct root cause analysis of failure. Radiation can either be absorbed or passed through.

The sample molecules transform the absorbed radiation into vibrational and/or rotational energy. Once IR light is either absorbed or reflected, a signal is detected and displayed as an IR spectrum, thus creating a “fingerprint” of the substance.

The Fourier transform, a mathematical procedure used to turn the raw data into the spectrum, is the source of the name Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.

How Does the Fourier Transform Infrared Work in Our Electronics Failure Analysis Lab?

At our electronics failure analysis lab, we assess manufactured electronics material using the well-established analytical technique known as FTIR spectroscopy. The first step in our failure analysis engineers’ procedure for analyzing electronic failures frequently involves FTIR spectroscopy.

Next, using a database of more than 50,000 organic elements, the IR spectrum fingerprint may be compared, much like the facial recognition systems featured in many law enforcement television series. Samples as tiny as 1010 square microns are possible (a micron is a millionth of a meter, about a tenth the diameter of a hair).

In essence, FTIR services are a way to measure infrared absorption and emission. At our lab for analyzing electronic failures, we employ FTIR spectroscopy to:

• Determine and classify unidentified items
• search for and spot contamination on or in a material
• To identify oxidation, decomposition, and other reasons of failing electronic components, conduct failure analysis investigations.

Our electronics failure analysis lab’s highly qualified and experienced engineers are capable of handling any printed circuit board (PCB failure analysis), integrated circuit (IC failure analysis), complex system, or even a simple single semiconductor component. We can sort through the chaos and identify the flaw or anomaly at the root of your problems.