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Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook

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After I read this book, I passed it to my Engineers, and afterwhich I never have a chance to access it anymore, as both my Engineers just won't let go!

This is indeed "THE BIBLE" for Failure Analysis. It covers most of the techniques needed for each type of FA, like X-ray imaging, SAM, Thermal imaging, Metallography, Chemical Characterization, SEM/EDX, and Electronic Failures. The best of it all is that in Part 2, it is organized in terms of equipment techniques; in part 3, it is organized in terms of products, like PCB, PCBA, connection, component, etc. As such it give you the flexibility either go to Part 2 and learn about how and what types of failure analysis a particular equipment can perform, or go to Part 3 and find out the sequence of which equipments is to used first for a particular failure mode.

However, I need to highlight that the though there are tons of photos in the book, the quality of the photos need lots of improvement. Many a times, it takes me long time to figure out what's in the photos. Maybe some highlights or markings at the particular spot of interest in the comparison of the photos would help some novice readers to appreciate better

The best thing I can say about this book is that I use it every day. Well organized and easy to use. Well done

We are really dealing with a first class book on the subject. In it you can find a lot of greatly useful informations about F.A. from the testing techniques to the study cases.
To me, what I found impressive is the detailed description of the analysis testing techniques covering the technology description of them and the correct case in which recall them.
For sure a book that you will find helpful. Well spent money!

This book is a very useful reference for physical failure mechanisms in electrical equipment, and for the methods to detect those failures. I can't imagine any electrical engineer who would not refer to this book time and time again. Different mechanisms are described in detail and specific methods are given for some inspection techniques. There are a lot of hard numbers in here which makes the book much more than just a high-level overview; for example, relative distributions of failure types are given for different component types (eg. a problem with a rectifier diode will be a short-circuit about 51% of the time). The author goes into quite a lot of detail but the information is well-organised and easy to read even for those who might not be involved in detail hardware design, inspection and analysis. It is, as far as I am aware, very comprehensive.

As the other reviewers have noted it would be better if the pictures were a little clearer and perhaps in colour, and if a newer revision was available. However, for about $100 you will get enormous value for money with this excellent reference book and you will want to keep it within easy reach.