| Application |
Location |
Analyze for |
Objective |
Equipment |
| Mobile Phone, etc |
Optical waveguide |
Composition of foreign material |
Root cause identification of Foreign material contamination |
EPMA |
PCB trace
|
Condition of Foreign material Composition of Foreign material
|
Root cause identification of Electrical Short |
Flat cable
|
Condition of disconnection (breakage)
|
Root cause identification of breakage |
OM,SEM |
| Body surface |
Composition of surface contamination |
Root cause identification of Painting peel-off |
XPS |
| Charging terminal |
Shape |
Root cause identification of Contact defect |
SEM |
| Element composition of Foreign material |
EPMA,SAM |
| Identification of Organic Foreign material adhered |
FT-IR,XPS |
Laptop PC
|
Connector |
Shape of Solder joint area |
Estimation of cause of breakage |
SEM |
| Observation /analysis of joint area |
Root cause identification of conductive defect |
EPMA |
| Body surface |
Invisible foreign material contamination |
Root cause identification of Sticker peel-off |
XPS |
Hard Disk
|
Head area cross section
|
Composition of abnormal area in structure |
Root cause identification of Resistance defect |
SAM |
| Cushion material |
Contained Ion |
Judgment on serviceability (As a head crush prevention)
|
IC |
| Organic gas thermally generated |
GC-MS |
| Medium contamination risk |
XPS |
Plastic component
|
Material quality |
Main constituent resin control |
FT-IR |
| Filler control |
TG/DTA,EPMA |
| Organic additive control |
FT-IR,GC-MS |
| Optical Disk |
Metal pin |
Shape of broken surface |
Root cause identification of breakage |
SEM |
| Mirror |
Foreign material contamination |
Root cause identification of contamination |
FT-IR,EPMA |
| Printer |
Removal lever
|
Shape of broken surface |
Root cause identification of breakage |
SEM |
| Printing section |
Composition analysis of Ink constituent |
Printing ink constituent |
FT-IR |
| Element analysis on printing blot |
Root cause identification of printing bolt |
EPMA |