The Failure Analysis group specializes in root cause determination and analysis. Analysis expertise includes evaluation of field failures and returns, manufacturing process problems, evaluation of life cycle test failures, defect detection, contamination analysis, corrosion and environmental effects, and product design review. Failure Analysis reports provide a clear picture of the root cause, and include recommendations to avoid future failures - from component design, through material selection and processing. Over the last 18 years, thousands of evaluations have been performed.