The Design Engineer: Weak link or Warrior in the ESD Battle?

When:
October 19, 2016 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm America/New York Timezone
2016-10-19T17:30:00-04:00
2016-10-19T21:00:00-04:00
Where:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
3 Forbes Rd
Lexington, MA 02421
USA

Reliability Society (Co-sponsored by NE-ESDA)

Agenda:
5:30-6:00 Sign In, Networking, Light Dinner & Refreshments
6:00-6:10 Chapter Chair Greetings & Announcements
6:10-8:00 Ginger Hansel, Director of ESD Program Management, Dangelmayer Associates LLC
8:00-8:15 Q&A session, meeting adjourns

Ginger Hansel, Director of ESD Program Management, Dangelmayer Associates LLC, joint meeting with NE-ESDA at MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA.

Design Engineers strive to incorporate ESD protection into chip designs, but they are often unclear about the best way to handle the physical devices. The Industry Council on ESD Targets documented a need to lower both the HBM and CDM thresholds with the confidence that factories already had the appropriate ESD control programs in place. However, many engineering labs do not understand or follow industry ESD guidelines and are unaware of the potential jeopardy created by these lower thresholds. Anyone doing device testing, characterization, TLP stress testing, board level analysis or upgrading their own computer should know basic ESD control techniques. This seminar will include practical ESD control tips for engineering labs as well as how to set up and monitor a comprehensive ESD control program. Real world examples will show the increased ESD risk of Charged Board Events (CBE), the surprising damage due to hand tools and how to use event detectors to identify ESD threats. You’ve spent a lot of effort doing careful designs – now take good care of your valuable test chips and prototype engineering samples.

19 October - Reliability - Hansel

Ginger Hansel joined Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector in 1981 as a Test Process/Equipment Engineer to analyze and improve manufacturing operations. She founded and led the manufacturing ESD control team that trained, audited, qualified materials, and established innovative solutions throughout the semiconductor sector. Under her leadership, the team reduced a 40% failure rate in one test operation to almost zero through the targeted introduction of specific ESD control materials and ESD Awareness training. Ginger brought ESD awareness to her other roles as Engineering Section Leader, Technical Training Manager, QA Engineer, Business Metrics Engineer, Data and Document Control Manager, Program Manager and Technical Product Marketing Manager. Ginger retired from Motorola/Freescale in 2004.

She has published numerous magazine articles and technical papers on effective ESD control programs and awareness training; examples include “The Production Operator: Weak Link or Warrior in the ESD Battle” and “Cost Effective Failure Analysis Method for Detecting Failure Site Associated with Extremely Small Leakage”. She has taught seminars and workshops around the country and abroad. For over 20 years, Ginger has held leadership positions in the International ESD Association such as President, Board of Directors, Chairman of the Association Council on Education and has served on the Steering, Technical Program, Standards, and other committees.

Ginger initiated the NARTE ESD Certification in 1992 and is a certified ESD control engineer. She is currently on the board of directors for the Texas ESD Association.

Ms. Hansel received a BS in Natural Sciences (Psychology) and a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology, both from the University of Houston. She received her MBA (Executive Option II program) from the University of Texas.

Meeting Location: 3 Forbes Rd, MIT Lincoln Laboratory — Forbes Rd, Lexington, Massachusetts