Title	Integrated Circuit Failure Analysis: A Guide to Preparation Technique
Author	Friedrich Beck
ISBN	0471974013
Publisher	John Wiley, Chichester
Date	1998
Description	Based on author’s experience at Siemens, Munich. Practical guide; well illustrated; contains hazards and suppliers lists.

Title	ESD Program Management: 2nd edn
Author	G Theodore (Ted) Dangelmayer
ISBN	0412136716
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Date	1999
Description	1st edition was called A Realistic Approach to Continuous Measurable Improvement in Static Control, and this remains the emphasis.

Title	Rating and Uprating of Electronic Products
Author	Diganta Das, Michael Pecht and Neeraj Pendse
ISBN	0970717423
Publisher	CALCE EPSC Press
Date	2004
Description	The aim of the book is to give the reader a well-defined, risk-informed methodology which will enable one to determine whether an electronics part will meet the performance requirements when used outside the manufacturer specified ratings, as listed in the part datasheet.

Title	Integrated circuit quality and reliability, 2nd edn
Author	Eugene R Hnatek
ISBN	0824792831
Publisher	Marcel Dekker, New York
Date	1995
Description	Covers manufacturing, assembly and test in some detail before looking at causes of failure in materials and processes.

Title	Accelerated reliability engineering: HALT and HASS
Author	Gregg K Hobbs
ISBN	047197966X
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, New York
Date	2000
Description	With emphasis on HALT (highly accelerated life testing) and HASS (highly accelerated stress screening) techniques, this book describes environmental stress screening techniques applied in the design phase in order to force failures that would otherwise appear later in the product’s life.

Title	Juran’s Quality Handbook, 5th edn
Author	A Blanton Godfrey and J M Juran
ISBN	007034003X
Publisher	McGraw-Hill
Date	1998
Description	Covers general management issues as well as its main thrust of quality improvement based around Juran’s model of the trilogy of processes – quality planning, quality control, and quality results – that underlie management for quality. “This book is massive, covers every aspect of quality engineering and management and is highly recommended” and contains “all the tools you could ever need to analyse problems and, most importantly, develop solutions”.

Title	Quality Planning and Analysis: from product development through use, 4th edn
Author	Frank M Gryna
ISBN	0070393680
Publisher	McGraw Hill, New York
Date	2000
Description	Comprehensive coverage of quality control principles and techniques, with not overly technical treatment. Earlier editions were co-authored by J. M. Juran: this updated edition includes issues such as electronic commerce, outsourcing, balanced scorecard, quality function deployment, project management, learning organization and supply chain management.

Title	Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook: Techniques and Applications for Electronic and Electrical Packages, Components and Assemblies
Author	ed. Perry L Martin
ISBN	0070410445
Publisher	McGraw-Hill, New York
Date	1999
Description	Drawing on a number of case studies, this book examines how EFA techniques are used by suppliers, designers and fabricators to limit systems and device malfunction. Major sections on techniques and the failure analysis of specific technologies. Reviewed at http://www.smartgroup.org/books/efah.htm.

Title	Statistical Process Control for Surface Mount Technology
Author	William S Messina
ISBN	0967503396
Publisher	Data Sleuths, USA
Date	1999
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Title	Applied statistics and probability for engineers: 2006 edn
Author	Douglas C Montgomery and George C Runger
ISBN	0471735566
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, New York
Date	2005
Description	“Easy to follow” book on statistical tools, including design of experiments and SPC, which is reported to be “ideal for those looking to improve or measure a process”. Examples and exercises are engineering-based, containing real data.

Title	†Statistical Process Control – A Really Practical Guide, 3rd edn
Author	John S Oakland
ISBN	Butterworth Heinemann
Publisher	0750644397
Date	1999
Description	A significant reworking of the earlier version. Presents the foundations of good quality management and process control, including an explanation of what quality is, and control of conformance and consistency during production. “Great for the newcomer to SPC in industry or management . . . simple language, minimising the use of formulae and mathematical proofs, with the added advantage of using examples that the reader can relate to. No prior knowledge of statistics is required.”

Title	Quality Conformance and Qualification of Microelectronic Packages and Interconnects
Author	ed. Michael G Pecht, Abhijit Dasgupta, John W Evans and Jillian Y Evans
ISBN	0471594369
Publisher	Wiley Inter-Science, New York
Date	1995
Description	Written with a different set of collaborators, and focusing on quality and reliability issues, this is not as successful as Pecht 1995. One gets the feeling that a common ‘prescription’ was followed in writing each chapter, to the detriment of depth of coverage of the topic. Harman 1989 has a much more useful in depth discussion of reliability and quality problems relating to wire bonding. Nevertheless, the sections on hermetic package failures are not easy to come by from other sources.

Title	Integrated circuit, hybrid, and multi-chip module package design guidelines: a focus on reliability
Author	ed. Michael G Pecht
ISBN	0471594466
Publisher	Wiley Inter-Science, New York
Date	1994
Description	The material in this book has obvious connections with the book on Quality Conformance and Qualification, combining material from a range of collaborators, and using a similar ‘prescription’ in arranging the material. More useful, in that the processes are better described.

Title	Taguchi Techniques for Quality Engineering: Loss Function, Orthogonal Experiments, Parameter and Tolerance Design: 2nd edn
Author	Philip J Ross
ISBN	0070539588
Publisher	McGraw-Hill Education
Date	1995
Description	Ross discusses Taguchi methodology in a practical way, keeping formal statistics to a minimum. There are many tables which can be used, although care should be taken not to use this as a ‘cook book’.

Title	†Electrostatic Discharge Protection for Electronics
Author	Neil Sclater
ISBN	0380683291
Publisher	TPR Books (McGraw-Hill), Blue Ridge Summit PA
Date	1990
Description	Practical advice on selecting test and control equipment, handling and storing semiconductors and other components, building static-free workstations, and creating a protective environment.

Title	Six Sigma for Electronics Design & Manufacturing
Author	Sammy G Shina
ISBN	0071395113
Publisher	McGraw-Hill Education
Date	2002
Description	Reviewed at http://www.smartgroup.org/books/six.htm

 

Title	Failure modes and mechanisms in electronic packages
Author	Puligandla Viswanadham and Pratap Singh
ISBN	0412105918
Publisher	Chapman & Hall, New York
Date	1998
Description	Details processes that enable detection, analysis and the prevention of failures, and provides a comprehensive account of the failures of device packages, discrete component connectors, PCB carriers, and PCB assemblies. A up-to-date compendium of failure mechanisms, which is well-assembled, and used by SAMC as a set text for reliability courses.

Title	Statistics
Author	James A Walker , Margaret M McLean, James W Matthew
ISBN	0340552468
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton Educational
Date	1993
Description	Encourages readers to look critically at the way statistics are used in the media and in everyday language. Includes exercises to encourage practical application of statistical techniques.

Title	The principles and practice of electron microscopy, 2nd edn
Author	Ian M Watt
ISBN	0521435919
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Date	1997
Description	Comprehensive and well illustrated , with case studies.