Thermography techniques for integrated circuits and semiconductor devices

Sensor Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-309

  Liu, Wenjun ^a   Yang, Bozhi ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit elements; Image processing; Thermoelectric devices

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROOPTICS;

CIRCUIT ELEMENTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREFLECTANCE;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 34548682524     PISSN: 02602288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02602280710821434     Document Type: Review

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