CAM-Workshop Program 2026

Day 1 (19 May 2026)

Session A: 3D Heterogeneous Integration

09:00 – 09:20 Frank Altmann Fraunhofer IMWS (DE) Welcome
09:20 – 09:40 Kristof Croes imec (BE) Keynote: Reliability challenges of Silicon Photonic devices and its related Failure Analysis challenges
09:40 – 10:40 Przemyslaw Jakub Gromala Robert Bosch GmbH (HU) Keynote: AI/ML-Driven Paradigms for Heterogeneous Integration: Digital Twin, Intelligent Reliability and Failure Analysis
10:40 – 11:20 Mikel Azpeitia Urquia ST Microelectronics (IT) Keynote: MEMS: Smart sensors for a sustainable AI

Session A (continued): 3D Heterogeneous Integration

11:00 – 11:20 Christopher Benndorf Fraunhofer IMWS (DE) Defect characterization for D2W bybrid bonding
11:20 – 11:40 Sergii Gudyriev XFAB (DE) XFAB´s photonic integration platform
11:40 – 12:00 Ryan Sweeney Global Foundries (US) Failure analysis techniques and lab requirements for silicon photonics fault isolation
12:00 – 12:20 Steffen Kurth Fraunhofer ENAS (DE) Characterization and test of photonic components in micro systems

Session A (continued): 3D Heterogeneous Integration

13:40 – 14:00 Fleming Bruckmaier Quantum Diamonds (DE) Quantum Diamond Microscopy for Non-Destructive Failure Analysis of an Integrated Fan-Out Package-on-Package iPhone Chip
14:00 – 14:20 Jiaqui Tang Jiaco Instruments (NL) Microwave Induced Plasma Etching for 2.5D/3D Advanced Package Sample Preparation
14:20 – 14:40 NN TESCAN (US) Correlative microCT Laser Optical & Electron microscopy for Rapid Decapsulation and Delayering of Advanced Package Devices in Consumer Electronics
14:40 – 15:00 Falk Naumann Fraunhofer IMWS (DE) Characterization and test of photonic components in micro systems

Session B: Wide Bandgap Technolgies

15:40 – 16:20 Vincent Gambin Northrop Grumman Corporation (US) Keynote: Development of next-generation UWBG electronics for high-reliability industry applications
16:20 – 16:40 Matthias Mühle Fraunhofer CMW (US) Diamond-based technologies including thermal cooling concepts
16:40 – 17:00 Mervi Paulasto-Kroeckel Aalto University (FI) AlN heat spreader substrates
17:00 – 17:20 Martin Čalkovský Thermo Fisher Sientific (CZ) Auto/semi-auto crystalline defect detection using ECCI in SEM on GaN

Day 2 (21. May 2025)

Session C: Tutorial

08:00 – 09:00 Sebastian Brand Fraunhofer IMWS (DE) Non-Destructive Defect Localization by Acoustic Microscopy

Session D: Advanced Failure Analyse Techniques

09:40 – 10:20 Rudolf Schlangen Nvidia (US) Keynote: New Challenges to IC Failure Analysis in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
10:20 – 10:40 Solomon Saul Neocera Magma (US) Performance of a 3D Magnetic Inverse
10:40 – 11:00 Marvin Holten  Diasense (DNK) Quantum Magnetic Microscopy for Semiconductor Failure Analysis
11:00 – 11:20 Markus Pfeiffer Robert Bosch GmbH (DE) Localization of Package Defects in Semiconductor Devices by EOTPR
11:20 – 11:40 René Hammer Point Electronic (DE) Ultra-Low pA-level Noise EBIC and RCI of High Impedance Samples
11:40 – 12:00 Heiko Stegmann ZEISS Microscopy (DE) See while you mill – SEM guided FIB milling and low kV finishing for leading-edge node semiconductor FA with ZEISS Crossbeam 750

Session E: Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization

13:20 – 13:40 Jeroen Jalink NXP (NL) None-destructive AI supported crack length measurements for physics of degradation modeling in BGA packages
13:40 – 14:00 Lorenz Heinemann Fraunhofer IMWS (DE) Noise in SAM Data: When Similar Signals Lead to Different Diagnoses
14:00 – 14:20 Bernhard Fichtl  Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH (DE) Exploring the value of instance segmentation & other AI methods for Failure Analysis
14:20 – 14:40 Andreas Moritz Meyer Global Foundries (DE) Digital workflows for efficient selection of FA candidates
14:40 – 15:00 Matias Volman Matworks GmbH (DE) Accelerating and standardization of failure analysis through digital workflows and machine learning
15:00 – 15:20 Leo Svenningsson  RISE (SWE) Federated Learning for Semiconductor Failure Analysis