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Short vertical flex cables.  We suspect the 3 cables in the right bag passed electrical checks.  The 6 cables on the right side of the left bag appear to be the cables identified as bad during the July 2018 BEI visit.  There are 5 white slips, all face down, but on at least one you can read the word "Failed".  We suspect the 5 cables on the left side failed electrical checks - it was noted during the July 2018 visit that there were some high resistance shorts that BEI was trying to address through a cleaning process.  Electrical connectivity needs to be verified.

 

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Photos of the long panels.  Two panels were etched.  The third panel was laminated but had no/minimal etching (there is a faint image of the circuit on the panel, which could either be photoresist or a very slight etch).

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Side view of the HEMT region, showing severe buckling in this region of the panel

Closeup Photos Taken Using CDMS / B33 Wire Bonder Microscope

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Photos of a delaminated trace that was deliberately bent over to allow view of underside of trace.

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Another photo of delaminated traces

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Photos of the transition between plated and unplated regions.  Note the significant narrowing of the unplated traces.  Some of the thinner unplated traces delaminated here.

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More photos in regions near the plated / unplated transition.

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Closeup of the narrow "chassis" trace, which had significant delamination in many cables.  There appears to be no good reason for this trace being so narrow.

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Miscellaneous Photos

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Photos of wire bonder inspection setup

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Paul's theory of what we are seeing

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Closeup of unetched panel(?)

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