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Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis

Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 56k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advanced techniques and methodologies for failure analysis of integrated circuits. It covers a wide range of topics including photon emission microscopy, laser voltage probing, backside analysis, nanoprobing, fault localization, time-resolved imaging, and electrical characterization. The papers explore innovative approaches to identify and analyze failures in CMOS circuits and other semiconductor devices.

  • Failure Analysis
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Photon Emission Microscopy
  • Laser Voltage Probing
  • Backside Analysis
  • Nanoprobing
  • CMOS Circuits
  • Fault Localization
  • Time-Resolved Imaging
  • Electrical Characterization
Research works
56k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-4%
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Which countries lead Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 United States 1.2k works
  3. 3 India 549 works
  4. 4 Germany 378 works
  5. 5 Japan 322 works
  6. 6 South Korea 274 works
  7. 7 France 212 works
  8. 8 Taiwan 172 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 148 works
  10. 10 Italy 126 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 33.0%United States: 23.8%India: 10.9%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 24.8%33%largest
China1,666 · 33.0%United States1,204 · 23.8%India549 · 10.9%Germany378 · 7.5%6 others listed1,255 · 24.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, IMEC publishes the most Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis research, followed by University of Florida and Samsung (South Korea).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 IMECBelgium 68 works
  2. 2 University of FloridaUnited States 57 works
  3. 3 Samsung (South Korea)South Korea 56 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 49 works
  5. 5 Xidian UniversityChina 39 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 38 works
  7. 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 36 works
  8. 8 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 31 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 31 works
  10. 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis include W. Taylor and L. Gonella.

  1. 1 W. Taylor United States 8.2k citations
  2. 2 L. Gonella United States 6.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Clara and Leuven.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 365 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 172 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 168 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 132 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 117 works
  6. 6 Leuven Belgium 87 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 85 works
  8. 8 Singapore Singapore 74 works
  9. 9 Hsinchu Taiwan 70 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 69 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Santa ClaraUS · 60.7 works39×
  2. LeuvenBE · 87.5 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Florida, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Xidian University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 16.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Florida: 57, 15.1%Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham: 20, 22.8%Xidian University: 39, 9.7%National Institute Of Technology Silchar: 12, 1.4%Gazi University: 9, 60.8%The University of Texas at Dallas: 13, 9.7%National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: 26, 4.9%National Tsing Hua University: 14, 11.7%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 31, 11.7%Huazhong University of Science and Technology: 29, 19.6%Amrita Vishwa Vidyap…University of FloridaXidian UniversityNational Institute O…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of FloridaUnited States 66.715.1%9.2×57 +289.7%
2 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 50.322.8%6.1×20 +332.0%
3 Xidian UniversityChina 46.79.7%8.9×39 +2.8%
4 National Institute Of Technology SilcharIndia 45.61.4%11.9×12 +662.8%
5 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 44.960.8%4.8×9 -31.2%
6 The University of Texas at DallasUnited States 43.39.7%10.4×13 +39.5%
7 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan 43.14.9%10.8×26 -39.5%
8 National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan 41.411.7%9.7×14 -15.6%
9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38.511.7%3.1×31 +142.4%
10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 38.219.6%3.1×29 +93.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.