Kenneth Weber
Colorado Springs,CO
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Yield Enhancement Engineer
Microchip Technology
Colorado Springs, CO
07.2017 - Current
- Company Overview: Microchip acquired Atmel in 2016
- Website not provided
- Hired by Microchip (Microchip acquired Atmel in 2016) after being contacted by previous Yield Enhancement Managers
- Provide comprehensive support for the wafer fab by monitoring microcontroller and flash memory electrical test and sort yield, rapidly identifying root cause of shifted electrical parameters and poor yielding product and determining appropriate corrective actions
- Collaborate with the Failure Analysis Lab, the Device Lab and Test & Product Engineering for root cause analysis, device characterization and resolution of test program issues
- Converted Microchip from data visualization software Spotfire DecisionSite to Tibco Spotfire Analyst by recreating hundreds of information links from the old software into the new software format as well as creating new links requested by engineers for data extracts
- Selected to take on Product Development role, leading the creation of process flows and processes needed to transfer discrete Zener diodes, Schottky diodes and power MOSFET products from foundries used by organizations acquired by Microchip
- Personally responsible for electrical measurements on Zener and Schottky Diode products using Frothingham Diode Tester and Curve Tracer
- Microchip acquired Atmel in 2016
- Website not provided
Flexible Capacitive Touch Screen Yield Engineer
Unipixel Inc.
Colorado Springs, CO
05.2015 - 06.2017
- Company Overview: Website not provided
- Continued support as sole Yield Enhancement Engineer after XSense (Atmel) was purchased by Unipixel
- Responsible for all electrical yield data analysis for flexible capacitive touch screens manufactured to determine issues present and determine corrective actions
- Executed issue analysis and solution development for all customer issues
- Implemented a format for electrical data analysis that supported all products and testers, replacing a product/tester specific format that required every lot manufactured to be manually evaluated
- Developed a bright light inspection for starting material to detect issues, preventing defective material from being introduced into the product line
- Website not provided
Flexible Touch Screen Fab Yield Engineer
Atmel Corporation XSense
Colorado Springs, CO
01.2013 - 04.2015
- Company Overview: Website not provided
- Transitioned from wafer fab to support Atmel’s flexible capacitive touchscreen startup as sole Yield Engineer
- Worked seven days a week during initial startup to support development projects needed to bring up the touchscreen line by providing summaries of key indicators at daily operations meetings
- Evaluated electrical test results to identify root causes of poor yielding product and provide corrective action recommendations
- Assessed customer returns and reliability test failures and reported on root cause and corrective actions
- Developed methods to isolate low yield through hand probing, visual inspection, and key tool analysis
- Implemented major changes to yield analysis software, significantly increasing the capability to identify precise sensor failure modes
- Website not provided
Fab Senior Yield Engineer
Atmel Corporation
10.2003 - 12.2012
- Company Overview: Website not provided
- Provided comprehensive Yield Enhancement support for the wafer fab by monitoring microcontroller and flash memory electrical test and sort yield, rapidly identifying root cause of shifted electrical parameters and/or poor yielding product and directing needed experiments and process changes
- Volunteered to serve as the Yield Engineer for an understaffed technology group during a product transfer to a Korean Foundry
- Coordinated all E-Test, sort, bitmapping and yield/DOE evaluations
- Took over all flash memory and microcontroller E-TEST engineering responsibility on top of normal yield responsibilities for a five-month period due to staffing shortage
- Evaluated, characterized, and implemented a modified shallow trench isolation etch process to alter the trench shape to significantly reduce junction breakdown and improve microcontroller yields
- Traveled to China foundry in preparation for product transfer
- Website not provided
PECVD Process Engineer
Atmel Corporation
02.2002 - 09.2003
- Company Overview: Website not provided
- Website not provided
Process Engineering Technician
Atmel Corporation
03.1995 - 01.2002
- Company Overview: Website not provided
- Website not provided
Fab Operator
Atmel Corporation
12.1992 - 02.1995
- Company Overview: Website not provided
- Website not provided
Timeline
Yield Enhancement Engineer
Microchip Technology
07.2017 - Current
Flexible Capacitive Touch Screen Yield Engineer
Unipixel Inc.
05.2015 - 06.2017
Flexible Touch Screen Fab Yield Engineer
Atmel Corporation XSense
01.2013 - 04.2015
Fab Senior Yield Engineer
Atmel Corporation
10.2003 - 12.2012
PECVD Process Engineer
Atmel Corporation
02.2002 - 09.2003
Process Engineering Technician
Atmel Corporation
03.1995 - 01.2002
Fab Operator
Atmel Corporation
12.1992 - 02.1995
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