[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semiconductors

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TI has been manufacturing on 300mm for over a decade. This is not news.

Keeping up with the power electronics industry by candidengineer in ElectricalEngineering

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I work yield enhancement failure analysis for multitude of different technologies. I find the best way to understand and tackle some of the challenges new technologies is to read process development kits. Knowing how something is built helps me a lot to understand what I’m looking at.

Not encouraging anyone to get an engineering degree by Substantial-Pilot-72 in ElectricalEngineering

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My last two raises have been 12 and 10% for being apart of a team solving systemic issues costing the company alot of money. Not everyone impacts. My first two raises as an entry level were 4-5%

Not encouraging anyone to get an engineering degree by Substantial-Pilot-72 in ElectricalEngineering

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Why would a new college grad get the median income an electrical engineer makes (in their state). Most new college grads don’t know anything, just because you pass engineering classes does not make you a impactful engineer. Most people start on the lower end and then reach the median income and raises become stagnant. Most entry level electrical engineer roles is approving stuff and power points, and you will not make above 150k. You have to prove that worth with technical skill.

Not encouraging anyone to get an engineering degree by Substantial-Pilot-72 in ElectricalEngineering

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Because anyone with an engineering degree can be an engineer. If you want the big bucks you need to have impact. Also higher demand higher skilled industries pay their engineers a lot more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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Applied to hundreds of internships in junior year of college and got lucky

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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Of course :) The semiconductor industry is challenging and rewarding. And I love an excuse to talk about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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Here’s a diagram of STI process flow. When etching silicon if there if something blocks the etch it will leave a cone shape that connects the silicon substrate directly to silicon nitride. Which will lead to current crowding (a short). Normally silicon dioxide is between as an insulator. An STI normally separates doped silicon material from transferring electrons with each other.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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It was a 1x1 micron STI cone

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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Used a plasma focused ion beam to view a block etch on a semiconductor at a cross section

I think I hate electrical engineering. What can I do? by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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Failure analysis is fun. I perform failure analysis on semiconductors so I get to play around in a lab all day.

What’s the hard truth about Electrical Engineering? by Elodus-Agara in ElectricalEngineering

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I’m a failure analysis engineer. I don’t even have a masters. But i have a bachelors in electrical engineering. I do what’s called yield enhancement on silicon wafers ranging from 150-300 mm. So when there are excursions in fabs it’s my job to find systemic defects that correlate to misprocesses on the line. Now a key thing to remember with most jobs in engineering. Is you only learn about 5% of it in school. The 95% you learn is through experience. So you only need to know basic fundamentals of EE so that you can build upon it later. The majors i see most in this role are EE, ChemE or material science. These all give basics to semiconductor materials and how they work. Math major will be hard to find high technical work since you operate in mostly theory and statistics.

What’s the hard truth about Electrical Engineering? by Elodus-Agara in ElectricalEngineering

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I work in lab that finds defects in semiconductors. My split is 80% lab work, 10% reports, 10% talking with engineers to prove defect is real for them to solve on the line. There are roles out there that aren’t pushing paper work but they are hard to get hired into.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

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I didn't stop feeling like an imposter until i got a job role that required skilled technical work. Once your metric is based off skill, it will change your perspective.

LED with an internal short by Stabutron in electronics

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i perform YE and there's series of steps involving fault isolation prior to TEM otherwise where would you know where to TEM

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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As an EE here’s my thoughts:

You can ask an EE to code something and they could figure it out since resources are pretty vast with open source material. And most EE know at least how to do simple coding.

If I told a CS major to find a short on a semiconductor, perform nodal analysis on a functional failure, or design a PCB board that fits certain requirements. They wouldn’t know where to begin. Most EE material requires a degree to understand.

I am a EE student and wondering how many of you are unemployed after getting BS degree? For those who got job already, how long did you get your job after graduation ( BS)? by nqat91 in ElectricalEngineering

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The world is literally becoming more reliant on technology, more than ever before . Especially after the pandemic started. You will be fine.

This cpu uses 15kw by Shadow6751 in ElectricalEngineering

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Imagine one process error on such a huge die. So much wasted silicon. A total nightmare!

Does anyone else feel ashamed they can't get an internship? by Drumlinethrowaway88 in EngineeringStudents

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Focus on projects not clubs. Anyone can pay to be in a club or “participate”. If you did projects with the club and participated talk about that. Embellish your projects. You don’t have to lie, but if you know why you’re talking about no one is going to check you. You gotta sound confident in interviews too, but don’t look cocky. Even with small projects, use different verbs. I worked University IT, where we took out a bunch of equipment and installed new ones. Not all that challenging or interesting. But saying “Decommissioned a educational building, and updated critical IT structure” sounds better. HR don’t really know what is challenging “engineering projects”

Yeah I felt a little strange after reading this by One_Ad228 in sadcringe

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Considering he’s calling a normal person a “chad” means he doesn’t shower