Outstanding Issues in Compound Semiconductor Reliability

Can we proclaim that Compound Semiconductors are reliable? This discussion is meant to look back at progress in reliability evaluations over the last two decades, identify a few items that have been learned, and select what challenges remain. While addressing various issues, it is the accumulation of data and information which forms the basis of an assessment of reliability. In the end, reliability is simply an insightful perception of stability and maturity, based upon experience.

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