Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA)

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Is the process of disassembling, testing, and inspecting a component for the purpose of determining conformance with applicable design and process requirements. This process of sample testing is used to ensure that a high reliability component or device is fabricated to the required standards. Destructive Physical Analysis is also used effectively to discover process defects for troublesome production lot problems.