{"id":119,"date":"2014-05-28T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/edfas\/technical\/desk-reference\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T10:48:04","slug":"desk-reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/edfas\/technical\/desk-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Microelectronics Desk Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Access to Desk Reference<\/h1>\n<p>As part of your EDFAS membership, you have access to&nbsp;<em>Microelectronics Failure Analysis Desk Reference, <\/em>Seventh&nbsp;Edition, which contains the items listed below.&nbsp; In order to view this content please visit your&nbsp;<a href=https://www.asminternational.org/"https:////eportal.asminternational.org//eportal//CPBase__profile/">My EDFAS<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n<p>Once there, please select the My Content&nbsp;tab on the left; here your will find all of your ASM\/EDFAS content including the&nbsp;<em>Microelectronics Failure Analysis Desk Reference, <\/em>Seventh&nbsp;Edition.<\/p>\n<p>The<i> Microelectronics Failure Analysis, Desk Reference, <\/i>Seventh Edition offers comprehensive information on advanced failure analysis tools and techniques, illustrated with real-life examples. This book includes information to help engineers improve their ability to verify, isolate, uncover, and identify the root cause of failures. 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