Counterfeit

Components..
Risk & Reality from
Counterfeit Presentation
Part 1: Major Source of Threat

Part 2: The Threat is Refined

Part 3: Threat Mitigation @ SMT

 Part 1:
Major Source of
Threat
China Trip
2008
 City of Shenzhen
China’s Main Entry Point
of Counterfeit Electronics
Into the Global
Marketplace
Reels of 0402
Case Size
Capacitors
Vehicle Inspection
Point Just Outside
City of Shantou
Electronic Debris Stored
in Front and Back Yards
Seen While Driving
Through City Streets
 Components Being
Washed in the River &
Laid on Bank to Dry
Components on River Bank
Drying
Washing Components in River
Pulled Components
Drying on City
Sidewalks, then
Separated by Type
 0402 Case Size Capacitors
($.0025 ea from Fran. Disty)
 Pulled Components
Stored in Bags, Being
Delivered and Awaiting
Processing
Floor #1
Pulled Components
Sorted by Sifting
 Shantou Warehouse:
Boards Stacked, Waiting
for Chip Removal
Targeted Components Have
Already Been Removed
 Pulled Components
Prepared for
Counterfeiting Process
Remarked Components
Ready for Counterfeit
Packaging and
Distribution thru
Shenzhen’s Global
Market
 1997 Parts
Remarked as
2006: Nine
Years Difference
Counterfeit Cisco Card
Grim Reality of
the Counterfeit
Global
Distribution
Network
 Life of a Counterfeit Component
• Created 1st week of August, 2010 in
Shantou China
• 10,000 Identical (lot/dc) parts
• All were Immediately put up for sale
• Over next 6-12 months the 10,000
Identical (lot/dc) parts have been split up
into smaller groups and found new homes
around the world
Before
After
 Canada UK

Germany Beijing
NY
Shenzhen
Japan
CA FL
Israel Shantou
India

Philippines

This counterfeit lot has found

MANY homes Globally over a 6-
12 month period
Life Span to Threaten Industry?
Indefinite!
Counterfeiting:
Not Just
Components
Counterfeit
factory box
 LOGO AUTHENTICATION

FAKE

REAL
 Moisture
Level
Inconsistency
On “Factory”
Labels
Spelling Errors

Dec
Date
John Doe??
 Counterfeit
OCM
“Certificates of
Compliance”
(C of C)
Counterfeit OCM Cert Envelope
Over 20 Years of Black-
Topping and Remarking
Original Date Code 8829

1 2 3

Remarked Date Code 9115

SLOPPY BLACK-TOPPING
Laser-Etch Remarking Still
Visible After Black-Topping
Has Been Removed
After Black-Top Removal

Laser-Etch Still Remains

 Part 2:
The Threat is
Refined
 New Threat!
(July 2009)
Highly-Engineered Black-Top
Material Designed to Evade
Detection on Counterfeited
Plastic Encapsulated
Microcircuits (PEMS)
Exemplar
Top
Surface

Suspect
Top
Surface
 Exemplar
Top
Surface
Virtually
Identical Surface
Features
Suspect
Top
Surface
Exemplar
Pin-One
Cavity

Suspect
Pin-One
Cavity
Suspect Pin-One
Cavity
Suspect

Pure Acetone – No Affect

Pure Acetone – 7 Day Soak
7 Day Soak – Wipe Test Has No Affect

Suspect
 New Blacktop Material
Could Only Be Removed
With an X-acto Knife
Suspect – scratch test
removes blacktop material
 Scanning
Electron
Microscope
(2 Systems)
Exemplar
Device
Top

“Cornrow”
Etch Process
Suspect
Device
Top
Exemplar
Device
Side
Overspray
Visible
Suspect
Device
Side
Energy Dispersive X-Ray
(2 Systems)
 Spectrum Analysis of
the Suspect Device
Top Surface Area

o n m n y
r b i u o o n
C a a n t i m il i c
T it An S

Suspect
 Energy Dispersive
Spectroscopy (EDX)
Test Results on New
Blacktop Material
Spectrum Analysis of the
Exemplar Device Top
Surface

Exemplar
Spectrum Analysis of the
Suspect Device Top
Surface
u m
i n
lu m
A

Suspect
Scanning Acoustic
Microscopy
(SAM)
Internal Imaging
Results
 Acoustic
Microscopy
(1 System)
Exemplar
Device
Topside
Internal
Image Scan
Suspect
Device
 Side by Side
Comparative
Image Analysis
Exemplar would pass since
the bonding
layout and die
features are
identical.
Suspect
 Exemplar
Device Die

Identical Die
Suspect
Device Die
 New Blacktop Threat- Recap
• Identical visual surface characteristics
• Impervious to Acetone (RTS)
• Identical surface element makeup
• Identical Real-Time X-Ray images
• Authentic die
• Will probably pass functionality
 So how bad IS the
Counterfeit problem
we face?
 Global Impact on Industry

Perception
of the
Counterfeit
Problem
Counterfeit Problem
Perception
Global Impact on Industry

Reality of the
Counterfeit
Problem
 SMT
Purchase
Order Terms
&
Conditions
re:
Counterfeit
Product
 Part 3:
Counterfeit Threat
Mitigation at SMT
 SMT Overview
• Established in 1995.
• Independent Stocking Distributor
• Woman Owned Small Business
• Over 120,000 line items in-stock of obsolete
& DMS-type component products
• 72,000 sf. facility specifically engineered for
the proper storage, inspection, and
distribution of ESD and humidity sensitive
electronic components.
 SMT Corporation
Certifications & Memberships
• AS9120:2002 CERTIFIED
• ISO9001:2000 CERTIFIED
• ISO14001:2004 CERTIFIED
• OHSAS 18001:2007 CERTIFIED
• ANSI/ESD-20.20:2007 CERTIFIED
• WBENC CERTIFIED
• IDEA MEMBER
• ERAI MEMBER
• GIDEP MEMBER
• AIA MEMBER
 SMT 72,000 sq ft
Facility & Property
Holdings

12 Acre site
owned by
SMT –
Purchased in
2010 for
Future
Facility
Expansion
9 Acre site owned
by SMT -
Developed in 2003
Facility Relative Humidity
Environmental Controls
and Safeguards for
Component Storage at
SMT
 Complete
Warehouse
Dehumidification
System
Dehumidification System
Networked 60-ton “Desert Aire”
System installed in critical
component storage / handling areas
– 45% Max RH allowed year-round.
 Complete
Warehouse
Dehumidification
System
45% RH Year Round
Humidification Systems
Multiple networked units installed in
critical component handling /
inspection areas – 25% Min RH
allowed year-round.
All humidification systems are
integrated with the associated
facility HVAC systems.
 Monitored
Humidification
Units (3 total)
Wall Humidistat
(On Network)
 60,000 SF
ESD Floor
Treatments
 ESD Test Point
all Employees
must pass thru to
reach component
work areas.
20,000 sf Blue Warehouse
30,000 sf Red Warehouse
 Tape / Lab Area
Reel
Lab Area
S/R
- Floor plan
Blue Warehouse Red Warehouse
Lab Data 20,000 sq ft 30,000 sq ft
Area Entry

Office Areas

ESD treated floor area – 60,000 sq ft

 Incoming
Order
Processing
Area
(10 Stations)
 Outgoing
Order
Processing
Area
(12 Stations)
Tape & Reel
(9 Stations)
 Baking &
Dry Packing
(4 Stations)
Analysis Labs
#1 & 2 -
(10 Stations)
X-Ray, SEM,
EDX & AM
Lab Area

Sample
Preparation
Lab Area
 Minimum Inspection for
Open-Market Product
• Visual Inspection - 100%
• X-Ray Inspection – 100%
• XRF Inspection – 2 / lotdc
• SEM Surface Inspection – 2 / lotdc
• RTS Inspection – 2 / lotdc
• Solderability – 2 / lotdc
• Scratch Test – 2 / lotdc
• Heated Solvent – 2 / lotdc
• Decap - Die Verification – 2 / lotdc
 Product Inspection

SMT’s In-House
Component Quality &
Authentication
Analysis Process
EMPLOYEE
TRAINING!
QC Lab Mgr: Jason Romano
QC Insp Mgr: Kimberly Costa
 Documented
Visual Inspection
Packaging
Inspection
Package Verification & Condition
Marking Permanency (RTS)
Heated Solvent
Testing
(2 Systems)
Documented
Visual
Inspection
Checklist
Datasheet Comparison
Mechanical Verification
Documented
Datasheet
Comparison
Data
Documented
Component
Photos
 FRONT IMAGE

REAR IMAGE
Documented
Photo
Inspection
Data
 Documented
XRF RoHS Testing
 X-Ray
Fluorescence
(2 Systems)
Documented
XRF-RoHS
Test Data
 Documented
Real Time X-Ray
Imaging
Real-Time X-Ray
(2 Systems)
Match Pin-Out to Datasheet
 Intel Harris

Intersil OKI
 Automated
Real-Time X-Ray for
100% inspection of
parts on reels
Automated
Real-Time
X-Ray
(2 Systems)
Current X-Ray Field
Reference Part
of View (FOV) Current Part

Current
Pass/Fail/Review
Data
Documented
X-Ray
Inspection
Data
Documented
Solderability
Testing
 Automated
Solderability
(2 Systems)
 Bath Test

Globule Test
 PASS
Force

Wetting Curve

Minimum amount of
force required to pass

Time
Documented
Solderability
Test Data
 Documented
Acid-Etch
Decapsulation &
Die Verification
 Acid-Etch
Decapsulation
(4 Systems)
Documented
Die
Inspection
Data
Scanning Electron
Microscope
(2 Systems)
 Energy
Dispersive
X-Ray
(2 Systems)
 Acoustic
Microscopy
(1 System)
 A copy of the
“Certificate of Analysis”
document is shipped with
order to verify quality and
authentication inspection
has taken place
 Tom Sharpe
VP - SMT Corporation
tsharpe@smtcorp.com
203-270-4705 – DD
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