Peng Hou

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Summary

• A well trained engineer with 6.5 years experience in semiconductor field

• 0.5 years experience of Principle Engineer in Yield group at Global Foundries

• 4 years’ experience of Application Engineer of bright field and dark field inspection equipment at Applied

Materials

• 2 years’ experience of New Product Integration at Intel packaging factory

• 3 years’ experience on materials characterization (SEM, TEM, XRD, IR) from graduate research at college

Expertise:

• Master semiconductor process and related defectivity at different process step

• Multiple visual inspection techniques with inspection algorithm, hardware knowledge and practice

Education

MS Masters 2007 Southwest Jiaotong University (China) in Biomedical Engineering (belongs to Material department,

studies bio materials).

BS Bachelor 2004 Southwest Jiaotong University (China) in Materials Science and Engineering

• Recommended for master study after Bachelor degree, as ranking in previous 10 of the whole college.

Publications

at Intel

IMEC paper (highest technical forum at Intel): yield improvement by 8% on shinning ball yield loss at ball

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attach module, 2011

during Education

• P. Hou, J. Sun, S.B. Zhou, J. Weng. Synthesis and Dispersion of Magnetic Nano Particls by a Surfantant

Mediad Approach, Key Engineering Material Vols.330 332 (2007) pp231 234. (cited by SCI)

• Hou Peng, Weng Jie, Zhao Peng, Zhao Jing, Peng Qian, Zhou Shaobin. Nano magnetic beads of Poly lactic

acid (PLA) produced by electro process. Journal of polymer. submitted

• P. HOU, J. WENG. Nano spherical beads of Poly lactic acid (PLA) produced by electro process. Journal of

letters. submitted

• Jing Sun, Shaobing Zhou, Peng Hou, et al. Synthesis and characterization of biocompatible Fe3O4

nanoparticles, Journal of biomedical materials research part A, 2006, 2(79). (cited by SCI)

Training

Application engineer (PSE) advanced training on bright field inspection – Uvision6, November 2013

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Application engineer (PSE) basic training on bright field inspection – Uvision5, September 2012

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GPS engineer on UVision4 and 5 hardware, totally 6 month from 2011 to 2012, Applied Materials, PDC, Israel

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Lessons include preventative, corrective and advanced corrective maintenance.

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Application engineer (PSE) advanced training on dark field inspection – complus 4T, Nov 2008, Applied

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Materials, PDC, Israel

Application engineer (PSE) basic training on dark field inspection – complus 4T, Aug – Nov 2007, Applied

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Materials, PDC, Israel

Experience

Global Foundries June 2014 till now

Principle engineer for Yield Engineer group Malta, NY, US

Key application: YMS, SPC, DWR, Kimber

Role:

• Monitor and control quality state of 300mm semiconductor process using SEM, Bright Field & Dark field tools.

• Using statistical process control charts for process monitor

• Using YMS for DOE data analysis for process change

• Lead process defect deduction plan

• Lead process defect monitoring strategy

Applied Materials – 2007 till 2009, & 2011 till June 2014

Application engineer (PSE), Malta, NY, US, 11/2012 – present

Xi’an, China, 08/2007 to 01/2009

Key tools:

• Complus Dark field inspection tool

• UVision Bright field inspection tool

• DR SEM electronic beam review tool

Role:

• Responsible for Applied Materials’ bright field and dark field inspection tool qualifications on specified

semiconductor layers

Inspection condition analysis of semiconductor surface morphology characteristics for nano defect detection

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Inspection recipe creation and Recipe troubleshooting

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Design, develop, perform, collect data, analyze and compile internal and external technical reports

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presentations on complex engineering recipes for multiple semiconductor products

Accomplishments

• Developed several algorisms that improved defect detection. Demonstrated better results of new generation

equipment comparing to previous generation and competitor, which benefits customer decision on more bright

field equipment purchase.

Global Product Support Engineer, Applied Materials, Israel, 06/2011 – 11/2012

Key tools: UVision Bright field inspection tool

Role:

• As the member of design center, responsible for the startup of new equipment installation in worldwide fabs

• Perform start ups through Tier II including process qualifications with assistance.

• Diagnose and provide solutions for complex system downs.

• Uses process data to diagnose and resolve hardware and application issues, by troubleshoots key technical

issues at the component level.

• Participated in resolving fab issues, closely with GPS and CE, to proactively ensure customer acceptance.

Intel – 2009 till 2011

New Product Integration Engineer on Ivy Bridge and MEROM product, Intel, Chengdu, China

Role

• Set and Managed transfer schedule and progress, lead the team, held daily meetings, across different

departments in the organization.

• Led technical integration tasks, led efforts for root cause drive to implement solutions.

Accomplishments

• Successfully lead Intel Core i5 transfer in from Intel Chandler Design center to Intel Chengdu

• Successfully lead Intel Core2 Duo transfer out from Chengdu Intel to Penang Intel factory

Awards & Activities in career

• Awarded by SMIC during application support for Complus 4T startup at Wuhan, China in July 2008

• Awarded for IMEC Oral presentation in Intel at Phoenix, US in January 2011

Awards & Activities at college

• Participated in the 19th International Symposium on Bio ceramics, and been invited for oral presentation

• Host the CCTV cup English speaking competition SWJTU postgraduate preliminary round

• Be minister of study department in college

• Be Vice president of computer association in university

• Be Tutor in college

• Be Monitor of class from Primary school to high school

• Hold universality recognition of ‘Excellent postgraduate’, ‘Excellent thesis for master degree’, ‘Excellent thesis

for bachelor degree’, and ‘Excellent student leader of Southwest Jiaotong University’

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