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’