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Finding the fault. Fixing the process.

A presentation on electrical checks, device communication, and functional testing—and feeding discoveries back into procedures.

Professional experience · Interview presentationTanner Carlson
01 / Electrical checksCHECK
02 / CommunicationCONNECT
03 / FunctionVERIFY

The work

The presentation describes preparing semiconductor-manufacturing modules for system integration through electrical checks, device communication setup, and functional testing.

A repeatable troubleshooting approach

  1. Notice and describe the failure.
  2. Investigate using measurements, schematics, and device documentation.
  3. Implement a correction and verify the function.
  4. Report the finding so the procedure or build instructions can improve.

Examples from the presentation

The examples cover a power-wiring fault, a motor-controller communication problem, and a wafer-vacuum setup issue. Each connects troubleshooting to a correction in documentation or procedure.

The broader lesson

A repair can solve an immediate problem. Feeding the finding back into instructions can help the next module move through testing more reliably. The presentation also discusses bottlenecks, trade-offs, and the value of improving a repeatable process.

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