1. NA Traceability Committee Liaison Report
Last updated, April 14, 2011

2. Committee Structure & Leaders
Traceability Committee Co-Chairs:
Win Baylies / BayTech Group
Yaw Obeng / NIST
Anti-Counterfeiting TF
L: Win Baylies
L: Dave Brown / Intel
L: Daryl Hatano / SIA
L: Dave Huntley / Kinesis
L: Yoichi Iga / NEC
L: Hideaki Ogihara / MKS Japan
November 2010

3. Meeting Information Last meeting Next meeting
March 31, 2011, NA Spring Standards Meeting
SEMI HQ in San Jose.
Next meeting
July 14, 2011, SEMICON West
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
for the latest update
November 2010

4. Next Ballots 5 Year Reapproval Ballots
Doc. 5168, Reapproval of SEMI T5-1106, Specification For Alphanumeric Marking Of Round Compound Semiconductor Wafers
Doc. 5159, Reapproval of SEMI M , Specification For Serial Alphanumeric Marking Of The Front Surface Of Wafers
Doc. 5160, Reapproval of SEMI M , Specification For Alphanumeric Marking Of Silicon Wafers
November 2010

5. International Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force
Unusual spike of inquiring on high level assembly boards have triggered recently. On the label, codes are randomly generated by Yottamark.
Series of inquiries triggered from various part of the world. These inquiries prove that the authentication is working.
Dave Brown will continue to monitor the situation and report back to the committee in San Francisco.
November 2010

6. Other interested Committees
Eu PV Automation Committee
PV Wafer Traceability TF
Doc. 5074, New Standard: Specification for Marking of PV Wafer
Doc. 5152, New Standard: Specification for Marking of PV Brick Respect with Wafer Edge
NA HB-LED Committee
HB-LED Wafer TF
Initial activity will revolve around 150 mm diameter sapphire wafer. The TF will discuss topics including thickness range, edge profile, orientation fiducial, and most relevant is wafer ID.
November 2010

7. SEMI Registry Status
The List of Authentication Service Body (ASB) Identification Code for SEMI T20, Specification for Authentication of Semiconductors and Related Products,
Approved as an Auxiliary Information AUX
Companies may submit request ASB code addition to SEMI AUX20.
To download a copy, visit or
November 2010

8. SEMI Maintains List of ASB
November 2010

9. SEMI Auxiliary Information AUX20
November 2010

10. Please contact Kevin Nguyen, SEMI NA at
Thank You!
Comments/Questions?
Please contact Kevin Nguyen, SEMI NA at
November 2010