Using test data to improve IC quality and yield

  • Authors:
  • Anne Gattiker

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research, Austin, TX

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The complexity of interactions in today's manufacturing processes makes test structures and experiments inadequate as sole drivers of yield-learning and design-for-manufacturing [DfM]. They must be driven by product impact. Product-impact-oriented test-based learning provides insight into the nature of model-hardware mismatches and variability that exist on and impact real products. That insight can be used to drive both parametric and defect-oriented process actions and DfM.