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2025-Product Design Enhancement With Test Structures For Non-Contact Detection Of Yield Detractors
By PDF Solutions - 08 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

Abstract: Detection and monitoring of the yield loss mechanisms and defects in product chips have been a subject of extensive efforts, resulting in multiple useful Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) and Design-for-Test (DFT) techniques. Defect inspection techniques extend optical inspection further into sub-10 nm nodes, but many buried defects are formed as a result of multi-layer 3-D interaction... » read more

Improving Manufacturing Yields With Process Control Solutions
By Jonathan Holt - 08 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

Even after 20 years or so, process control continues to be a confusing or misunderstood technology. A short description of process control is an accurate one—It’s a means of controlling manufacturing equipment and reducing variability to improve yields and performance of the products manufactured through that equipment. Tools like PDF Solutions Fault Detection and Classification (FDC)... » read more

Nearly Invisible: Defect Detection Below 5nm
By Gregory Haley - 08 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

Detecting sub-5nm defects creates huge challenges for chipmakers, challenges that have a direct impact on yield, reliability, and profitability. In addition to being smaller and harder to detect, defects are often hidden beneath intricate device structures and packaging schemes. Moreover, traditional optical and electrical probing methods, trusted for decades, are proving inadequate against ... » read more

Hunting For Macro Defects
By Anne Meixner - 08 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

Detecting macro-defects early in the wafer processing flow is vital for yield and process improvement, and it is driving innovations in both inspection techniques and wafer test map analysis. At the wafer level, a macro-defect can affect more than one die, and in some cases large regions of a wafer. Finding macro defects can indicate a significant issue with a process module, a particular fi... » read more

Accelerating Digital Transformation With Tight Integration Of Manufacturing Data
By Jonathan Holt - 17 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Many semiconductor companies are involved in digital transformation of their overall processes and operations. Manufacturing is one of the most critical and value generating processes in a semiconductor company. Being able to tightly integrate manufacturing with the rest of the enterprise is a critical element of a successful digital transformation program. Recognizing the value of real-time... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 14 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

ASML and imec signed a five-year strategic partnership to advance semiconductor innovation and sustainable technology. The collaboration will leverage ASML’s full product portfolio, including high-NA EUV, DUV immersion, and advanced metrology tools, within imec’s pilot line for sub-2nm R&D. Supported by EU and national funding, it will also drive research in silicon photonics, memory, a... » read more

Cutting IC Manufacturing Costs By Combining Data
By Anne Meixner - 11 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the benefits of incorporating financial data into fab floor decision-making, including what kind of cost data is most useful, with Dieter Rathei, CEO of DR Yield; Jon Holt, senior director of product management at PDF Solutions, Alex Burlak, vice president of advanced analytics and test at proteanTecs; and Dirk de Vries, techni... » read more

Full-Chip Voltage Contrast Inference Using Deep Learning; You Only Look Once: Voltage Contrast (YOLO-VC)
By PDF Solutions - 11 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Abstract: The electron beam inspection methodology for voltage contrast (VC) defects has been widely adopted in the early stages of sub-10nm logic and memory technology development, as well as in new product introductions. However, due to throughput limitations, full-chip inspection at the 300mm wafer scale remains impractical for yield ramp and production applications. To address this challeng... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 21 Feb, 2025 - Comments: 0

The EU Commission approved €920 million in German State aid to support Infineon in setting up its Smart Power Fab in Dresden. Total funding for the Dresden site amounts to about €1 billion. PDF Solutions will acquire secureWISE for $130 million to expand the reach of its semiconductor manufacturing data platform, providing secure, remote access monitoring and control. Tariffs, trade, and ... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 14 Feb, 2025 - Comments: 0

Worldwide silicon wafer shipments declined nearly 2.7% to 12,266 million square inches in 2024, with wafer revenue contracting 6.5% to $11.5 billion, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group. CSIS released a new report, “Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy,” with detailed analysis and policy recommendations for building a secure mineral supply chain for semicond... » read more

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