• DocumentCode
    1257582
  • Title

    Physically-Aware Analysis of Systematic Defects in Integrated Circuits

  • Author

    Wing Chiu Tam ; Blanton, R.D.

  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    81
  • Lastpage
    93
  • Abstract
    Design-induced systematic defects are serious threats to the semiconductor industry. This paper develops novel techniques to identify and prevent such defects, which facilitate to evaluate the effectiveness of DFM rules and improve the manufacturing process and design for yield enhancement.
  • Keywords
    design for manufacture; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit yield; semiconductor industry; DFM rules; design-for-manufacturability; design-induced systematic defects; integrated circuits; manufacturing process; physically-aware analysis; semiconductor industry; serious threats; yield enhancement; Fault diagnosis; Feature extraction; Integrated circuit modeling; Systematics; Testing; DFM rule evaluation; Systematic defects; layout analysis; volume diagnosis; yield learning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7475
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDT.2012.2211093
  • Filename
    6257512