• DocumentCode
    3259935
  • Title

    Reliability assessment of EPROM memory retention for wafer level sort programming

  • Author

    Yeoh, Teong-San ; Hu, Shze-Jer

  • Author_Institution
    Intel Technol., Penang, Malaysia
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    27 Nov-1 Dec 1995
  • Firstpage
    212
  • Lastpage
    217
  • Abstract
    The feasibility of programming microcontroller EPROM memory in the wafer sort operation instead of the backend test operation is studied. The major concern is EPROM charge loss due to heat treatments during the assembly processing. Theoretical and experimental evaluations as discussed in this paper have shown that wafer level sort programming is a viable option with no impact to quality and reliability
  • Keywords
    EPROM; MOS digital integrated circuits; PLD programming; integrated circuit reliability; microcontrollers; EPROM memory retention; charge loss; heat treatments; reliability assessment; wafer level sort programming; Assembly; Dielectric losses; EPROM; Electrons; Equations; Manufacturing; Microcontrollers; Nonvolatile memory; Read only memory; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 5th International Symposium on the
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2797-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPFA.1995.487625
  • Filename
    487625