Lecture 32 (CHE 323) Semiconductor Manufacturing Yield

[@carlam6669]

My first job out of college in 1972 was writing software to test memory chips at Fairchild Semiconductor in Moutain View, CA. At that time, each chip was quickly tested before the wafer was scored and broken apart. The wafer tester would step from chip to chip and drop a set of probes on the connection pads to execute the test. When a chip failed, a drop of red ink would be deposited on the chip to indicate that it should not be assembled into a package. They were so desperate for yield then that if one (or multiple in the right locations) memory cells failed, such chips were put into one of five special categories such that their address lines could be connected in such a way that five memory chips could appear as four fully functional chips.

[@RWS878]

yield rigging

[@ChrisMack]

PDF copies of all the slides in this course are available at: www.lithoguru.com/scientist/CHE323/course.html

[@azmnowzeshhasan4956]

Great lecture on basic understanding.

[@rajasekharrevannuru5484]

Thank you very much sir. Your elaborate tutorials have helped me to increase my knowledge base. I'm from the EDA industry and I'm currently working on Yield exploration and management related projects. I can't thank you enough for spreading your knowledge and experience via these tutorials.

[@ddmmll79]

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[@chrismack783]

I'm glad you find them useful!

[@MrAbinashtripathy]

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[@croissant8460]

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[@mudassirali6837]

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