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The Power of Special Cause Variation: Learning from Process Changes

Special cause variation, I love to see it! That’s because I know I’m about to learn something important about my process. A ...
EDN

Matsushita Uses Mentor DFM Tools to Measure Process Variability

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said it is using Mentor Graphics Corp.’s Calibre OPCverify design-for-manufacturing (DFM) software for use in production at 65nm and below to examine the impact ...
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The Complete Guide to Understanding Control Charts: How They Work, and Which to Use

A process is in control when you can predict how the process will vary (within limits) in the future. If the process is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Controlling Variability Using Semiconductor Process Window Optimization

To ensure success in semiconductor technology development, process engineers must set the allowed ranges for wafer process parameters. Variability must be controlled, so that final fabricated devices ...