Semiconductor wafer defect pattern recognition and classification is a crucial area of research that underpins yield enhancement and quality assurance in microelectronics manufacturing. The discipline ...

Partially defective, marginal die can still be functional enough to pass final electrical test. Some of these “walking wounded” chips get past final testing, but in the customer’s end product, under ...

A new technical paper titled “DECOR: Deep Embedding Clustering with Orientation Robustness” was published by researchers at Oregon State University and Micron Technology. “In semiconductor ...

Defect inspection scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong make a thorough review of new perspectives and ...

According to news reports, Samsung and TSMC are expected to enter 5nm process mass production in 2020. The competition in 5nm wafer yield and market share will be very intense. A brand new wafer ...

With typical lot sizes of 25 wafers and finished wafer values ranging from $4,000 to $17,000, depending on complexity, a ...

As the automotive electronics market continues to grow, spurred by developments such as semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles, the demand is increasing for power semiconductor components with ...

MILPITAS, Calif., July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced the 392x and 295x optical defect inspection systems and the eDR7380™ e-beam defect review system. The new ...

Now, WaferWeight allows fabs to track wafer mass quickly, accurately, and economically – concurrently with macro defect inspection. Our EAGLEview can do defect inspection and wafer weighing both at ...

SAN JOSE –KLA-Tencor Corp. today said it is the first company to supply a fully automated system for inspection of wafer backsides during the production of 0.13-micron ICs on 300-mm silicon substrates ...

“Wafer mass metrology has become increasingly important as semiconductor processes have become more complex and sensitive,” said Microtronic CEO Reiner Fenske in making the announcement. “Today’s fabs ...