Statistical Process Control (SPC) provides the means for the control of product quality and the reduction of process variation. To be successful you need to know how to collect data, understand the ...

SE: Especially with advanced nodes, there are many types of variation in the process and today’s design and verification tools have to understand this. How does variation impact the sphere of your ...

Experts at the Table, part 2: How the very fast progress of the semiconductor industry is making transistor aging even more difficult. Elhak: Yes. If you take the same transistor with the same stress ...

Creating process variations should always be approached with care in order to reduce unnecessary complexities and inefficiencies. These seven steps should help. “90 percent of the organizations I know ...

New SOC (system-on-chip) process technology brings with it some process, voltage, and temperature effects, as well as IR drop, which all impact timing closure. Designers can model the on-chip ...

In this, the fifth instalment of the "Let's Talk PVT Monitoring" series I chat with Oliver King about monitoring in-chip conditions in modern SoCs and this time we discuss process detection and ...

Customer satisfaction determines customer loyalty, customer purchase intentions and in turn, a company's revenue stream. Product quality improves customer satisfaction. Reducing variation in both key ...

Process integration engineers are gradually losing their battle to keep process variations hidden behind the defensive barrier of tight design rules. Variations in metal line widths, layer thicknesses ...

Performance metrics for processes are an area of much regulatory interest currently. There isn’t always a readily available clear definition of what is needed, however, and guidance from regulators is ...