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To: ptanner who wrote (80382)	5/21/2002 1:51:53 PM
From: semiconeng	Read Replies (1) of 275872

re: "But now it is fabrication that dominates yield, not defect density." Could someone explain the difference? TIA, -PT Yeah, B.S. created by a Marketing Manager. "Fabrication" is the Process of making the chips. A "side effect" of Fabricating Chips, is the number of defects on a wafer, called Defect Density. Defect Density determines die yield. So as far as I can tell, what he's saying, is that it's "fabricating" the wafer, which results in a certain number defects (Defect Density), that dominates Yield, not the number of defects that "fabriating" the wafer puts on the wafer (Defect Density). Doesn't make sense. Semi

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