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To: TGPTNDR who wrote (207533)8/3/2006 11:17:46 PM
From: combjellyRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
"Defect density determins[sic] yield One part. There are several other things that determine yield."

He is talking in the classical sense. In that case, defect density was the determining factor. But those were the days when design features were larger than the wavelength of light used to produce them and patterned features tended to be rectangles...

As you have alluded to, things have changed. Here is a paper on why ramps can be slowed with smaller features.

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