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To: Tony Viola who wrote (51814)4/1/1998 11:28:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (4) of 186894
 
Tony - Re: "Low yield and Poor Reliability"

For a marginal process with low yields, even the "good" chips will be on the "edge" as far as proper processing.

For a high level of defects, defect "clustering" is a common characteristic. Latent defects can exist on "good" chips - the defects not being initially catastrophic.

Over time, those defects - gate oxide pin holes, contaminants left between thin film layers, etc. - can grow or migrate eventually causing the once functional chip to die an untimely death.

Paul
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