Pomeranz et al., 2017 - Google Patents
Test modification for reduced volumes of fail dataPomeranz et al., 2017
- Document ID
- 15428788634436704353
- Author
- Pomeranz I
- Amyeen M
- Venkataraman S
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES)
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As part of a yield improvement process, fail data is collected from faulty units. Several approaches exist for reducing the tester time and the volume of fail data that needs to be collected based on the observation that a subset of the fail data is sufficient for accurate …
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