Techniques in Integrated Circuit (ic) Failure Analysis
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Failure analysis (FA) plays an important role in the development and manufacturing of integrated circuits. It provides necessary information for technology advancement and for corrective action to improve quality and reliability. In this paper the commonly used techniques in integrated circuits failure analysis are discussed. The paper also describes the basic FA flow consists of fault localization, deprocessing, defect localisation and inspection characterisation.
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