Experience of data analytics in EDA and test—principles, promises, and challenges

LC Wang - IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Applying modern data mining in electronic design automation and test has become an area
of growing interest in recent years. This paper reviews some of the recent developments in …

Wafer-level variation modeling for multi-site RF IC testing via hierarchical Gaussian process

M Shintani, M Inoue, T Nakamura… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wafer-level performance prediction has been attracting attention to reduce measurement
costs without compromising test quality in production tests. Although several efficient …

Wafer-level process variation-driven probe-test flow selection for test cost reduction in analog/RF ICs

A Ahmadi, A Nahar, B Orr, M Past… - 2016 IEEE 34th VLSI …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a methodology for dynamically selecting whether to subject a wafer to a
complete or a reduced probe-test flow, while ensuring that the concomitant test cost savings …

Wafer-level characteristic variation modeling considering systematic discontinuous effects

T Nagao, T Nakamura, M Kajiyama, M Eiki… - Proceedings of the 28th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Statistical wafer-level variation modeling is an attractive method for reducing the
measurement cost in large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) testing while maintaining the test …

Improving Efficiency and Robustness of Gaussian Process Based Outlier Detection via Ensemble Learning

M Eiki, T Nakamura, M Kajiyama… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although automotive semiconductors must comply with the standard dynamic part average
testing (DPAT) defined by the Automotive Electronics Council, it remains challenging to …

Yield prognosis for Fab-to-Fab product migration

A Ahmadi, K Huang, A Nahar, B Orr… - 2015 IEEE 33rd VLSI …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate the utility of correlations between e-test and probe test measurements in
predicting yield. Specifically, we first examine whether statistical methods can accurately …

Efficient Wafer-Level Spatial Variation Modeling for Multi-Site RF IC Testing

T NAKAMURA, M KAJIYAMA, M EIKI… - … on Fundamentals of …, 2024 - search.ieice.org
Wafer-level performance prediction techniques have been increasingly gaining attention in
production LSI testing due to their ability to reduce measurement costs without …

Redefining Outliers for On-Wafer Electrical Testing

M Shintani, T Sato - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Electrical testing of semiconductor devices is a critical process for ensuring their quality and
reliability. Despite the existence of the standard dynamic part average test (DPAT), the …

Gaussian process-based wafer-level correlation modeling and its applications

C Xanthopoulos, K Huang, A Ahmadi, N Kupp… - Machine Learning in …, 2019 - Springer
Semiconductor fabrication is one of the most intricate, multistep, human-made processes,
taking place every day, producing trillions of transistors every second. The complexity of this …

Accurate Failure Rate Prediction Based on Gaussian Process Using WAT Data

M Eiki, T Nakamura, M Kajiyama… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel method for predicting the characteristic failure rate from a
small amount of data with high accuracy using the posterior distribution of the Gaussian …