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Investigation of soft fail issue in sub-nanometer devices using nanoprobing technique

Hendarto et al., 2008

Document ID
8308618541895917685
Author
Hendarto E
Lin H
Toh S
Tan P
Goh Y
Mai Z
Lam J
Publication year
Publication venue
2008 15th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits

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With the miniaturization of electronic devices, identifying the root cause of soft failures using physical failure analysis (PFA) techniques has become a more challenging task. By characterizing the electrical behavior of malfunctioned devices, nanoprobing precisely …
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