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Crook, 1978 - Google Patents

Techniques of evaluating long term oxide reliability at wafer level

Crook, 1978

Document ID
12438716676468075516
Author
Crook D
Publication year
Publication venue
1978 International Electron Devices Meeting

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This paper discusses techniques of evaluating long term oxide reliability at the wafer level. These techniques are presently used in the development of high reliability oxide processes. The first technique involves a statistical analysis of the electric field distribution of MOS …
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