Yield Simulation for Integrated Circuits

by Duncan Moore Henry Walker

Book Overview

In the summer of 1981 I was asked to consider the possibility of manufacturing a 600,000 transistor microprocessor in 1985. It was clear that the technology would only be capable of manufacturing 100,000-200,000 transistor chips with acceptable yields. The control store ROM occupied approximately half of the chip area, so I considered adding spare rows and columns to increase ROM yield. Laser-programmed polysilicon fuses would be used to switch between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898382440
• ISBN13: 9780898382440
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.7"