OPPORTUNISTIC PLACEMENT OF IC TEST STRUCUTRES AND/OR E-BEAM TARGET PADS IN AREAS OTHERWISE USED FOR FILLER CELLS, TAP CELLS, DECAP CELLS, SCRIBE LINES, AND/OR DUMMY FILL, AS WELL AS PRODUCT IC CHIPS CONTAINING SAME

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Product ICs/wafers include additional diagnostic, test, or monitoring structures opportunistically placed in filler cell positions, within tap cells, within decap cells, within scribe line areas, and/or within dummy fill regions. Improved fabrication processes utilize data from such structure(s) in wafer disposition decisions, rework decisions, process control, yield learning, or fault diagnosis.

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PDF SOLUTIONS INC2858 DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD SANTA CLARA CA 95050

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Brozek, Tomasz W Morgan Hill, US 1 81
Ciplickas, Dennis J San Jose, US 14 610
De, Indranil San Jose, US 120 1081
Doong, Kelvin Zhubei City, TW 81 186
Haigh, Jonathan Pittsburgh, US 98 229
Hess, Christopher Belmont, US 125 1363
Jain, Mehul San Jose, US 37 905
Kibarian, John K Los Altos, US 1 81
Lam, Stephen Freemont, US 127 2094
Lee, Sherry F Monte Sereno, US 8 570
Michaels, Kimon W Monte Sereno, US 1 81
O'Sullivan, Conor Campbell, US 93 266
Rovner, Vyacheslav V Pittsburgh, US 4 90
Strojwas, Andrzej J Pittsburgh, US 4 589
Strojwas, Marcin A Pittsburgh, US 1 81

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