• DocumentCode
    104664
  • Title

    Similarity Searching for Defective Wafer Bin Maps in Semiconductor Manufacturing

  • Author

    Chung-Shou Liao ; Tsung-Jung Hsieh ; Yu-Syuan Huang ; Chen-Fu Chien

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Eng. Manage., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Jul-14
  • Firstpage
    953
  • Lastpage
    960
  • Abstract
    Because high-dimensional wafer bin maps (WBMs) cause various features, it is difficult to search the similarity among WBMs via conventional pattern recognition methods. This study develops a novel morphology-based support vector machine for defective wafer detection. The experimental results demonstrate its usefulness in yield improvements on precision and computation cost.
  • Keywords
    pattern recognition; production engineering computing; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor device reliability; support vector machines; WBM; defective wafer bin maps; defective wafer detection; morphology-based support vector machine; pattern recognition methods; semiconductor manufacturing; Fabrication; Morphology; Pattern recognition; Support vector machines; Testing; Training; Data mining; morphology; semiconductor manufacturing; similarity search; support vector machines; wafer bin maps;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1545-5955
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASE.2013.2277603
  • Filename
    6587837