Semiconductor Engineering

Non-visual defect inspection gives fabs better eyes, new insights

For a long time, semiconductor defect inspection focused on particles, and particle defects remain an important cause of yield loss. But as devices have become more complex, additional kinds of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Non-Visual Defect Inspection: The Tech of Tomorrow?

The chip industry is conservative when it comes to adopting new metrology and inspection. Will it ultimately see NVD inspection as a wunderkind, or an also-ran? Remember when it first became obvious ...
Business Wire

KLA-Tencor Launches 8900 Inspection System

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC), the world’s leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related ...
Nasdaq

KLA Announces New Defect Inspection and Review Portfolio

MILPITAS, Calif., July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced the 392x and 295x optical defect inspection systems and the eDR7380™ e-beam defect review system. The new ...
The Fabricator

Using acoustic sensing and AI to detect MIG welding defects

The founding team of CEO Sophia Millar, Chief Technical Officer George Hallo, and Chief Product Officer Hooman Piroux ...
AZoNano

Defect Inspection and Analysis Using Atomic Force Microscopy

The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has evolved from an extremely high resolution scientific research instrument into a highly accurate metrology tool. This evolution has broadened the role of the AFM ...
Nature

Defect Inspection in Flip Chip Microelectronic Packaging

Flip chip microelectronic packaging has emerged as a cornerstone technology in modern semiconductor assembly, wherein the die is mounted upside down to the substrate to facilitate direct ...
AZOM

Combing Defect Inspection and Metrology in One Platform

insights from industryDr. Thomas FriesFounder and CEOFRT GmbH In this article, AZoM, talks to Dr. Thomas Fries, Founder and CEO of FRT GmbH, about the applications of both defect inspection and ...
Tech Zone 360

Intelligent Defect Inspection: How Computer Vision Enhances Quality Control

Business competition pressures manufacturers to produce faster, reduce expenses, and increase efficiencies. But all these requirements run into the quality control issue sooner or later — with the ...
Nature

Optical Surface Defect Inspection and Imaging Techniques

Optical surface defect inspection and imaging techniques are pivotal to ensuring high-performance outcomes across a myriad of applications including semiconductor manufacturing, precision optics, and ...
Nasdaq

KLA Introduces Breakthrough Electron-Beam Defect Inspection System

MILPITAS, Calif., July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced the revolutionary eSL10™ e-beam patterned-wafer defect inspection system. The new system is designed to ...