Equation 12 · Part 11 · How Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication Actually Works
Denominator: 3σ
What this part means
The complete quantity below the fraction bar; it must be nonzero for this division.
Its job in the formula
3σ occurs below the fraction bar. The quantity above the bar is divided by this expression; zero is excluded as a denominator.
Full expression→Denominator: 3σ→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
The oldest tool for doing this is the control chart, and it works by testing a sequence of measurements against known patterns rather than against a single pass/fail threshold. The classic Western Electric decision rules flag a process as suspect if, for example, a single point lands more than three standard deviations from the target, or two of three consecutive points land beyond two standard deviations, or a long run of consecutive points falls on the same side of the target line — patterns that are each individually unlikely under normal random variation and therefore signal that something about the process, not the sample, has changed [ 10 ] . Alongside the chart sits a single summary…
Learn the underlying idea
A fraction a/b means a divided by b. The top number is the numerator; the bottom number is the denominator, and it cannot be zero.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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