Equation 4 · Part 1 · How Chiplets and Advanced Packaging Actually Work
Symbol y^n
What this part means
is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol y^n→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
…die” testing exists as a discipline: if a stack of n dies each independently has yield y , and defects are uncorrelated across dies, the compound yield of the finished stack before any pre-screening is approximately — falling multiplicatively with every additional die stacked. Testing and discarding bad dies before they are committed to an irreversible bond recovers the yield loss that would otherwise compound across the stack, at the cost of the test infrastructure itself: burn-in racks, edge probing at…
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An exponent tells how a base is used in multiplication. In x³, x is the base and 3 is the exponent: x³ = x × x × x.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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