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Equation 19 · Patterning at the Limit: What Actually Happens When a Chip Is Manufactured

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c→∞c \to \infty

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the cluster parameter [ 16 ].

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with D the defect density, S the die area, and c a cluster parameter [ 16 ] . As c →\to ∞\infty the expression tends to the Poisson model Y = e−DSe^{-D S} , which assumes defects fall independently and uniformly.

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