Equation 20 · Part 3 · Patterning at the Limit: What Actually Happens When a Chip Is Manufactured
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What this part means
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
Its job in the formula
The equals sign connects the complete expression on the left with the complete expression on the right. Both sides must have compatible units.
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The passage around this formula
with D the defect density, S the die area, and c a cluster parameter [ 16 ] . As c the expression tends to the Poisson model Y = , which assumes defects fall independently and uniformly.
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An equals sign says that the expression on its left and the expression on its right have the same value under the stated definitions and assumptions.
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