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Investigation of laser voltage probing signals in CMOS transistors

Kindereit et al., 2007

Document ID
1939305015399366678
Author
Kindereit U
Woods G
Tian J
Kerst U
Boit C
Publication year
Publication venue
2007 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings. 45th Annual

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The increasing number of interconnection layers is making failure analysis of integrated circuits (ICs) increasingly complex. In addition, the decreasing supply voltage is a challenge for failure analysis equipment, as minimum detection levels are reached. Laser voltage …
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