Physical Techniques for Chip-Backside IC Debug in Nanotechnologies

Physical failure analysis remains indispensable for final defect confirmation, but is increasingly difficult due to semiconductor technology advances with smaller feature sizes, many metal layers, and flip-chip packaging. This article reports on how, despite an uphill battle, constant innovations keep physical failure analysis going.

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