International Business Machines Corporation

Carmine J Mele

Gerald Keith Bartley

Roy Rongqing Yu

Thomas Anthony Wassick

Arthur Gilman Merryman

Kurt A Smith

Peter A Franklin

John R Pennacchia

Thomas A Wayson

A process for partially repairing defective Multi-Chip Module (MCM) Thin-Film (TF) wiring nets. The process comprises the steps of locating a short circuit between any two nets of the MCM, identifying a site to cut in one of the two nets, and deleting an internal portion of one of the two nets at the identified site.

Thin film device repaired using enhanced repair process

Enhanced thin film wiring net repair process

A Process for graphically assisting the partial repair of defective MCM TF wiring nets. The process comprises the steps of inserting the wiring layer of the thin-film device in a tester, scanning the wiring layer of the thin-film device with the tester, identifying defects in the wiring nets, prioritizing the defects based on a function of each of the defective wiring nets, and repairing the defects based on priority.

Graphics assisted manufacturing process for thin-film devices

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Gardiner, NY, United States of America

Carmine J Mele