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Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Pdf Solutions, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Lam, Freemont, CA (US);

Dennis Ciplickas, San Jose, CA (US);

Tomasz Brozek, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Jeremy Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);

Simone Comensoli, Darfo Boario Terme, IT;

Indranil De, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kelvin Doong, Hsinchu, TW;

Hans Eisenmann, Tutzing, DE;

Timothy Fiscus, New Galilee, PA (US);

Jonathan Haigh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Christopher Hess, Belmont, CA (US);

John Kibarian, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Sherry Lee, Monte Sereno, CA (US);

Marci Liao, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sheng-Che Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Hideki Matsuhashi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kimon Michaels, Monte Sereno, CA (US);

Conor O'Sullivan, Campbell, CA (US);

Markus Rauscher, Munich, DE;

Vyacheslav Rovner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Andrzej Strojwas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Marcin Strojwas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Carl Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Rakesh Vallishayee, Dublin, CA (US);

Larg Weiland, Hollister, CA (US);

Nobuharu Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;

Matthew Moe, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

PDF Solutions, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H03K 19/0944 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0207 (2013.01); G01R 31/2884 (2013.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01); H01J 37/261 (2013.01); H01L 21/32139 (2013.01); H01L 21/823475 (2013.01); H01L 22/32 (2013.01); H01L 22/34 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 23/5283 (2013.01); H01L 23/5286 (2013.01); H01L 27/088 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/45 (2013.01); H03K 19/0944 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2817 (2013.01);
Abstract

An IC that includes a contiguous standard cell area with a 4×3 e-beam pad that is compatible with advanced manufacturing processes and an associated e-beam testable structure.


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