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Understanding and Improving Wafer Fab Cycle Times

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JENNIFER K. ROBINSON, FabTime Inc, Menlo Park, CA, USA

ABSTRACT

The first step to improving cycle times is to understand the factors that make wafer fab cycle times high in the first place. In this article, we will first discuss contributors to wafer fab cycle times, and then propose some suggestions for making low-cost improvements.

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