yieldPower
Overview


yieldPower is a desktop-based multi-user application aimed at improving yield management and data analysis capabilities of both fabs and fabless semiconductor firms. The system is built with Microsoft.Net Technology, and is capable of processing large amounts of test data and performing complex statistical analysis.

Minimum system configurations required to run yieldPower are Windows 2000 with the latest service pack, Windows XP, IE 5.01 or higher and Microsoft Excel.

 

The yieldPower database directly imports semiconductor test data in STDF or ATDF format and runs statistical analysis on it, and automatically defines outliers from within test results. Data is available to users for viewing, and for editing. yieldPower's characterization tools evaluate parameters based on lot splits, voltage, temperature, wafer, stored parametric statistics, single and multidimensional condition analysis, etc.
Statistics
Once the data is in yieldPower, users have powerful functionality at their fingertips.
A yieldPower user has the ability to drill down to each test parameter, and do a die by die view of results, observe and edit outliers and recalculate results based on changes or exclusions made. Statistics calculated per test parameter are Mean, Standard Deviation, Min, Max, Cpk, Yield, etc.
Report Templates
The most powerful feature in yieldPower is the ability to make Test Report Templates. Users can define templates for reports, with sections and sub-sections.
Test Data Report (TDR)
Once a template has been created, it can be reused in multiple reports.
When creating a Test Data Report (TDR), device characterization information, specifications and sim performance need to be added.
This allows characterizing a test with the intended specifications. The next step is to link the sub-sections with actual data from the lots.
Once the test parameters are linked to a TDR, it can be reused over and over again.
All reports and graphs are exportable to HTML format for distribution over e-mail or the web.
Charting
The imported data can be visualized as Box Plots, Correlation Plots, X/Y Scatter Plots, single and multiple Histograms, Wafer Maps or Pareto Diagrams.
yieldPower provides semiconductor companies with the essential tool needed to analyze production data, manage yield, and share data with anyone all over the world.
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