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Semiconductor quality
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Semiconductor quality
forcing function
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
The applied voltage(s) or current(s) at which a parametric or functional test is performed.
foreign material
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
Any material that is foreign to a microcircuit or any non-foreign material that is displaced from its original or intended position within a microcircuit package.
frit seal
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
Sealing accomplished through the melting and re-hardening of a glass seal ring (or frit) between the package base and lid. The package leads typically pass through the sealing area.
front end
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
A slang term often applied to the wafer fabrication portion of the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Gallium arsenide (GaAs)
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
A semiconductor base material whose high electron mobility has led it to be used in the fabrication of high speed circuits. GaAs circuits are not considered as easy to manufacture as silicon ...
gate array
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
An integrated circuit containing a large number of gates that can be interconnected in any number of combinations to satisfy specific individual applications (see ASIC, CSIC).
gate equivalent
Semiconductors; Semiconductor quality
The basic unit of measure for digital circuit complexity, based upon the number of individual logic gates that would have to be interconnected to perform the same circuit function.
