Term · General Industry
Characterisation report
The document that records measured behaviour of silicon across voltage, temperature and process corners, with distributions from multiple lots. It is the evidence base for datasheet limits and for production test limits.
- Also known as
- Char report, Characterization report
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Silicon bring-up
Notes
Customers in automotive and industrial markets frequently ask to see characterisation data rather than accepting datasheet numbers alone.
Related terms
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Where it appears on the Hub
Used on 37 pages of the Hub. In each group, the pages that mention it most come first.
Lifecycle stages and gates
- Characterisation & Limit Setting (Test program lifecycle)
- Engineering samples (Memory lifecycle)
- First Silicon & Characterisation (Memory lifecycle)
- Production test and calibration release (MEMS and sensors lifecycle)
- Test & Characterisation (MEMS and sensors lifecycle)
- Test limits freeze (Test program lifecycle)
- and 31 more
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