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Fault-tolerance techniques and redundant circuits have been used extensively to increase the manufacturing yield and productivity of integrated-circuit chips. Presented here is a review of relevant statistical models which have been used to account for the effects on manufacturing yield of the large-area defect and fault clusters commonly encountered during chip fabrication. A statistical criterion is described for determining whether such large-area clusters are present.
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