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Migrating Industrial DfM
into IC Manufacturing
2.1 Introduction: Universal Design
forManufacturability Principles
Since the late 1800s, engineering industries (construction, ship- and rail-
based transportation, electrical engineering, and many others) have devel-
oped a legacy of design for manufacturability (DfM) guidelines and methods,
further referred to as mechanical engineering (ME)/assembly DfM. They
became known as the rule of 10, the rule of 80/20, concurrent engineering,
correct by construction (CBC), Pareto distributions, and so on [1]. Many of
them were recognized by the semiconductor industry in more or less ...