Electrical Test of Resistive and Capacitive Open Defects at Data Bus in 3D Memory IC

We propose an electrical test method of resistive and capacitive open defects occurring at data bus lines between dies, and between dies and I/O pins in 3D memory ICs. The test method is based on supply current of an IC. The number of test vectors for a 3D memory IC made of ND memory dies in the test method is 10∙ND and small. Also, defective interconnects are located by the test method. Feasibility of the tests is examined by some experiments for a circuit made of an SRAM IC on a printed circuit board. The experimental results show that capacitive open defects and resistive open ones whose resistance values are greater than 200Ω can be detected by the test method

Impact of Tc-GSA SPECT Image-Guided Inverse Planning on Dose–Function Histogram Parameters for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Planning for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Dosimetric Comparison Study

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of 99m Tc-labeled diethylene triamine pentaacetate-galactosyl human serum albumin ( 99m Tc-GSA) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) image-guided inverse planning on the dose–function histogram (DFH) parameters for stereotactic body radiation therapy planning in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: Eleven patients were enrolled in this study. The functional liver structure (FLS) was derived from SPECT thresholds of 60% to 80% of the maximum pixel value. Two treatment plans optimized without FLS (plan C) and with FLS (plan F) were designed for 50 Gy to the planning target volume (PTV). The DFH parameters were calculated as follows: Fx = (sum of the counts within the liver volume receiving a dose > x Gy/sum of the counts within the whole liver volume) × 100. Other parameters for the PTV included D 95 , mean dose, conformity index (CI), and homogeneity index (HI). Results: Compared with plan C, plan F significantly reduced DFH parameters of F 5 to F 40 ( P < .05). There were no significant differences in the parameters of the PTV of D 95 , mean dose, CI, and HI and organs at risks (stomach, duodenum, spinal cord, and kidneys) between plans C and F. Conclusion: DFH analyses revealed that 99m Tc-GSA SPECT image-guided inverse planning provided dosimetric benefits related to sparing of liver function and may reduce hepatic toxicities