Acronyms and Abbreviations

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D
digital to analog

DAC
digital-to-analog converter, dielectric aging chamber

DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (see ARPA)

DAS
direct absorption spectroscopy

DASSL
differential algebraic system solver

D/B
die bonding

dBa
adjusted decibel

DBMS
database management system

DBP
data processing board

DC
direct current

DCA
direct chip attachment

DCATS
double-contained acid transfer system

DCCF
discounted cumulative cash flow

DCE
distributed computer environment

DCG
distortion calibration grid, domain coordination group

DCIV
d irect-current current-voltage

DCL
digital command language; display communication log

DCP
dry chemical planarization

DCS
dichlorosilane

DCT
defect control tool

DCVD
dieletric chemical vapor deposition

DD
defect density

DDH
direct-to-digital holography

DDL
device description language

DDMS
defect data management system

DEDS
discrete-event dynamic simulation

DEE
detailed equipment events

DES
data encryption standard; display equipment status

DF
darkfield

DFC
densified fluid clean

DFE
dual frequency etch

DfESH
Design for Environment, Safety, and Health

DFLP
design for low power

DFM
design for manufacturability

DFR
design for reliability

DFT
design for testability; design for test

DGM
dynamic grid matching

DHF
dilute hydrofluoric acid

DI
deionized; dielectric isolation; dissolution inhibitor

D/I
develop inspect; dense vs. isolated

DIBL
drain-induced drain leakage; drain-induced barrier lowering

DIC
differential interference contrast

DICE
DARPA Initiative in Concurrent Engineering

DIL
dual inline

DIP
dual inline package

DIPPR
Design Institute for Physical Properties

Dit
interface trap density

DLB
dielectric low temperature bake

DLBI
device level burn-in

DLM
dual-level metal

DLOC
developed source lines of code

DLS
display lot status

DLT
device level test

DLTS
deep level transient spectroscopy

DM
defect management

DMA
direct memory access; dynamic mechanical analysis

DMH
display message helps

DML
data manipulation language; display message log

DMM
digital multimeter

DMOS
diffused metal-oxide semiconductor

 

DMR
display move requests

DMS
Data Management Standard, data management system

DNN
dark narrow normal

DNO
dark narrow oblique

DO
dynamic optimization

DOA
dead-on alignment

DOAS
differential optical absorption spectroscopy

DOE
design of experiments

DOF
depth of field; depth of focus

DOP
dioctylphthalate

DOS
disk operating system

DOTS
digital-optical technology system

DPA
destructive physical analysis

DPB
data processing board

DPF
dense plasma focus

DPI
dots per inch

DPM
digital panel meter

DPP
discharge-produced plasma

DPS
display process status; decoupled plasma source

DPSRAM
dual-port static random access memory

DQE
detective quantum efficiency

DRAM
dynamic random access memory

DRAPAC
Design Rule and Process Architecture Council

DRC
design rule check

DRE
destruction removal efficiency

DRIFTS
diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy

DRT
defect review tool

DSA
display system activity; dimensionally stable anode

DSC
differential scanning calorimetry

DSE
droplet surface etching

DSF
dead space free

DSIMS
dynamic secondary mass spectroscopy

DSMC
direct simulation Monte Carlo

DSP
differential signal processing; digital signal processing

DSQ
downstream quartz; decoupled source quartz

DSS
display stocker status

DSW
direct step-on-wafer

DT
dynamic test

DTA
differential thermal analysis

DTC
direct thermocouple control

DTHM
dual top hardmask

DTL
diode transistor logic

DTM
defect test monitor; delay time multiplier; device test module; digital terrain map; Demonstration Test Method

DTMPN
defect test monitor phase number

DUF
diffusion under epitaxial film

DUI
detached user interface

DUT
device under test

DUV
deep ultraviolet

DUVSE
deep ultraviolet spectroscopic ellipsometry

DV
design verification

DVER
design rule verification

DVI
digital video interactive

DVM
digital voltmeter

DVS
display vehicle status; dynamic voltage stress; dynamic voltage screen

DWG
domain work group

DWN
dark wide normal

DWO
dark wide oblique

Dy
dysprosium



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