Acronyms and Abbreviations

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E3
Early Equipment Evaluation

EAPSM
enbedded-attenuated phase shift mask

EAROM
electrically alterable read-only memory

EASE
equipment and software emulator

E-beam
electron beam

EBHT
electron beam high throughput lithography

EBIC
electron beam-induced current

EBIT
electron beam ion trap

EBR
edge bead removal; etchback rate

EBSD
electron backscattering diffraction

EC
engineering change; equipment controller

ECA
engineering capability assessment; elemental criticality analysis

ECAD
electronic computer-aided design; engineering computer-aided design

ECAE
electronic computer-aided engineering

ECAG
Equipment Class Application Guideline

ECC
error control coding

ECD
electron capture detector; electrical critical dimension; electrochemical deposition

ECL
emitter coupled logic

ECMD
electrochemical-mechanical deposition

ECN
engineering change notice

ECO
engineering change order; edge control only

ECP
electrochemical plating

ECQB
electrochemical quartz crystal balance

ECR
electron cyclotron resonance

ECTFE
ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene

EDA
electronic design automation; equipment data acquisition

EDD
earliest due date

EDI
electronic data interchange

EDIF
electronic design interchange format

EDP
electronic data processing

EDS
energy-dispersive spectroscopy; electron-dispersive spectroscopy

EDU
equipment dependent uptime

EDX
energy-dispersive X-ray

EDXA
energy-dispersive X-ray analysis

EEC
equipment engineering capability

EEDF
electron energy distribution function

EELS
electron energy-loss spectroscopy

EEPROM
electrically erasable programmable read only memory

EFEM
equipment front-end module

EFO
electronic flame-off

EFOCS
evanescent fiber optic chemical sensors

EFTIR
emission Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

EFV
excess flow valve

EG
extrinsic gettering

EGE
ethylene glycol ethers

EHO
estimated hourly output

EHS
extremely hazardous substances

EI
equipment integration

EIA
Electronic Industries Association

EIC
extracted ion count

EID
Equipment Interface Development; energy isolation device

EIP
Equipment Improvement Program; Equipment Improvement Project

EIS
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; environmental impact study

EKF
extended Kalman filter

EL
experience level; exposure latitude

ELAT
exposure latitute

ELF
extremely low frequency

ELL
entrance loadlock

ELNES
energy loss near edge structure

ELS
extended life source

ELU
environmental loan unit

EM
enterprise model; electromagnetic; electromigration

EMA
effective medium approximation; Equipment Maturity Assessment

EMC
electromagnetic capability; electromagnetic compatibility

EMF
electromagnetic field

EMG
electromigration

EMI
electromagnetic interference

EMMA
electron microscopy and microanalysis

EMO
emergency off

EMP
electromagnetic pulse

EMR
enter move request

EMU
electromagnetic unit

EOL
end-of-line

EOS
electrical overstress

EOT
end of transfer; equivalent oxide thickness

EOY
end of year

EP
extreme pressure; electropolish; electroplating; ellipsometric porosimetry

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

EPL
electron projection lithography

EPM
Equipment Performance Metrics

EPO
emergency power off

EPR
electron paramagnetic resonance

EPRI
Electrical Power Research Institute, Inc.

EPROM
electrically programmable read-only memory

EPSM
embedded phase shift mask

EPSS
electronic performance support system

EPT
equipment performance tracking; endpoint

EQUIP C/I
equipment control and integration

EQUIP RTC
equipment real-time control

Er
erbium

ERAM
equipment reliability, availability, and maintainability

ERC
equivalent release concentration; electrical rule check

ERD
elastic recoil detection

ERG
enhancement and review group

ERM
enterprise reference model

ERN
external recurrent neural network

ERP
extended range pyrometer

ERS
event reporting standard

ERT
emergency response time

Es
einsteinium

ES
engineering specification; expert system

ESA
electrostatic attraction

ESC
electrostatic chuck

ESCA
electron spectroscopy (for) chemical analysis

ESD
electrostatic discharge

ESED
environmental scattered electron detector

ESEM
environmental scanning electron microscope

ESH
Environment, Safety, and Health

ESL
etchstop layer

ESM
electronic service manual

ESR
electron spin resonance

ETAB
Executive Technical Advisory Board

ETQR
External Total Quality and Reliability

ETS
Engineering Test Stand

Eu
europium

EUV
extreme ultraviolet

EUVL
extreme ultraviolet lithography

EUVLLC
EUV Limited Liability Corporation

eV
electronvolt

EVC
equilibrium vapor concentration

EW
electrolyzed water

EWF
effective workfunction

EWMA
exponentially weighted moving average

EYE
Edinburgh Yield Estimator



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