Common use of Yield Improvement Clause in Contracts

Yield Improvement. Risk wafers for yield improvement will be ordered and invoiced by wafer level pricing. FOUNDRY will accept responsibility for maintaining it’s process within the prescribed limits of the electrical rules and physical layout rules as documented in FOUNDRY’s design rules, including pre-approved design rule waivers for custom IP, and responsibility for systemic defects, for example, (cd’s, film thickness, implant doses, etc.) as evaluated by the PCM data and random defects (particles) CUSTOMER will accept responsibility for the design meeting FOUNDRY’S electrical and physical design rules per specifications listed in Exhibit B.