Prediction of the Number of Defects in Image Sensors by VM using Equipment QC Data

This paper describes methods and evaluation results of predicting the number of defects in image sensors. We used regression tree and stepwise AIC for variable selection and generalized linear model for regression, instead of partial least squares (PLS) regression. The results showed improvement in prediction performance in comparison with the conventional method. By this, we could predict other countable values such as defects or dust particles.