Acronyms and Abbreviations

T

Ta
tantalum

TAB
Technical Advisory Board; tape automated bonding

TAP
Tool Application Program; terminal access point

TAS
trace analysis system

TASC
Technical Analysis Services for COO

TAT
turnaround time

Tb
terbium

TB
tied body

TBAH
tetrabutylammonium hydroxide

TBC
time-based competitiveness

TBD
time to breakdown

Tc
technetium

TC
time constant; temperature coefficient; thermocouple; transverse electric

T/C
thermocompression

TCA
test calibration assembly; 1,1,1-trichloroethane; trichloroethate

TCAD
technology computer-aided design

TCC
tactical cell controller

TCDM
tool development cost model

TCE
temperature coefficient of expansion

TCM
tunneling current microscopy

TCP
transformer-coupled plasma; tape carrier package; transport control protocol

TCP/IP
transmission control protocol/internet protocol

TCR
temperature coefficient of resistance

TCU
temperature control unit

TD
thermal desorption

TDDB
time-dependent dielectric breakdown

TDEAT
tetrakis (diethylamino) titanium

TDEV
transport-level deviation

TDI
time delay integration

TDLAS
tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

TDMAT
tetrakis (dimethylamido) titanium

TDMS
thermal desorption mass spectrometry

TDR
time domain reflectometry

TDS
thermal desorption spectroscopy

TDT
thermal desorption tube

Te
tellurium

TE
transverse electric; transmitted electron

TEA
transverse excited atmosphere

TEC
thermal expansion coefficient; test and electrical characterization

TECAP
transistor electrical characterization and analysis program

TED
transient enhanced diffusion; transmitted electron detection

TEG
technical exchange group

TEM
transmission electron microscopy; transverse electromagnetic

TEOS
tetraethoxysilane; tetraethylorthosilicate; tetraethelorthosilicate; tetrethoxysilicide

TEPO
triethylphosphate

TES
trench etch stop

TFC
total fault coverage

TFD
total focal deviation

TFE
tetrafluorethylene

TFT
thin film transistors

TFX
toxic effects

Tg
glass transition temperature

TG
thermogravimetry

TGA
thermal gas analysis; thermal gravimetric analysis

TGM
toxic gas monitoring

Th
thorium

THB
biased temperature and humidity

THC
total hydrocarbons

Ti
titanium

TIBA
triisobutlaluminum

TIC
total ion count

TIR
total indicator runout; total internal reflection

Tl
thallium

TIS
tool induced shift; total integrated signal

TLC
thin layer chromatography

TLE
tool loading elevator

TLI
thin layer imaging

TLM
tape-laying machine; telemeter; transition line model

TLP
transmission line pulse

TLV
threshold limit value

TLV/TWA
threshold limit value/time-weighted average

Tm
thulium

TM
transport module; transfer module; transverse magnetic

T-M
time-to-market

TMA
thermal mechanical analyzer

TMB
trimethylborate

TMC
transport module controller; transfer module controller

TML
total mass loss

TMP
trimethylphosphate; turbomolecular pump

TMU
total measurement uncertainty

TO
transistor outline package

TOA
take-off angle

TOC
total organic carbon; total oxidizable carbon

TOF
time-of-flight

TOR
top of range

TP
teach pendant

TP2
tool performance tracking platform

TPD
temperature program desorption

TPG
test pattern generation

TPM
total productive maintenance; total productive manufacturing

TPRS
temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy

TPU
thermal processing unit

TQ
total quality

TQM
total quality management

T/S
thermosonic

TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act

TSI
top surface imaging

TSOP
thin small outline package

TSP
temperature-sensitive parameter

TSV
through silicon via

TTL
transistor-transistor logic; through the lens

TTV
total thickness variation

TVS
triangular voltage sweep

TWA
time-weighted average

TWG
Technical Working Group

TXRF
total X-ray fluorescence