| p |
Instantaneous power |
| P |
Phosphorus |
| P |
pico |
| P |
Pico (10^-12) |
| P |
Positive peak |
| P |
Power |
| P.A |
Power Amplifier. |
| P.A |
Public Address. |
| P.A.C |
Perturbed Angular Correlation; Photoactive compound; Primary Access
Framer/Controller |
| P.A.C |
Programmable Automation Controllers. |
| P.A.C.V.D |
Plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition |
| P.A.D |
Program Associated data. |
| P.A.E |
Power Added Efficiency |
| P.A.L |
Phase Alternative Line. |
| P.A.L |
Process Automation Language; Programmable Array Logic |
| P.A.L |
Process Asset Library; Phase Alternation Line |
| P.A.M |
Pulse amplitude modulation |
| P.A.M |
Process Application Module |
| P.A.S |
Photoacoustic spectroscopy |
| P.A.T |
Process Action Team; Program Allocation Table |
| P.A.W.S |
Portable acoustic wave sensor |
| P.A-F.T.I.R |
Photoacoustic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| P.B |
Printed board |
| P.B.C |
Peripheral Board Controller |
| P.B.E.T |
Performance-based equipment training |
| P.B.G.A |
Plastic ball grid array |
| P.B.L |
Poly-buffered LOCOS |
| P.B.M |
Portable bitmap image format |
| P.B.S |
Photon backscattering |
| P.B.X |
Private Branch Exchange (for telephone). |
| P.C |
Personal computer. |
| P.C |
Personal Computer; Programmable Controller; Process Control |
| P.C.A |
Printed Circuit Assembly; Policy Certification Authority |
| P.C.A.D |
Packaging Computer-Aided Design |
| P.C.B |
Printed Circuit Board. |
| P.C.D |
PolyCrystaline Diamond; Kodak PhotoCD image format |
| P.C.G |
Phono Cardio Graph. |
| P.C.I |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| P.C.M |
Powertrain Control Module. |
| P.C.M |
Process Control Monitor |
| P.C.M |
Pulse Code Modulation. |
| P.C.M.C.I.A |
PC Memory Card International Association |
| P.C.M.P |
Post Chemical-Mechanical Polishing |
| P.C.M.S |
Plasma Chemistry Monte-Carlo Simulation |
| P.C.N |
Personal Communication Network. |
| P.C.O |
PhotoCatalytic Oxidation |
| P.C.R |
Principle Component Regression |
| P.C.S |
Personal Communication. |
| P.C.S |
Production Cost Savings; Personal Communication Services |
| P.C.T |
Process Change Teams; Macintosh PICT image format |
| P.C.V |
PRISM Controlled Vocabulary |
| P.C.V.D |
Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (Philips / Dakra) |
| P.C.X |
Zsoft Paintbrush image format |
| P.D.A |
Personal Digital Assistant. |
| P.D.C |
Passive Data Collection |
| P.D.E.S |
Product Data Exchange Specification |
| P.D.F |
Portable Document Format |
| P.D.I.P |
Plastic Dual In-line Packaging |
| P.D.L |
Page Description Language; Pipeline Definition Language (XML) |
| P.D.M |
Pulse-duration modulation |
| P.D.P |
Plasma Display Panel. |
| P.D.R |
Polarization Differential Reflectance; Personal Digital Recorder |
| P.D.S |
Photo-thermal Deflection Spectroscopy |
| P.D.S.A |
PeroxyDiSulfuric Acid |
| P.D.U |
Protocol Data Unit |
| P.D.V.C |
Phase-Dependent Voltage Contrast |
| P.E |
PiezoElectric |
| P.E.B |
Post Exposure Bake |
| P.E.C |
Perfect Electrical Conductor |
| P.E.C.V.D |
Plasma Enhanced CVD |
| P.E.D.S |
Plasma-Enhanced Deposition System |
| P.E.E.L |
Programmable Electrically Eraseable Logic |
| P.E.E.L.S |
Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| P.E.M |
Photo Elastic Modulator |
| P.E.R.M |
Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic |
| P.E.R.T |
Program evaluation review technique |
| P.E.S |
Photoelectron spectroscopy |
| P.E.T |
Post-etch treatment |
| P.E.T.E.O.S |
Plasma-enhanced tetraethylosilicate |
| P.F.C |
Perfluorocompound; Perfluorocarbon |
| P.F.N |
Pulse forming network |
| P.F.R |
Plug-flow reactor |
| P.F.T.Q |
Partnering for Total Quality |
| P.G.A |
Pin grid array |
| P.G.I |
Purge gas inlet |
| P.G.M |
Portable greymap image format |
| P.G.T |
Princeton Gamma Tech |
| P.H.E.E.M |
Photoelectron-emission Microscopy |
| P.H.E.M.T |
Pseudomorphic HEMT |
| P.H.I.G.S |
Programmer's Hierarchical Interface Graphics Standard |
| P.H.P |
Personal Handy Phone |
| P.H.S |
Personal Handy Phone System |
| P.H.Y |
Physical Layer |
| P.I |
Proportional integral |
| P.I.A |
Parallel Interface Adapter |
| P.I.C |
PC Paint image format; Peripheral Interrupt Controller; Peripheral
Interface Controller; Peripheral Interface Circuit |
| P.I.C.T.S |
Photo-Induced Current Transient Spectroscopy |
| P.I.D |
Proportional Integral Derivative; Process-Induced Defect; Photo-Imageable
Dielectric; Packet ID |
| P.I.H |
Pin In Hole |
| P.I.I.I |
Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation |
| P.I.N |
P-type/Insulator/N-type; Personal Identification Number |
| P.I.N.D |
Particle Impact Noise Detection |
| P.I.O |
Parallel Input Output |
| P.I.P |
Process-Induced Particles; Picture-In-Picture |
| P.I.P.O |
Parallel In Parallel Out |
| P.I.S.O |
Parallel In Serial Out |
| P.I.V |
Peak Inverse Voltage; Post Indicator Valve |
| P.I.X.E |
Particle Induced X-ray Emission |
| P.K.C.S |
Public Key Cryptography Standards |
| P.K.I |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| P.L |
Photo Luminescence |
| P.L.A |
Programmable Logic Array |
| P.L.C |
Programmable Logic Control. |
| P.L.C |
Programmable Logic Controller |
| P.L.C.C |
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier |
| P.L.D |
Programmable Logic Device |
| P.L.D |
Pulsed Laser Deposition |
| P.L.E |
Photo Luminescence Excitation |
| P.L.L |
Phase locked loop |
| P.L.L |
Plasma Lock Load |
| P.L.S |
Partial least squares; Projection of latent structures |
| P.L.T.V |
Percentage Local Thickness Variation |
| P.L.Y |
Photolimited yield |
| P.M |
Phase modulation; Permanent magnet |
| P.M |
Preventive maintenance; Process module; Post meridiem (after noon) |
| P.M.C |
Process Module Controller; Perfect Magnetic Conductor |
| P.M.C.C |
Pensky-Martens closed cup |
| P.M.E |
Paramagnetic Meissner Effect |
| P.M.E.M |
Piezoelectric MEM |
| P.M.I |
Phase measuring interferometer |
| P.M.L |
Partner Markup Language |
| P.M.O.S |
Positive channel metal-oxide semiconductor |
| P.M.S |
Particle Measuring System |
| P.M.T |
PhotoMultiplier Tube; Program Map Table |
| P.M.T.F |
Product Management Task Force |
| P.N |
Pseudo Noise. |
| P.N.A |
Personal Network Analyzer |
| P.N.G |
Portable Network Graphics image format |
| P.N.P |
Positive-negative-positive |
| P.N.V.S |
Pilot's Night Vision System |
| P.O.R |
Process-of-record |
| P.O.S.I.X |
Portable Operating System Interface for computing environments |
| P.O.U |
Point-Of-Use |
| P.O.U.C.G |
Point-Of-Use Chemical Generation |
| P.P |
Preference Profile |
| P.P.C |
Photo Persistent Conductivity |
| P.P.E |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| P.P.G.A |
Plastic Pin Grid Array |
| P.P.I |
Planned Position Indicator |
| P.P.I.D |
Process Program IDentification |
| P.P.M |
Portable PixelMap image format |
| P.P.M |
Pulse-position modulation |
| P.P.M.S |
Physical Properties Measurement System |
| P.P.O |
Polyphenylene Oxide |
| P.P.P.L |
Princeton Plasma Phisics Laboratory |
| P.P.R.A.M |
Parallel Processing Random Access Memory |
| P.P.R.E.F |
Process Program REFerence |
| P.P.S |
PolyPhenylene Sulfide (Plastic) |
| P.P.T.C |
Polymeric Positive Temperature Co-efficient. |
| P.Q.F.P |
Plastic Quad Flat Pack |
| P.R |
Photo-Resist |
| P.R.A.S |
Particle Reactor Analysis Services |
| P.R.A.T |
Production Reliability Acceptance Test |
| P.R.B |
Pseudo-Random Binary |
| P.R.B.S |
Pseudo-Random Binary Sequences |
| P.R.D.D.O |
Partial Retention of Diatomic Differential Overlap |
| P.R.E.S.S |
PRediction Error Sum of Squares |
| P.R.F |
Pulse Repetition Frequency. |
| P.R.I |
Primary Rate Interface. |
| P.R.I.S.M |
Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata |
| P.R.I.S.M |
Primary Rate Interface Signaling and Maintenance controller |
| P.R.L |
Physical Review Letters; Property Rights Language |
| P.R.M.L |
Partial Response/Maximum Likelihood |
| P.R.O.M |
Programmable Read Only Memory. |
| P.R.S.C |
Parametric Response Surface Control |
| P.R.T |
Planar Resistor Technology |
| P.R.T |
Pulse repetition time |
| P.S |
Porous Silicon |
| P.S.B |
Phase Shifting Blank |
| P.S.C |
Porous Silicon Capacitor |
| P.S.C |
Programmable System Chip. |
| P.S.D |
Power Spectral Density; Port Status Display; Position (Phase) Sensitive
Detector; Photoshop image format; Programmable System Device |
| P.S.G |
Phospho Silicate Glass |
| P.S.I |
Pounds Per Square Inch; Program Specific Information |
| P.S.I.I |
Plasma Source Ion Implantation |
| P.S.I.P |
Program and System Information Protocol |
| P.S.K |
Pulse Shift Keying. |
| P.S.L |
PolyStyrene Latex |
| P.S.L.S |
PolyStyrene Latex Sphere |
| P.S.L.V |
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. |
| P.S.M |
Phase Shifting Mask |
| P.S.P |
PaintShop Pro image format |
| P.S.R |
Perfectly stirred reactor |
| P.S.T.N |
Public Switched Telecom Network |
| P.T |
Positional tolerance |
| P.T.A.B |
Project Technical Advisory Board |
| P.T.C |
Positive Temperature Co-efficient. |
| P.T.C |
Pre- and post-process Treatment Chambers; Positive Temperature
Coefficient |
| P.T.H |
Plated Through Hole |
| P.T.I.S |
Photo Thermal Ionization Spectroscopy |
| P.V |
Photo Voltaic. |
| P.V.A |
Polyvinylacetate |
| P.V.C |
Pressure Velocity Correction; PolyVinylChloride |
| P.V.D |
Physical Vapor Deposition |
| P.V.R |
Personal Video Recorder. |
| P.W |
Pulse width |
| P.W.A |
Printed Wiring Assembly |
| P.W.B |
Printed Wiring Board |
| P.W.M |
Pulse Width Modulation. |
| P.W.P |
Particles per Wafer Pass |
| P.Y.S |
Photo Yield Spectroscopy |
| P1dB |
Power at 1 dB compression |
| pA |
Picoampere |
| PA |
Public Address. |
| Pav |
Average power |
| Pb |
Lead |
| peta |
1.00E+15 |
| pF |
Picofarad |
| P-G.I.L.D |
Projection gas immersion laser doping |
| POT |
Potentiometer |
| P-P |
Peak to peak |
| Ppm |
parts per million |
| ProgGuiML |
ProgramGuide Mark-up Language |
| Pt |
Platinum |
