Category: Manufacturing
Manufacturing
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New Nanoimprint from EVG
With all the delicacy involved in the advanced lithography techniques we use for patterning exquisitely small features onto wafers, occasionally we come back to a…
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Turning InGaAs on its Head
InGaAs is one of the new wunderkind semiconductors, favored for high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) and for optical designs (more about that in a future post). But,…
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A HEMT Cool-Down
Heat has got to be one of the most annoying side-effects of doing useful electrical work. The more work we do, the more things heat…
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In-Situ Real-Time Process Checks
Yesterday we looked at number of different ways of inspecting wafers. Such inspections can be an important part of a process that turns out high…
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Anything But Moore’s Law
Any new foundry would want to grow up to be a megalith like TSMC, right? Isn’t that how you prove you’ve “made it”? Well, not…
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An Optical MEMS Reference Process
A while back Micralyne announced a MEMS reference process. There are a few of these running around: attempts to achieve – or at least grasp…
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TSVs: Like Vias, Only 1000X Deeper
We recently looked at Applied Materials’ solution to the challenges of lining small vias: using cobalt. But those are through-dielectric vias. What about through-silicon vias…
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KLA-Tencor’s New Reticle Inspector
Seems like no aspect of IC design and production escapes the need for All Things to Get Harder and Harder, requiring ever-better solutions. Today we…
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New SEMulator 3D Announced
Coventor recently released a new version of SEMulator 3D. We’ve looked at this tool before; it’s what they call a virtual fabrication platform – helpful…