At this year's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2025), imec, a research and innovation hub in advanced ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

Electronic devices have become an indispensable part of our lives in our technology-driven world. These devices owe their existence to a crucial component known as the semiconductor wafer. In this ...

This higher density of circuitry on a wafer requires greater accuracy and a highly fragile and advanced fabrication process. Several newer and highly complex ICs today are made of a dozen or more ...

Imec has achieved the first successful wafer-scale fabrication of solid-state nanopores using EUV lithography on 300mm wafers. This innovation transforms nanopore technology from a lab-scale concept ...

Overhead tracks move production materials through Texas Instruments' new silicon wafer fabrication facility in Richardson as workers in safety suits walk by. Rebecca Slezak / Staff Photographer Texas ...

A silicon wafer is a thin slice of crystalline silicon typically grown using the Czochralski process, which involves pulling a crystal seed from a molten silicon bath. A silicon wafer is a thin slice ...

With typical lot sizes of 25 wafers and finished wafer values ranging from $4,000 to $17,000, depending on complexity, a ...

Defect detection requirements on the order of 10 defective parts per million (DPPM) are driving improvements in inspection tools’ resolution and throughput at foundries and OSATs. However, defects ...

POCATELLO — One of the Gate City’s largest employers is up for sale. LA Semiconductor’s Pocatello wafer fabrication facility, which employs hundreds of local residents to produce silicon wafers for ...