AZoNano

How Are Semiconductor-Grade Silicon Wafers Manufactured?

From quartz sand to silicon wafers, the manufacturing process is critical for achieving the purity and quality needed for advanced semiconductor applications.
Semiconductor Engineering

The Specialty Device Surge, Part 1: Wafer Size Transitions Are Powering The Future Of Specialty Devices And Bringing New Challenges

Specialty devices are the unsung heroes of modern life. For many in the semiconductor industry today, the spotlight is on the SiC and GaN power devices used in automotive, green energy, fast-charge ...
EDN

3-D wafer process combines benefits of Si, GaAs, InP

Semiconductor manufacturer Xanoptix (Merrimack, NH) has developed a wafer-scale process for the 3-D stacking of silicon with either GaAs or InP to make compound semiconductors. The company's Hybrid ...
Business Wire

1366 Technologies and Hanwha Q CELLS Partner on World’s First Factory to Feature Direct Wafer® Manufacturing Process

BEDFORD, Mass. & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies together with its strategic partners, Hanwha Q CELLS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and parent company Hanwha Q ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Process Challenges And Opportunities

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 ...
Compound Semiconductor

Scaling N-polar GaN HEMT on Si to 8-inch

At the same time, the semiconductor industry has been moving toward 200 mm (8-inch) wafers to improve manufacturing ...
pv magazine International

Australia fast-tracks solar ingot, wafer plant with ‘major project’ status

Plans to build Australia’s first large-scale silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in Queensland have been put on the fast track by the federal government in a nod to the project’s potential ...