Table of Contents
Solid State Technology
Year 2017 Issue 6
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Laser Marking Laser marking meets diverse challenges in fab and packaging
The basics of laser marking are reviewed, as well as current and emerging laser technologies.
Lithography DSA and EUV: Complementary technologies to enable fine- pitch lithography
DSA and EUV should be envisioned as complementary, not competing, techniques that will eventually become mainstream for fine-pitch lithography.
Emerging Devices Advancements in spintronics
Applications now include nanoscale Spintronics sensors that further enhance the areal density of hard disk drives, through MRAMs that are seriously being considered to replace embedded flash, static random access memories (SRAM) and at a later stage dynamic random access memories (DRAM).
Metrology Measuring metals, dielectrics, resists and CDs in advanced packaging
A new system combines acoustic, optical and reflectometric techniques to enable measurement of metals, dielectrics, resists and critical dimensions on a single platform.
Solar It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day
Last year was a great year for photovoltaic (PV) technology.
Components Understanding the impact of valve flow coefficient (Cv) in fluid systems
Understanding the impact of valve flow coefficient (Cv) in fluid systems for microelectronics manufacturing.
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NEWS
Silicon wafer shortage starts in 2018
TECHCET\'s model shows all slack soon gone from supply-chain for both 300mm and 200mm diameter.
What is the status of III-N technology?
The III-N semiconductor family has attracted significant research attention over the last 25 years, resulting in intensive patenting activity, with a substantial increase during the past decade.
Lam Research takes uniformity control to the edge
Chipmakers want every part of the wafer to yield good die. Advances in process technologies have just about made this a reality, even as feature dimensions continue to shrink and devices grow more complex.
New ultrathin semiconductor materials exceed some of silicon's "secret" powers
Electrical engineers at Stanford have identified two semiconductors that share or even exceed some of silicon’s desirable traits, starting with the fact that all three materials can \"rust.\"
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COLUMNS
Editorial Equipment forecast: $49.4 billion
In 2018, 7.7 percent growth is expected, resulting in another record-breaking year -- totaling $53.2 billion for the global semiconductor equipment market.
Packaging Sony’s stacked image sensor
It has been nearly a decade since Toshiba announced the use of backside TSV\'s to miniaturize CMOS image sensors.
Semiconductors How low can we go?
In the advanced CMOS technology programs ongoing in the Belgium city of Leuven, imec works to extend the building-blocks of integrated circuits (IC).
Industry Forum The ConFab 2018 will be held May 20-23
The ConFab 2018, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas at THE COSMOPOLITAN of Las Vegas, will take a close look at the new applications driving the semiconductor industry, the technology that will be required at the device and process level to meet new demands, and -- perhaps most importantly -- the kind of strategic collaboration that will be required.
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