Wafer metrology tools are used to design and manufacture ICs by carefully controlling the film properties, linewidths, and potential defect levels in order to optimize the manufacturing process of ...

Wafer bowing causes measurement errors as the wafer is scanned. A unique custom self-calibration tool and algorithm finds very small angular errors in the cameras and the machine uses this information ...

Working arrays were cut from the wafer and mounted in a lead frame ... and [emach1ne] should feel lucky to have access to tools like these. But if you think you can’t build your own ...

ACM Research's new SPM tool enhances wafer processing efficiency and cleanliness, gaining qualification from a key Chinese semiconductor manufacturer. ACM Research, Inc. announced that its Single ...

From thinning and trimming to bonding and debonding, 3D package quality is built on precise and extremely thin wafer ...

Intel has started using two leading-edge ASML High-NA Twinscan EXE:5000 EUV lithography tools, the company revealed on Monday at an industry conference, Reuters reports. The company uses these ...

Yield Engineering Systems (YES) ships first VeroTherm Formic Acid Reflow tool to global semiconductor manufacturer from ...

The evolution in semiconductor technology that builds a gigantic circuit on an entire wafer. Just as the integrated circuit eliminated cutting apart thousands of transistors from the wafer only to ...

WTF?! A Reddit user claims to have discovered an entire 12nm TSMC wafer discarded in a dumpster near one of the chipmaker's fabs in China. While it was just a test wafer, the find sparked jokes ...

The dominant factor of semiconductor production cost is the cost of equipment, which contributes well over two-thirds of overall wafer expenses. Tools made by leading companies like ASML ...

Intel installed and started using two High-NA EUV lithography tools from ASML at its D1 development fab near Hillsboro, Oregon, last year and has now processed as many as 30,000 wafers using these ...