Wafer Singulation FAQ

What is wafer singulation? Wafer singulation is the process of cutting or dicing a finished wafer into individual chips. Integrated circuits are typically built on a thin, round wafer of silicon used as the substrate for wafer processing for semiconductor manufacturing. The slices of silicon can be up to 18 inches and contain hundreds to thousands of individual die. The dicing process, or singulation process, is where a wafer dicing technique is used to cut each die with a diamond blade, laser, or plasma into individual chips that can be later mounted and assembled in advanced packaging....

CORIAL's Top 5 Blog Posts of 2021

As a Plasma-Therm company and leader in the plasma-processing and advanced-packaging industry, our finger is on the pulse of the semiconductor and nanotechnology markets. Over the past year, we’ve shared educational and informative information regarding plasma-etching, deposition, product highlights, and other relevant tech news and updates....

Employee Spotlight: Thierry Lazerand

At CORIAL, we pride ourselves on hiring the best people so that we can do the best work for our clients. It's important to us that we highlight those that go above and beyond in their roles so that you can get to know them too! Every month we'll be featuring a new employee who has exhibited our core values and contributed to the success of our clients. This month we are excited to introduce... Thierry Lazerand CORIAL Business Unit Director...

How to Resolve Vacuum Chamber Issues

Few issues haunt plasma processing quite like vacuum chamber problems. Plasma etching and plasma deposition tools require vacuum to be able to maintain the plasma and control the gas composition in the process. Other non-plasma deposition processes such as physical vapor deposition require a vacuum for the deposition species to reach the substrate without colliding with gas in the chamber. Creating and maintaining the vacuum can be complicated but is crucial to the success of the process....

3 Specialized Etch Processes for Photonics Fabrication

There are typical etch processes that are used in nearly every process flow, but there are also specialized etch processes that are specific to unique aspects of the application. Photonics manufacturing is no exception. Whether fabricating image sensors or photonic circuits, dry etch processes will be key to creating features with excellent optical properties....

Employee Spotlight: Andrei Uvarov

At CORIAL, we pride ourselves on hiring the best people so that we can do the best work for our clients. It's important to us that we highlight those that go above and beyond in their roles so that you can get to know them too! Every month we'll be featuring a new employee who has exhibited our core values and contributed to the success of our clients....