Single Electrons and Low Energy Computation
Gregory Snider, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame. Over the past few years, his research has focused on the design, fabrication, and measurements of micro- and nanoelectronic devices....
An Introduction to HDPCVD
Introduction to HDPCVD No doubt technology has experienced incredible acceleration since the development of the first transistors nearly 75 years ago. Key to that acceleration is the semiconductor industry and its fabrication methods that enabled low cost production of devices that now fuel nearly all aspects of our lives with ubiquitous advances in communication, healthcare, defense, transportation, and computation....
How to Determine Throughput
What is the throughput of a plasma processing system? When buying a system, it’s important to know whether the level of output is suitable to fulfill the user’s capacity needs. For example, some customers are interested in how many wafers per hour can be run while others are asking how many chambers are needed to satisfy a quota of devices (units) in a month. Multiple factors go into calculating throughput....
Endpoint Basics
How do you know the precise moment when your deposition or etching process is completed? How can you tell, with accuracy, that you've etched to a necessary depth, removed a layer or even deposited to a required thickness? The answer is simple: you use endpoints. Here's an introduction to endpoint technology; methods, comparisons, and considerations....
