Robotics: Semiconductor Industry Prepares for 450mm Wafers (Part 2)
Semiconductor & Robotics Industries Prepare for 450mm Wafers.
Tester-Prober Interfaces: Direct Probe (Part 2)
Tester-Prober Interfaces: Direct Probe and System Interface Implications
Tester-Prober Interfaces: Direct Probe (Part 1)
Tester-Prober Interfaces: The Move to Direct Probe.
Semiconductor ATE Supplier Reaches Huge Milestone
Advantest, a powerhouse in the semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) industry, recently shipped a milestone 1000th V93000 test system.
Thermal Analysis Devices Just Got More Affordable
Thermal analysis cameras will soon be available for purchase by consumers.
Materials Science News: 2-D Phosphorus-The Future for Solar Cells?
Materials science research shows that 2-dimensional phosphorus could be the future for the semiconductor industry.
Thin-Film Solar Cells May Be Toxic Free In The Future.
Magnesium chloride can replace cadmium chloride in the thin film solar cell process.
Integrated Circuit Design Changes Could Bring Back Vacuum Electronics
Integrated circuit design changes to allow vacuum-channel transistors to surpass silicon transistors.
IEEE 2014 Medal of Honor Recipient Comes from the Field of Power Semiconductors
2014 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient comes from the field of power semiconductors.
Series on Semiconductor Processing and Integrated Circuits, Part 11: Basic Semiconductor Circuit Components
The following is a brief over view of semiconductor circuit components.
UC Riverside Engineering Team Uses Silly Putty to Improve Batteries
UC Riverside engineering team uses silicon dioxide found in Silly Putty to improve lithium-ion batteries.
Semiconductor Processing and Integrated Circuits Part 10: Process and Device Evaluation
A review of process and device evaluation in semiconductor processing.
Defects And Contamination Control
Dr. Michael Watts gives a brief review of the Cosmos episode, The Clean Room, which touches on recent semiconductor history.
Semiconductor Industry Finds Applications for Colorful Diamonds
Semiconductor Industry Uses Colorful Diamonds to Measure Magnetic Fields in Semiconductors
Interacting With Printed Sensors
An article on the future of touchscreens, written by semiconductor processing expert, Dr. Michael Watts.
Series on Semiconductor Processing and Integrated Circuits, Part 7: Ion Implantation
A brief review of ion implantation in the semiconductor processing industry.
S-FIL for Sub-80nm Contact Hole Patterning
An article on contact hole pattering, jointly written with one of our experts, Dr. Micheal Watts.
Series on Semiconductor Processing and Integrated Circuits, Part 5: Development Methods
A review of semiconductor processing, specifically various development processes.
Amazing New Materials
Dr. Michael Watt’s most recent blog, written on the progress being made regarding materials used for photonic devices.
Series on Semiconductor Processing and Integrated Circuits, Part 4: Photoresists
A description of photoresists used in semiconductor processing.