After more than a decade of research and development, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. has introduced an innovative semiconductor ...

Released every 12 to 18 months, 3D NAND scaling outpaces most other semiconductor devices in replacement rate and performance ...

Whether Samsung still uses this particular apparatus is unknown, but vacuum chambers are necessary during the dry etching process due to the plasma. Types of etching Samsung describes wet etching as ...

An example of directional etching for nanohole arrays of less than 500nm in diameter. (Image: A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering) Wet etching can be classified into two main types ...

Researchers have found that using dry etched black silicon for passive emitter rear cell (PERC) solar cells increases the cost of individual cell production by 15.8 percent to 25.1 percent, but ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

What is Atomic Layer Etching? Atomic layer etching (ALE) is a highly controlled and selective etching technique that removes material layer by layer at the atomic scale. It is a cyclic process that ...

Semiconductors are a crucial element of electronic equipment, allowing for advancements in telecommunications, computers, biotechnology, weapons technology, aviation, renewable energy, and a variety ...

Etching is a method employed during the fabrication of semiconductors to chemically remove layers from the surface of the wafer substrate. Etching is a crucial process, and each wafer is subject to ...

OSAKA, Japan — Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has developed a single-step, hydrofluoric acid electrochemical etching process that can achieve an aspect ratio greater than 60:1 at potentially a tenth of the ...

At the end of one of the hottest summers on record, as fights about how to power homes rage, renewable solar energy continues to present an option that does not significantly add greenhouse gases to ...