Wafers are transported between stages in the EFEM and cleaning module. In the grinding module, the wafers move from rough grinding to finish grinding as the index table rotates. To improve the ...

Silicon is the second most abundant element in Earth’s crust, but is rarely found in pure form. High-purity quartzite (SiO 2) is reduced in an electric arc furnace at around 1,800 °C using carbon ...

National Silicon Industry, the top wafer provider in China by market share, announced a plan to double its wafer production as the country has been growing its self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.

Hongyuan Green Energy said it has produced a first batch of 40 µm ultra-thin monocrystalline silicon wafers at its smart wafer manufacturing base in Baotou, China, marking what it describes as a ...

First successful use of vapor deposition on industrial silicon wafers delivers unprecedented durability in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National ...

Japanese silicon wafer manufacturer Sumco has announced plans to cease silicon wafer production at its Miyazaki plant in Japan by the end of 2026, as part of its strategy to improve profitability by ...

Reducing defects on the wafer edge, bevel, and backside is becoming essential as the complexity of developing leading-edge chips continue to increase, and where a single flaw can have costly ...

High-resistivity silicon wafers offer superior efficiency potential but are highly sensitive to edge recombination and mechanical damage, limiting their commercial use compared to more robust standard ...

With a thickness of only 20 µm and a diameter of 300 mm, Infineon’s silicon power wafers are the thinnest in the industry. These ultra-thin wafers are a quarter the thickness of a human hair and half ...

imec, a Belgium-based research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has announced "a significant milestone in silicon photonics" with the successful demonstration of ...