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 ...

Imec has achieved the first successful wafer-scale fabrication of solid-state nanopores using EUV lithography on 300mm wafers ...

Electronic devices have become an indispensable part of our lives in our technology-driven world. These devices owe their existence to a crucial component known as the semiconductor wafer. In this ...

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, in collaboration with the Optical Systems Division at Broadcom Inc., report a broadband, polarization-insensitive unidirectional imager that ...

This higher density of circuitry on a wafer requires greater accuracy and a highly fragile and advanced fabrication process. Several newer and highly complex ICs today are made of a dozen or more ...

A silicon wafer is a thin slice of crystalline silicon typically grown using the Czochralski process, which involves pulling a crystal seed from a molten silicon bath. A silicon wafer is a thin slice ...

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LA Semiconductor LLC ("LA Semiconductor" or "the Company"), a US-owned, fully operational pure-play semiconductor foundry for analog, digital and mixed ...

TI announces plans with the Alpine School District to create the first district-wide K-12 STEM learning community in the state LEHI, Utah, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: ...

Defect detection requirements on the order of 10 defective parts per million (DPPM) are driving improvements in inspection tools’ resolution and throughput at foundries and OSATs. However, defects ...

In a new paper presented at IEDM 2025, imec reports on the successful fabrication of highly uniform nanopores with diameters ...