Silicon wafer

Silicon wafer

A silicon wafer is a thin, circular slice of single-crystal semiconductor material used in manufacturing of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.

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Silicon wafer

Site flatness

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

The TIR or the maximum FPD of the portion of a site which falls within the FQA.

Separation by implantation of oxygen (SIMOX)

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

Oxygen ions reimplanted into Si substrate and form a buried oxide layer. SIMOX is a common technique when building SOI wafers.

Silicon

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

The most common semiconductor, atomic number 14, energy gap Eg=1. 12 ev-indirect bandgap; crystal structure- diamond, lattice constant 0. 543 nm, atomic concentration 5x1022 atoms/cm, index of ...

Dopant

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

A chemical element, usually from the third or fifth columns of the periodic table,incorporated in trace amounts in a semiconductor crystal to establish its conductivity type and resistivity.

Process of cutting semiconductor wafer into individual chips each containing a complete semiconductor device. Large diameter wafer dicing is carried out by partially cutting the wafer along preferred ...