In semiconductor manufacturing, seamless traceability, unique operator identification, and standardized processes are essential prerequisites for consistently high product quality. Especially at manual workstations, reliable operator identification ensures that process steps are clearly documented a…
Optical quantum chips are considered key components of future communication and computer technologies. Their production has so far been complex because the sources needed for individual particles of light – so-called semiconductor quantum dots – formed randomly on the chip and initially had to be lo…
A grant notification for Euro 127.4 million was presented today in Erfurt to X-FAB MEMS Foundry GmbH by Thuringia’s Minister President Mario Voigt, Thuringia’s Minister of Economic Affairs Colette Boos-John, and Erfurt’s Mayor Andreas Horn. The funding provided by the German federal government and t…
– Sony and imec introduce a novel module for integrating highly dense backside sub-100nm through-Si vias (TSVs), based on a self-aligned local backside dielectric isolation (local BDI) step.
– The resulting front-to-back TSVs have lower aspect ratio, 3x lower resistance, 3x larger overlay window, and…
– ASML, TSMC, and imec introduce an innovative 300-mm integration process for transistors based on 2D materials, enabling the first scalable n- and p-FETs with a contact pitch (CPP) of 50 nm, structured using EUV lithography.
– Good results were achieved with scaled nFETs (with MoS2 channel) and pFET…
– Imec is evolving its 300mm RF silicon interposer into a unique, system-level platform for the heterogeneous integration of III‑V chiplets on Si‑CMOS – targeting mmWave/sub‑THz wireless and high‑speed data center applications.
– A new MIMCAP architecture delivers a 10-to-100-fold increase in capacit…
The recently awarded silver igus vector award-winning Pick-and-Place system Fast 4PnP from Jena Drive Technology offers a solution for cleanroom applications that combines maximum dynamics with nanometer precision.
The system was specifically developed for high-precision applications in cleanrooms…
Highly sensitive light sensors are needed, among other applications, in quantum communication, medical technology, and autonomous driving. Researchers at the Institute for Semiconductor Technology (IHT) at the University of Stuttgart have developed a photodetector based on germanium, which is more c…
New sensor technology measures critical chemicals directly in the running process and helps semiconductor manufacturers detect process deviations earlier, reduce (lab) effort and run wet processes more stably.
In semiconductor manufacturing, reliable, controlled wet processes determine yield, quality…
1. Imec presents a world first: a quantum dot qubit device fabricated using High NA EUV lithography.
2. This demonstration marks a milestone toward the industrial scaling of more reliable qubits, the basic computational units of quantum computers. Quantum computers will perform exponentially bette…
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