MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. today announced it has begun volume production of what it claims is a defect-free silicon wafer. According to the company, many silicon wafers have reduced surface ...

Research from the Chin-Yi University of Technology in Taiwan revealed a novel heater design in the Czochralski silicon crystal growth process that can control and decrease oxygen concentration without ...

Semiconductor wafer defect pattern recognition and classification is a crucial area of research that underpins yield enhancement and quality assurance in microelectronics manufacturing. The discipline ...

Researchers in quantum mechanics believe they’ve found a standard way to assess the viability of quantum memory in silicon chips — meaning existing components can be used as the fabric for a future ...

“Traps” are places where an electron can be found "trapped" within a semiconductor. These traps are highly undesirable because they prevent electrons from moving around quickly so that they can be ...

To make the top-of-the-line chips for Apple's iPhone, such as the A14, or Nvidia's A100 series AI processors, with billions of transistors, it takes a factory that costs $16 billion to build and ...

Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have investigated the impact of impurities and defects on the performance of solar cells built with mono cast silicon (CM-Si) wafers and have found that ...

Achieving the auto industry’s stringent zero defect goals is becoming a big challenge for makers of silicon carbide substrates, which are struggling to achieve sufficient yields and reliability as ...

Metrology and wafer inspection processes are changing to keep up with evolving and new device applications. While fab floors still have plenty of OCD tools, ellipsometers, and CD-SEMs, new systems are ...

What is the Market Size of Wafer Defect Inspection System? BANGALORE, India, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, the global market size of Wafer Defect Inspection System was estimated to be worth ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) has arrived, and it’s a big deal. It was written all over APEC 2023 show with a string attached: the cost of a SiC device is significantly higher than its silicon counterpart.