silicon wafer
Semiconductor manufacturing base
A silicon wafer is a thin, flat disk of crystalline silicon used as the foundation for manufacturing integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices.
Wafers are sliced from cylindrical ingots of pure silicon, then polished to extreme smoothness.
Most computer chips begin as patterns etched onto silicon wafers: The fab processes thousands of wafers per day.
Semiconductor signal switch
- integrated circuitMiniaturized semiconductor electronics package
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
- n-typeSemiconductor with electron majority
- p-typeHole-majority charge carrier semiconductor
substrate · junction · diode · gate · channel · doping · carrier · electron
Particle-free manufacturing space
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- photolithographyLight-transfers patterns onto silicon
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
deposition · sputtering · oxidation · metallization · diffusion · implantation · annealing · polishing
Flat circular object
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- thinSmall in diameter
- flatLacking vertical variation
- circularForming a closed curve
brittle · fragile · polished · notch · diameter · thickness · prime · test
Having unbroken crystal lattice
- polysiliconMulti-crystal semiconductor material
- ingotCast metal block
- crystal growthSolid lattice formation process
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
dislocation · impurity · dopant · silane · crucible · seed crystal · boule · resistivity
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- integrated circuitMiniaturized semiconductor electronics package
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
- n-typeSemiconductor with electron majority
p-type · substrate · junction · diode · gate · channel · doping · carrier · electron · hole
cleanroom
Particle-free manufacturing space
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- photolithographyLight-transfers patterns onto silicon
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
doping · deposition · sputtering · oxidation · metallization · diffusion · implantation · annealing · polishing · slicing
disc
Flat circular object
circular · brittle · fragile · polished · notch · diameter · thickness · prime · test · dummy
monocrystalline
Having unbroken crystal lattice
- polysiliconMulti-crystal semiconductor material
- ingotCast metal block
- crystal growthSolid lattice formation process
intrinsic · dislocation · impurity · dopant · silane · crucible · seed crystal · boule · resistivity · orientation
- electronic componentsresistor, capacitor, transistor, diode, inductor
- Electronics Manufacturingcircuit board, assembly lines, PCB, semiconductors, semiconductor
- Microelectronicsmicrochip, microprocessor, transistor, microcircuit, MEMS
- substratessoil, rock, sand, gravel, clay
- semiconductorssemiconductor, semiconductors, transistor, doping, diode
- coatingspaint, enamel, varnish, primer, glaze
silicon waferintegrated circuit
Miniaturized semiconductor electronics package
microprocessor · CPU · die · end product · GPU
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