Questions tagged [clean-room]

an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, with a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles, and chemical vapors.

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How can I deposit metallic electrodes on a temperature-sensitive wafer?

How can I deposit metallic contacts on a wafer in a process that won't heat the wafer above 80C? The size of the electrodes should be around 1mm2. The wafer could be glass or silicon, coated with a sensitive organic/polymeric film, functioning as a…
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Why solvent cleaning of clean wafers includes de-ionized (DI) water?

Solvent (or solution) cleaning of clean wafers includes acetone wash, isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wash and de-ionized (DI) water wash, followed by drying in nitrogen. What's the purpose of using DI water? Isn't it increases the overall (undesired)…
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How are few-nanometer multigate MOSFETs fabricated?

Intel and IMEC came up with multigate MOSFET designs with channels as narrow as new nanometers. Which methods/techniques/machines are used to pattern/fabricate such small features? (source) (source)