semiconductor wafer

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semiconductor
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsem.i.kənˈdʌk.tər/us
/ˌsem.i.kənˈdʌk.tɚ/
a material, such as silicon, that allows electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic device made from ...
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wafer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈweɪ.fər/us
/ˈweɪ.fɚ/
a very thin, dry biscuit that is ...
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The lithographic process generates asemiconductorwaferpartially covered with photoresist, so that the uncovered regions are available for different kinds of processing, such as etching, ion implantation, or metallization.
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To add to the design challenge, device properties often vary between each processedsemiconductorwafer.
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The system is used insemiconductorwaferfabrication and cleanroom environments.
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The patent deals with fabrication of integrated circuits on asemiconductorwafer.
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A typical test of asemiconductorwaferwould entail the acquisition of spectra from many points on a patterned or unpatterned wafer.
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Since fabrication costs for asemiconductorwaferare relatively fixed, the cost per integrated circuits is mainly related to the number of chips that can be produced per wafer.
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Some areas where scattering and scattering theory are significant include radar sensing, medical ultrasound,semiconductorwaferinspection, polymerization process monitoring, acoustic tiling, free-space communications and computer-generated imagery.
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At the edge of a diode laser, where light is emitted, a mirror is traditionally formed by cleaving thesemiconductorwaferto form a specularly reflecting plane.
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Impurity ions may move from the cold side of asemiconductorwafertowards the hot side, since the higher temperature makes the transition structure required for atomic jumps more achievable.
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By the 1960s thousands of transistors and other electronic components could be manufactured on a siliconsemiconductorwaferas integrated circuits, which are universally used in today's computers.
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An excimer lamp can be used as a powerful source of short-wavelength ultraviolet light, useful in chemical processes such as surface cleaning of semiconductor wafers.
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The first generation (those in the market today) are made with crystalline semiconductor wafers, typically silicon.
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For example, the production of semiconductor wafers requires that the machines used for the photolithography steps be used in an essentially vibration-free environment or the sub-micrometre features will be blurred.
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Furnace anneals are performed by equipment especially built to heat semiconductor wafers.
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