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Fig. 2. Increasing cost of advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities. Assuming 800 150mm wafer Starts per day (tolliver, In essence, microenvironment technology is a wafer transport and storage sys tem consisting of an integrated collection of robotics, automation techniques, tool enclosures, and wafer pods that are used to maintain the wafers in a Class 1 (i.e one 0.5},lm particle per cubic foot) ambient. Even so, it is not an especially com plex technology in the usual sense of the term. Indeed, microenvironment technol ogy is fairly straightforward in nature. It consists of nothing more than conventional manufacturing enclosures and robotics for handling and transporting wafers. The radical quality of microenvironment technology is n0t in its complexity, but in the way it alters how manufacturers must think about the wafer processing system.
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Fig. 2. Increasing cost of advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities. Assuming 800 150mm wafer Starts per day (tolliver, In essence, microenvironment technology is a wafer transport and storage sys tem consisting of an integrated collection of robotics, automation techniques, tool enclosures, and wafer pods that are used to maintain the wafers in a Class 1 (i.e one 0.5},lm particle per cubic foot) ambient. Even so, it is not an especially com plex technology in the usual sense of the term. Indeed, microenvironment technol ogy is fairly straightforward in nature. It consists of nothing more than conventional manufacturing enclosures and robotics for handling and transporting wafers. The radical quality of microenvironment technology is n0t in its complexity, but in the way it alters how manufacturers must think about the wafer processing system.
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Microenvironment technology holds significant potential for enabling the cost-effective production of semiconductor integrated circuits. However, integrated circuit manufacturers have been reluctant to adopt the technology even though there is substantial empirical evidence of its effectiveness. This paper suggests that the slow acceptance of microenvironment technology can be understood in terms of its weak appropriability and systemic nature.
The history of semiconductor technology has been aptly called a "revolution in miniature" (Braun and Macdonald, 1978). This is because the principal goal, miniaturization, is to design circuits with the thinnest possible line widths, thereby permitting the greatest possible degree of circuit integration on a single chip. The sophistication of semiconductors today is attributable in large part to the success of scientists and engineers in pushing line features to their physical limits. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, future generations of Drams will have less than one-half micron feature sizes (see Table 1).
The relationship between line geometry and circuit density places stringent demands on the manufacturing discipline necessary to meet the tolerances of submicron devices. Particle contamination during wafer processing, in particular, can cause defects on the wafer surface that have a substantial effect on reducing chip yield. Figure 1 illustrates the empirical relationship between the number of defects per square centimeter on a wafer and test yield for 16-megabit DRAM wafer processing.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the challenges and potential of microenvironment technology in the semiconductor industry. It examines the rising cost of contamination control and its impact on cleanroom design. The author argues that microenvironment technology, which focuses on isolating the immediate area surrounding the wafer, offers a more cost-effective and efficient approach to contamination control. The book draws on experimental evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of microenvironment technology in reducing particle contamination and improving manufacturing yield. It also discusses the obstacles to its adoption, including the weak appropriability of the technology and the systemic nature of the semiconductor manufacturing process. Ultimately, the book highlights the potential of microenvironment technology to transform semiconductor manufacturing, leading to new strategies for optimizing tool and facility utilization and a more distributed and efficient production process. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781332272495_0
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