An explosion in design complexity, fueled by increased transistor density and fundamental shifts in chip architectures, are beginning to overwhelm traditional approaches to test. Defects can show up ...

Due to the nature of light, a traditional optical microscope can be employed to attain a maximum magnification of around 800–1000x. For further magnification, scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) can ...

MELVILLE, N.Y., April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., has launched the FPA-5520iV LF Option for ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

In this article, the most common errors occurring at different stages of the semiconductor fabrication process and the strategies to mitigate them are discussed. The ever-growing complexity of the ...

The semiconductor industry continually pushes the boundaries of device performance through advanced process modelling and epitaxial growth techniques. In this context, sophisticated simulation methods ...

There is a boom in the volume of semiconductor devices being manufactured, and the boom is primarily credited to the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT)-based devices in our daily lives. IoT ...