Creating a semiconductor and the gases that make it happen
Gases have been a key enabler of the electronics industry since the first commercial transistors and integrated circuits were produced in the mid-twentieth century.
Gases have been a key enabler of the electronics industry since the first commercial transistors and integrated circuits were produced in the mid-twentieth century.
Air Liquide is celebrating a record year in Asia having signed several new long-term contracts last year with major electronics manufacturers in China, as well as Japan and Singapore.
From perceived to being in something of a demand lull 5+ years ago, the electronics gases business is firmly in vogue right now, as the further expansion of Air Products’ supply to Samsung demonstrates.
According to The Gas Review, dry etching is being used increasingly in manufacturing processes for mounting semiconductors and printed-circuit boards (PCBs) used in electronic devices.
The Board of Directors of China’s Tangshan Sunfar Silicon Industries Co. Ltd has approved an investment plan of production of electronic specialty gases with an overall budget of RMB 287.24m ($44.5m).
As the use of electronic communication devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops proliferates, it is evident that they have become an essential part of everyday modern life. At the heart of these devices lies...
Electronics manufacturing is a highly complex sequence of adding and subtracting material, with the resulting sum yielding circuits sometimes less than one hundred atoms wide. For over 50 years, Moore’s Law has driven an industry...
The roots of our digital lifestyles certainly are semiconductors, which allow for the creation of complex transistor structures. Semiconductors are crystalline or amorphous (non-crystalline) solids with distinct electrical characteristics.
CVD Equipment Corporation, a chemical vapour deposition and gas control equipment manufacturing business, has supplied the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with next generation 2D semiconductor deposition equipment.
At the recent two-day 21st National Specialty Gas Annual Meeting organised by Zhonghao Guangming Chemical Research Institute and the National Specialty Gas Information Centre, Mr. SUN Funan, Chief Engineer of the former, began by imparting to...