In any solar cell process, the metallization step is critical as it often sets conditions and limitations for the other process steps. The main metallization technique used today in Si solar cell ...

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 ...

Semiconductor manufacturer Xanoptix (Merrimack, NH) has developed a wafer-scale process for the 3-D stacking of silicon with either GaAs or InP to make compound semiconductors. The company's Hybrid ...

This edition explores how materials science, nanofabrication, and workforce development intersect to support a resilient U.S.

Wolfspeed’s 300mm platform will unify high-volume silicon carbide manufacturing for power electronics with advanced ...

Overhead tracks move production materials through Texas Instruments' new silicon wafer fabrication facility in Richardson as workers in safety suits walk by. Rebecca Slezak / Staff Photographer Texas ...

The ability to create materials with well-defined characteristics at the micro-and sub-micrometer dimensions is critical in a broad range of research fields and enterprises, from microelectronic chips ...

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. today announced it has begun volume production of what it claims is a defect-free silicon wafer. According to the company, many silicon wafers have reduced surface ...