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Manufacturing a Float Zone Wafer

What Is Thermal Cycling and How Does It Impact Semiconductors?

July 31, 2025
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Different materials have different thermal cycles, from CZ silicon and GaAs to a float zone wafer. Understanding that is key when manufacturing semiconductors.

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Silicon Wafer for 3D ICs

Wafer-To-Wafer Bonding: Uses and Difficulties for the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing

July 30, 2025
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When manufacturing complex substrates with a silicon wafer, the wafer-to-wafer bonding technique is crucial—but what does this method involve?

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InP Reclaim Wafers

When the Reclaim Process Isn't Viable: Signs an InP Wafer no Longer Can Be Reclaimed

July 23, 2025
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Before manufacturing InP reclaim wafers, fabs analyze each substrate in detail to ensure its high quality. Here are some signs we look out for.

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Thin Silicon Wafers

Czochralski Method for Ultra-Thin Wafers

July 21, 2025
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The process for making thin silicon wafers often starts with CZ silicon growth, which produces high-purity silicon with a monocrystalline structure.

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Ablation Laser Marking

What Is Ablation? Understand the Ins and Outs of Laser Marking

July 16, 2025
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Ablation is a wafer laser marking technique used to remove material from the substrate and leave a readable mark. Here, we’ll explain when this method is preferred.

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Challenges of InP Wafer Manufacturing

Common Challenges When Manufacturing InP Wafer

July 14, 2025
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InP wafers are widely used in high-speed electronics, optical communication, and photonic devices, but they are more complex to process than silicon, and here are five reasons why.

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MEMs Made with a Double Side Polish Wafer

Double Side Polishing and Chips: When Is This Step Necessary?

July 11, 2025
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Double side polishing ensures precision and consistency in semiconductors. But, for what chips and transistors rely on a double side polish wafer to function?

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FZ Wafer Uses in Research

How FZ Wafers Are Used in Research

July 9, 2025
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If you’re conducting semiconductor device or material research, you may need an FZ wafer, and here’s why.

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Rising Silicon Prices

Will Spikes in Oil Prices Affect the Cost of Silicon?

July 7, 2025
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Silicon prices have always fluctuated, and as conflict in the Middle East threatens to increase oil prices, we wonder if this will impact silicon, too.

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When the Reclaim Process Isn't Viable: Signs a GaAs Wafer no Longer Can Be Reclaimed

July 4, 2025
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Before manufacturing GaAs reclaim wafers, it’s important to understand whether or not the semiconductor can go through the reclaim process. Here are some of them.

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