Silicon wafers are an essential component in almost every modern electronic or consumer item. While you might not even realize it, there’s a good chance that at least one of the items in your house has wafers in it. Let’s take a deeper look at some of the different types of wafers and where you can find them if everyday life.
There are two different types of these wafers, undoped and doped. The undoped wafer is a pure crystalline form of silicon. It’s an ideal semiconductor and also referred to as an ‘intrinsic silicon wafer’. The doped wafer is fabricated by adding certain impurities in the silicon crystal during its formation. The doping is done by adding boron to get a P-type material. The P-type wafer has several positively-charged holes, while the N-type wafer has a negatively-charged electron in it. Doped wafers are popular in the research and development (R&D) industries.
There are many types of uses that silicon wafers have in today’s modern world. Numerous types of electronic equipment, from mobile phones to airplanes, use these wafers, mainly in their electronic circuitry. Some of the more common places silicon wafers are found include:
Silicon wafers have become a common item if our everyday life, even without us noticing. If you are in need of silicon wafers for your next project, contact us today at Wafer World. Wafer World is a certified manufacturing facility for not just Silicon, but Gallium Arsenide, Germanium, Indium Phosphide, Sapphire, and Quartz.
