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Miniaturization of semiconductor etch manufacturing equipment [closed]

What elements are necessary for miniaturization of semiconductor etch manufacturing equipment and what are their priorities?
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What is Electromagnetic Cross Section?

What is Electromagnetic Cross Section? (shock section) Hello, I have a question regarding the manufacturing process of electronic components in the case of the silicon deposition and corrosion process....
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Node Technology in Modern Transistors

i was reading about the new 2nm chip IBM created and through some reading i learned that the "nm" part does not refer to the actual gate length like it did many years ago. Can anyone tell me ...
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What are some reasons for hand painted dots on chips?

I've seen lots of products with hand painted dots or markings on chips, what do they often mean? Obviously I understand everybody has their own reasons but could it be an industry common practice for ...
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How is the asymmetry of a Schottky diode obtained?

A Schottky diode is constructed with two metal conductors bonded to a doped semiconductor. One of the metal-semiconductor junctions is a Schottky contact, and the other metal-semiconductor junction is ...
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Unknown logo on FGS25N120ANTD IGBTs. Which semiconductor manufacturer is this?

I bought 5 FGS25N120ANTD IGBTs from my local vendor a while back. I was unable to identify the manufacturer, based on the logo. Can somebody help me out?
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What is the minimum die area of a chip?

Silicon chips are made by slicing up wafers; in general, the fewer transistors a design needs, the smaller the area it needs, so the more chips you get out of a wafer, and the lower the cost per chip. ...
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Problems with doping semiconductor materials in 7nm technology

As you know, semiconductor technology is going to reach 7nm lithographic precision soon. Which means that the smallest segment length on a semiconductor die can be as short as 7nm. After making some ...
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What is the significance of primary and secondary flats in wafers?

I am confused about how the orientation of primary and secondary flats represents the crystal orientation of the semiconductor. I looked at this site mentioned in this answer: The primary flat ...
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How is EMI avoided inside of an IC?

I was re-watching this video about how CPUs are made and at the time of the video the link points to, I thought "Isn't there some EMI problems with all those transistor signals flying all over the ...
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