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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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14
Engineering
Undergraduate 4
07/30/2014

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Term
How many methods do FABs use to keep unwanted impurity levels low?
Definition
three
Term
Level 1
Definition
Clean rooms
Term
Level 2
Definition
Wafer cleaning
Term
Level 3
Definition
gettering
Term
What particle density does the FAB need to stay under?
Definition
part per billion
Term
What do defects cause as chip size increases?
Definition
yields to reduce exponentially
Term
what percent of modern yield loss is due to particles on the wafer?
Definition
75%
Term
What type of filters are used in cleanrooms?
Definition
HEPA filters
Term
Semiconductor particles include
Definition
-particles
-photoresist
-trace elements
Term
What are photoresists removed with?
Definition
acids or oxygen plasma
Term
What does heavy metal gettering rely on?
Definition
-metals diffusing rapidly in silicon
-metals segregating to 'trap' sites
Term
What can trap sites be created using?
Definition
SiO2 precipitates
Term
What does gettering consist of?
Definition
-making metal atoms mobile
-migration of these metals to trapping sites
-trapping of atoms
Term
What atoms does gettering contain?
Definition
metal and alkali atoms
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