Silicon wafer

Silicon wafer

A silicon wafer is a thin, circular slice of single-crystal semiconductor material used in manufacturing of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.

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angstrom (Å)

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

Unit of length commonly used in semiconductor industry, though it is not recognized as a standard international unit; 1 Å = 10-8cm = 10-4 micrometer = 0. 1 nm; the dimensions of a typical ...

Non-crystalline thin-film silicon having no long-range crystallography order; inferior electrical characteristics as compared to single-crystal and poly Si but cheaper and easier to manufacture; used ...

adhesion layer

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

Material used to improve adhesion of materials, typically photo resist to the substrate in a photo lithographic processes. Some metals are also used to promote adhesion of subsequent layers.