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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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crystal defects
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Departure from the ideal arrangement of atoms in a crystal.
compound semiconductor
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Synthetic semiconductor formed using two or more elements mainly from groups II through VI of the periodic table; compound semiconductors do not appear in nature.
conductivity
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
A measure of the ease with which charge carriers flow in a material; the reciprocal of resistivity.
czochralski crystal growth
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Process utilizing crystal pulling to obtain single-crystal solids; the most common method for obtaining large diameter semiconductor wafers (e.g. 300mm Si wafers); desired conductivity type and ...
crystal pulling
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Process in which single-crystal seed is slowly withdrawn from the melt and material condenses at the liquid-solid interface gradually forming a rod-shaped piece of single-crystal material. Crystal ...
bow
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Concavity, curvature, or deformation of the wafer centerline independent of any thickness variation present.
