The group is concentrating on a program that generates information and provides insight on how suppliers can more effectively communicate and interface with their chipmaker customers. This workshop, seventh in a series of workshops on 300-mm silicon wafer specifications, will focus on development of prime wafer specifications for wafer dimensions and other critical properties. The group is in the process of implementing a program to generate and disseminate special market statistics for chemicals and gases among those companies who are willing to participate in this group. This workshop will focus on the impact of corrosion on semiconductor device fabrication processes. These costs include equipment downtime, replacement cost of equipment, and potential device yield reduction caused by process contamination.
Contamination can occur throughout the gas distribution delivery system.
The gas delivery system, gas regulators and controls, process gas piping, and components can contribute to contamination. Each of these items could cause corrosion and therefore have a negative impact on the cost of device manufacturing. Cost is a significant factor in any COO model, as is system reliability and uptime. Overview of MEMS market, introduction to MEMS, device and application, lunch with guest speaker, materials and processes, and testing and modeling. Senior Market Analyst Elizabeth Schumann offers a midyear look at the worldwide semiconductor equipment and materials markets.