Author: Jacob

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)

MBE – overview MBE equipment MBE main blocks MBE process characteristics Effusion cell Growth mechanism MBE system

Vapor phase epitaxy

Epitaxial Growth

Epitaxy is used to deposit N on N+ silicon, which is impossible to accomplish by diffusion. It is…

Crystal Growth and Wafer Preparation

In this process following subprocesses, are involved – (i) Crystal growing (ii) Ingot trimming and grinding (iii) Ingot…

Producing Semiconductor-Grade Silicon

Introductory Remarks Ø  It is written somewhere that in the beginning God created heaven and the earth. It is…

Single Crystal Growth

Ø  We now have hyperpure poly-Si, already doped to the desired level, and the next step must be to…

Monolithic IC – Component Fabrication

Now we shall discuss in detail how different circuit elements like capacitors, transistors, diodes, and resistors are fabricated…

Monolithic IC Manufacturing Process

For the manufacture and production of the monolithic IC, all circuit components and their interconnections are to be…

Monolithic IC’s

We have already discussed the basics of Integrated Circuits in our previous post. The concepts of a basic monolithic IC…

Integrated Circuits Classification

Depending upon the functional utility, the Integrated Circuits Classification are classified as linear ICs and digital ICs. From the point…