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Unusual defects, generated by wafer sawing: Diagnosis, mechanisms and how to distinguish from related failures

Unusual defects, generated by wafer sawing: Diagnosis, mechanisms and how to distinguish from related failures   In the wafer sawing process, unusual failures were observed and their root causes have been investigated. Besides classical and well-known failures, the following failure mechanisms were found. Surface-ESD (ESDFOS), caused by charged water drops and [...]

Thermodynamics and kinetic theory of nucleation and the evolution of liquid precipitates in gallium arsenide wafer

Thermodynamics and kinetic theory of nucleation and the evolution of liquid precipitates in gallium arsenide wafer   We study nucleation and evolution of liquid droplets in semi-insulating solid gallium arsenide (GaAs). For a realistic modelling, the crucial issue of a combined thermodynamic and kinetic treatment is the coupling of diffusion, chemical [...]

Evaluation of the quality of commercial silicon carbide wafers by an optical non-destructive inspection technique

Evaluation of the quality of commercial silicon carbide wafers by an optical non-destructive inspection technique There is a great need for an in-line, high-speed and non-destructive inspection system capable of evaluating and analyzing the quality SiC wafers for SiC power devices. We have examined whether the laser-based optical non-destructive inspection [...]

Measurements on the spectroscopic performance of CdZnTe coplanar grid detectors

Measurements on the spectroscopic performance of CdZnTe coplanar grid detectors   A performance study was performed for CdZnTe coplanar grid (CPG) detectors when used as γ-ray spectrometers. The detectors have the crystal volumes of 1, 1.6875 and 2.25 cm3, respectively. Time stability of each CdZnTe CPG detector was investigated in a long-term [...]

Assessment of the overall resource consumption of germanium wafer production for high concentration photovoltaics

Assessment of the overall resource consumption of germanium wafer production for high concentration photovoltaics   The overall resource requirements for the production of germanium wafers for III–V multi-junction solar cells applied in concentrator photovoltaics have been assessed based on up to date process information. By employing the cumulative energy demand (CED) [...]

InGaAs/InP epi wafer for PIN

PAM-XIAMEN can offer 2” InGaAs/InP epi wafer for PIN as follows. InGaAs is the compound of InAs and GaAs. In the periodic table of chemical elements, In and Ga are elements of the third group, and As is the fifth group element. The properties of InGaAs are between the properties of [...]