Microchip Fabrication: A Practical Guide to Semiconductor Processing - Hardcover

Peter Van Zant

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071356363 ISBN 13: 9780071356367

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx), 2000

Synopsis

Novice-friendly intro to semiconductor processing.The most readable and comprehensive guide to semiconductorprocessing, Peter Van Zant's Microchip Fabrication is considered the bible of basic microchip technology. Now in an updated new fourth edition, this completely math-free introduction to a complex field is an efficient tool for high-powered engineers and technology-clueless salespeople alike. You'll find fully illuminating, easy-reading explanations of semiconductor materials and process chemicals...contamination control...process yields...all aspects of basic patterning....doping,deposition, and metallization...wafer, device, and circuit evaluation...semiconductor devices and integrated circuit formation and types...and packaging. This new fourth edition puts at your fingertips new sections on:

*Copper metallization and damascene patterning

*BGA and CSP*

Cutting-edge cleaning techniques

*And more!

About this title

From the Back Cover

NEW TO THIS EDITION:
Packaging Technologies
Cleaning Techniques
Copper Metallization
Damascene Patterning
Other Fabrication Advances

The #1 book in the industry--now revised & updated!

A perfect introduction to the industry that's the backbone of the technology revolution, industry insider Peter Van Zant's Microchip Fabrication is a highly popular, novice-friendly guide to the entire process of semiconductor processing--from raw materials through shipping the finished, packaged device. Used for training, teaching, and vo-tech programs, and tailor-made for any semiconductor professional, Microchip Fabrication features a straightforward, math-free approach. And it details semiconductors from the inside out, covering science basics, it's fascinating history, and the latest technical leap forward. Inside, you'll follow semiconductors through every stage of fabrication. Testing, manufacturing processes, commercial integrated circuit types, and packaging are all explained in simple, nontechnical language. Along the way, Van Zant introduces challenging quizzes and review summaries that make Microchip Fabrication an ideal text or self-study guide. By the time you've finished this informative "guided tour," you'll have a solid working knowledge of all the important issues and processes, materials and methods involved in semiconductor technology, whether on the sub-atomic level or in the context of large-scale industrial practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071356363
• ISBN 13: 9780071356367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 640