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	Texas Instruments - RFAB - Fun Facts about Fabs
		A fab is a place where semiconductors - the brains that make electronics work - are made.
		Semiconductors are also called “chips.” They are created on layers of metals and chemicals called wafers inside “clean rooms.” TI's 300mm fab, DMOS 6, has a class 100 clean room, which means that there about 100 particles of dust or contaminant per cubic foot of air.
		TI's most advanced fab produces semiconductors with dimensions as small as 0.09-micron, or 1000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
	www.ti.com /corp/docs/rennerroadfab/funfacts.shtml (275 words)

	Doping (semiconductors): Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In semiconductor (A substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities) production, doping refers to the process of intentionally introducing impurities into a pure semiconductor substrate, in order to change its electrical properties.
		Other compound semiconductors such as gallium arsenide (additional info and facts about gallium arsenide) are quite often doped with group IV elements such as Si.
		This phenomenon is known as compensation, and occurs at the p-n junction (The junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor) in the vast majority of semiconductor devices.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/doping_(semiconductors).htm (384 words)

	WaferNews - Fab automation changes the business
		Intel says that its yield improvement at 65nm is less than two years behind the 90nm generation, that the new Fab 12 in Chandler was matching the development fab’s yields within a few weeks of startup, and that the fab would be at 50% 65nm capacity by early 2006.
		By collecting enormous amounts of data throughout the fab, from both processing and metrology tools, the company is able to define potential actions and automate the decision process, for better process control.
		Fab engineers who used to spend about half their time on operations now have turned their focus to making improvements, especially improving maintenance.
	sst.pennnet.com /Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=HOME&ARTICLE_ID=243635&VERSION_NUM=2&p=67 (1387 words)

	MICRO: Reducing defects methodically
		After an equipment-related particle event at a fab is identified and confirmed, a process-monitoring phase is initiated to fingerprint the suspect process tool.
		Because wafers in one of the fab's process flows require three different implants on this type of system, overall process-line yield was being significantly affected, as illustrated in Figure 8.
		The fab's RCA-clean system processes four lots at a time, and the types of defects present on the monitor wafers were found to vary depending on the production lots that were cleaned with them.
	www.micromagazine.com /archive/03/01/schreutelkamp.html (3425 words)

	070511: India scripts future for Fab City
		A semiconductor fab requires uninterrupted electricity and water to properly function, and the GoAP understands that supply of these resources will be critical.
		The first IC fab in Fab City is supposedly again going to be that of Nano-Tech Silicon India Ltd. (NTSI), a start-up led by South Korean businessman/technologist Dr. Jun Min.
		NTSI has been trying to close financing for at least two years, and though the company had at one point claimed Intel Capital was an investor, as of today no official relationship seems to exist between the two.
	www.pennwellblogs.com /sst/eds_threads/2007/05/070511-india-scripts-future-for-fab.php (976 words)

	Dov Moran, a Zionist with a mission - Haaretz - Israel News
		"Tower Semiconductors (Nasdaq: TSEM) is like a hotel in a great location, where they built six stories, a swimming pool, a spa and gardens, but then they ran out of money before buying beds," quips Dov Moran.
		This fab was being run without its leaders having any capacity to lead it.
		Manpower is not the main cost of a fab, and also, Israel has technological understanding and amazing devotion by its people.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/spages/876163.html (1450 words)

	RFMD to acquire Filtronic compound semiconductors business, fab - 12/20/2007 - Electronic News
		RFMD expects the addition of the high-volume GaAs fab to significantly reduce its GaAs pHEMT sourcing costs and provide additional capacity.
		RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) is acquiring Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Ltd (FCSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Filtronic PLC, for approximately $25 million (12.5 million pounds) in cash.
		In September, RFMD said it is expecting an increase in demand for its compound semiconductor process technologies as a result of "favorable market trends" in the cellular handset and multi-market products segments, and that it planned to add a third fab to its manufacturing facilities and increase production overall.
	www.edn.com /article/CA6514507.html (555 words)

	fab Resources \| ZDNet
		Intel 45nm backed by fab fourThe big loser was Texas, not Intel"..Intel appears to have lost about $124 million, according to one report, by not pursuing the Austin fab project..."First, what was demolished was not a "fab", it was a parking garage for crying out loud!
		Organic integrated circuits, albeit not of the same performance or density of silicon or compound semiconductors, could be made in printing works costing $30 mln by 2008, according to ABI Research.
		FAB is built from a collection of bricks, small storage appliances containing commodity disks, CPU, NVRAM, and...
	updates.zdnet.com /tags/fab.html (1428 words)

	Electronic Devices/Semiconductors Market Research
		Automotive continues to be one of the steadiest and most dependable sectors for semiconductor suppliers to serve.
		The Fab Construction Monitor is a subset of the full version of FabFutures and focuses specifically on fab construction expenditures.
		The SEMI World Fab Forecast provides high level summaries, charts, and graphs; in-depth analyses of capital expenditure, capacity, technology and products, down to the detail of each fab; and forecasts for the next 18 months.
	www.the-infoshop.com /el_device.shtml (3056 words)

	Solid State Technology - ISMI sketches out "green" fab standards, practices
		The best practices list includes ways to conserve energy in current factories by using tricks like tuning down tool exhaust fans, and more complex procedures such as implementing software to automatically control equipment pumps.
		Going green could also save fabs money, perhaps $100,000/year for each 1% reduction in energy consumption, ISMI notes.
		The group also pointed to ways to use "innovate equipment components" such as a replacement diffusion furnace element that can reduce power consumption by 20%, and a thermal annealer that uses 1/4 energy as conventional lamp-style annealers.
	sst.pennnet.com /Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=5&ARTICLE_ID=292942&C=BIZNW (269 words)

	Semiconductors: Manufacturing
		Quantitative and strategic market advice and analysis on semiconductor equipment, materials and services providers, products and technology.
		Market Optimization for Semiconductors: Maintaining Revenue in a Slowdown
		Key Issues for the Semiconductor Industry, Asia/Pacific, 2008
	www.gartner.com /it/products/research/asset_129175_2395.jsp (295 words)

	Photo Chemical Machining, Milling, Photo-Etching E-FAB Micro Etch Technologies
		Serving the aerospace, communications, computer, defense, electronic, hybrid circuits, rigid flexible circuit, interconnect, laser, dental, medical, instrumentation, micro electric circuits, microwave, military, ordinance, optical, power semiconductor, semiconductors, RFID and RF microwave antenna fabrication, interconnect interposers for stacked memory modules, tactical, weapons systems, plus other high tech OEMs.
		Utilizing photo chemical machining, photo etching, chemical milling, and CNC micro fabrication techniques for close tolerance manufacturing procedures have many possibilities in producing a wide variety of precision parts and components.
		For prompt delivery, superior quality, prototypes, and development projects are welcome; contact E FAB.
	www.e-fab.com (502 words)

	Home - Fabtech - The online information source for semiconductor professionals
		ANGSTREM is to convert and existing fab to 200mm wafer production with the construction of support buildings and full conversion expected to be completed by the end of M+W Zander to build 200mm fab for ANGSTREM '>Read More
		A joint venture between STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductor was confirmed yesterday and will be known as ST-NXP Wireless.
		The Memorandum of Understanding signed between NXP Semiconductors and Thomson in February this year comprised an agreement between the two companies to combine their can tuner modules operations in a NXP and Thomson sign JV agreement; CEO and CFO named'>Read More
	www.fabtech.org (1313 words)

	Rogers' Research Publications
		Sun, D.-Y. Khang, K. Hurley, R.G. Nuzzo and J.A. Rogers, “Photolithographic Route to The Fabrication of Micro/Nanowires of III-V Semiconductors,” Advanced Functional Materials, 15(1), 30-40 (2005).
		Sun and J.A. Rogers, “Nano and Microstructured Semiconductor Materials for Macroelectronics,” Handbook of Nanotechnology, B. Bhushan, Ed.
		Sun and J.A. Rogers, “Semiconductor Nanowires for Applications in Macroelectronics,” Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, J.A. Schwarz, C. Contescu and Putyera, Eds.
	rogers.mse.uiuc.edu /publications.html (4588 words)

	I2C from NXP Semiconductors
		As Philips Semiconductors we invented the I²C bus, leading the world in these bus devices.
		Now as NXP we continue our leading position to offer you a vast portfolio of I²C logic products used for I²C-bus communication and protocol conversion.
		The ICB fab in Boeblingen Germany will be closed at the end of the year and many of the general purpose I²C-bus GPIO / LED blinkers / dimmers and 16C UARTs will be transferred to a new fab.
	www.nxp.com /products/interface_control/i2c (309 words)

	CAMECA: manufacturer of SIMS, NanoSIMS, EPMA, LEXES, Atom Probe and TXRF instruments.
		CAMECA provides in-Fab and near-Fab Metrology Equipment for the worldwide semiconductor, based on LEXES, SIMS and TXRF analytical techniques.
		CAMECA also provides advanced Research Instruments for the most prestigious laboratories in universities, governmental organizations and private companies in materials, geology, astrophysics, semiconductors and life sciences.
		Metrology for semiconductors: dopant dose measurement, implant dose mapping, dopant depth profiling, Ultra Shallow implant, oxynitride, full wafer analysis, 200 mm wafer, 300 mm wafer.
	www.cameca.fr (226 words)

	Selling Used Fab Equipment and Microscopes
		Fab-Equipment.com is a site dedicated to selling used equipment related to the semiconductor and micro machining industries.
		We offer a wide variety and have put these items in categories for ease of browsing.
		Please take a moment to read our Terms and Conditions.
	www.fab-equipment.com (106 words)

	Yole Developpement mems nano bio compound semiconductors Consulting
		Yole Developpement mems nano bio compound semiconductors Consulting
		From technologies to markets, we help our clients to develop their business
		Our commitment is to facilitate market access for innovative devices, equipment and materials in the MEMS, compound semiconductor, nano and life science fields.
	www.yole.fr (198 words)

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