The year in review: Revisit our semiconductor insights from 2022
Everyone’s been talking about the global semiconductor chip crisis this year – and no wonder, what with semiconductors playing such an important role in the technologies we rely on. Meanwhile, at Malvern Panalytical, we’ve been hard at work optimizing our semiconductor metrology solutions and sharing our semicon expertise, to help our partners in chip R&D and manufacturing improve their processes and deliver products that are better than ever.
Here’s a round-up of what you might have missed!
Illuminating sustainability
Semiconductors are great news for environmental sustainability, thanks to their use in energy-efficient LEDs and electric car batteries. In this article, Lars Grieger explores their eco-friendly potential – and discusses how Malvern Panalytical’s X-ray diffraction (XRD) solutions are primed to help your semiconductor chips deliver maximum energy savings.
The lab-to-fab trend (and what it means for you)
The compound semicon industry is maturing – fast – and analytical XRD instruments need to keep up with the pace of change. Take a look at our piece (which made the cover of Compound Semiconductor magazine) on the importance of lab-to-fab flexibility when it comes to boosting manufacturing excellence, lowering costs, and putting sustainable semiconductors into more and more products around the world.
Enabling connection and empowerment
It’s simple: to make the best semiconductors, you need the best analytical instruments. In this video, we showcase Malvern Panalytical’s wide range of analytical solutions for semicon wafers – from the physical, to the chemical, to the structural.
Clear as crystal
For superior yield and performance, accurate, reliable, and frequent monitoring of the crystalline quality of semiconductor wafers is nothing short of essential. Read our brochure for the latest insights on the measurement and analysis of those all-important epitaxial layers.
Gallium nitride wafers: The results are in
Finally, let’s get practical with a couple of appetizing application notes! First, we looked at what happened when we carried out X-ray analysis of the thermal stability of heterostructures using our PIXcel3D detector – and how it can help monitor the degradation of semiconductor chip layers. Then, we turned to the value of hi-res XRD when placing GaN thin films in semi-polar and non-polar orientations.
Stay tuned for more …
Making better semiconductors more affordable will continue to be a driving force behind the sustainability transition in 2023 and beyond – and we at Malvern Panalytical are determined to keep supporting our partners in making this possible. Keep an eye out for more semicon content next year!
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