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1 Introduction to Silicon Wafer Processing |
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5 | (3) |
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1.4 Semiconductor Materials |
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10 | (3) |
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1.7 Si properties & its Purification |
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18 | (2) |
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1.8 Single Crystal Si Manufacture |
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20 | (7) |
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1.8.1 Czochralski Crystal Growth Technique |
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20 | (6) |
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1.8.2 Float zone Technique (FZ Technique) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (5) |
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1.10 Wafer Processing Considerations |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (4) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (3) |
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2.3 Vapor Phase Epitaxy/Chemical Vapor Deposition |
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42 | (8) |
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2.3.1 Growth Model and Theoretical Treatment |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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2.5 Technical Issues for Si Epitaxy by CVD |
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52 | (6) |
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52 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Buried Layer Pattern Transfer |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (1) |
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2.8 Low Temperature Epitaxy |
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60 | (1) |
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2.9 Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) |
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61 | (5) |
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2.9.1 Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) |
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61 | (5) |
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2.10 Silcon-on-Insulator (SOI) |
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66 | (1) |
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2.11 Silicon on Sapphire (SOS) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (7) |
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70 | (5) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (4) |
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79 | (1) |
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3.3 Growth Rate of Silicon Oxide Layer |
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82 | (5) |
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3.4 Impurities effect on the Oxidation Rate |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (1) |
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3.8 Oxide Thickness Measurement |
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92 | (3) |
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98 | (5) |
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103 | (36) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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4.3 Contact Optical Lithography |
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106 | (1) |
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4.4 Proximity Optical Lithography |
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106 | (1) |
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4.5 Projection Optical Lithography |
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107 | (5) |
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112 | (2) |
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4.7 Photomask Fabrication |
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114 | (1) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (3) |
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4.11 Particle-Based Lithography |
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122 | (5) |
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4.11.1 Electron Beam Lithography |
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122 | (2) |
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4.11.2 Electron-Matter Interaction |
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124 | (3) |
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4.12 Ion Beam Lithography |
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127 | (2) |
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4.13 Ultra Violet Lithography |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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4.15 Comparison of Lithographic Techniques |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (6) |
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134 | (5) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (28) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (2) |
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5.5 Silicon Dioxide Etching |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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5.8 Plasma Etching Process |
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147 | (6) |
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5.8.1 Plasma Chemical Etching Process |
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150 | (1) |
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5.8.2 Sputter Etching Process |
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151 | (1) |
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5.8.3 Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) Process |
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152 | (1) |
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5.9 Inductive coupled Plasma Etching (ICP) |
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153 | (1) |
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5.10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Dry Etching (Plasma Etching) and Wet Etching |
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154 | (1) |
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5.11 Examples of Etching Reactions |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (8) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (7) |
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167 | (40) |
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167 | (1) |
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6.2 Atomic Mechanisms of Diffusion |
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6.2.1 Substitutional Diffusion |
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6.2.2 Interstitial Diffusion |
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169 | (2) |
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6.3 Fick's Laws of Diffusion |
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172 | (5) |
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6.4.1 Constant Source Concentration Distribution |
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173 | (2) |
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6.4.2 Limited Source Diffusion or Gaussian Diffusion |
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175 | (2) |
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6.5 Dual Diffusion Process |
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177 | (9) |
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6.5.1 Intrinsic & Extrinsic Diffusion |
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179 | (3) |
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6.5.2 Diffusivity of Antimony in Silicon |
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182 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Diffusivity of Arsenic in Silicon |
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182 | (1) |
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6.5.4 Diffusivity of Boron in Silicon |
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183 | (2) |
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6.5.5 Diffusivity of Phosphorus in Silicon |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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6.7 Field-Aided Diffusion |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (4) |
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193 | (2) |
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6.10 Impurity Redistribution During Oxide Growth |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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6.12 Diffusion in Polysilicon |
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197 | (1) |
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6.13 Measurement Techniques |
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198 | (4) |
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198 | (1) |
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6.13.2 Capacitance-Voltage Plotting (C-V) |
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199 | (1) |
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6.13.3 Four Point Probe (FPP) |
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200 | (1) |
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6.13.4 Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) |
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201 | (1) |
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6.13.5 Spreading Resistance Probe (SRP) |
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202 | (5) |
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202 | (5) |
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207 | (34) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (4) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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7.3 Ion Implant Stop Mechanism |
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213 | (4) |
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7.4 Range and Straggle of Ion Implant |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (2) |
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7.6 Doping Profile of Ion Implant |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (5) |
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224 | (2) |
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7.7.2 Rapid Thermal Annealing (RTA) |
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226 | (2) |
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7.8 Shallow Junction Formation |
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228 | (3) |
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7.8.1 Low Energy Implantation |
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229 | (1) |
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7.8.3 Implanted Silicides and Polysilicon |
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230 | (1) |
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7.9 High Energy Implantation |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (8) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (7) |
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8 Film Deposition: Dielectric, Polysilicon and Metallization |
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241 | (38) |
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241 | (1) |
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8.2 Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) |
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242 | (3) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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8.3 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) |
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245 | (4) |
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249 | (4) |
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253 | (3) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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8.8 Metallization Application in VLSI |
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259 | (1) |
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8.9 Mettalization Choices |
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260 | (1) |
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8.10 Copper Metallization |
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261 | (1) |
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8.11 Aluminium Metallization |
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262 | (3) |
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8.12 Metallization Processes |
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265 | (1) |
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8.14 Deposition Apparatus |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (1) |
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8.16 Multilevel Metallization |
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269 | (2) |
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8.17 Characteristics of Metal Thin Film |
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271 | (4) |
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275 | (4) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (3) |
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279 | (16) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (3) |
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9.3 Packaging Design Considerations |
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283 | (1) |
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9.4 Integrated Circuit Package |
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284 | (3) |
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9.5 VLSI Assembly Technologies |
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287 | (4) |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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10 VLSI Process Integration |
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295 | (30) |
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296 | (2) |
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10.2 Fundamental Considerations for IC Processing |
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298 | (1) |
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298 | (3) |
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301 | (6) |
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301 | (4) |
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305 | (1) |
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10.5 Bipolar IC Technology |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (3) |
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10.9 Monolithic and Hybrid Integrated Circuits |
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315 | (1) |
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10.10 IC Fabrication / Manufacturing |
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316 | (1) |
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10.11 Fabrication Facilities |
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317 | (5) |
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322 | (3) |
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322 | (1) |
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Appendix |
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Index |
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