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manufacture [2012/08/13 06:48] – [Dicing] mcmaster | manufacture [2012/08/13 07:09] – [Making ingots] mcmaster | ||
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Melted in high temp furnace. A seed crystal is dropped in and forms a large crystal. | Melted in high temp furnace. A seed crystal is dropped in and forms a large crystal. | ||
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====== Making raw wafers ====== | ====== Making raw wafers ====== | ||
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Programs like Cadence VLSI, Magic VLSI, and others are used to design a circuit and produce CAD files. | Programs like Cadence VLSI, Magic VLSI, and others are used to design a circuit and produce CAD files. | ||
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====== Printing the photomask ====== | ====== Printing the photomask ====== | ||
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Some circuits can undergo basic testing.by using test pads when still in the wafer. This eliminates the following steps only to find the entire wafer was bad. If too many units are bad during initial testing, the whole process is typically aborted. | Some circuits can undergo basic testing.by using test pads when still in the wafer. This eliminates the following steps only to find the entire wafer was bad. If too many units are bad during initial testing, the whole process is typically aborted. | ||
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====== Dicing ====== | ====== Dicing ====== |