May 2010

VLSI

Electron-Beam Lithography

To know more about lithographic process and it’s basic types, click on the link below. TAKE A LOOK : IC FABRICATION TECHNIQUES TAKE A LOOK : PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY Electron-beam lithography provides better resolution then photolithography. This is possible because of small wavelength of the 10-50 KeV electrons. The resolution of electron-beam lithography system is not limited […]

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X-Ray Lithography

To know more about lithographic process and it’s basic types, click on the link below. TAKE A LOOK : IC FABRICATION TECHNIQUES TAKE A LOOK : PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY The photolithography has its resolution limited by diffraction effects. To improve the resolution, therefore, the diffraction effects are reduced by reducing the wavelength. However, if the wavelength is

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Ion-Beam Lithography

To know more about lithographic process and it’s basic types, click on the link below. TAKE A LOOK : IC FABRICATION TECHNIQUES TAKE A LOOK : PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY Ion-Beam Lithography Ion-beam lithography, when used to expose resist, provides higher resolution than that possible with an electron-beam because of less scattering. Also, resists are more sensitive to

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Photolithography

To know more about the basics, click on the link below. TAKE A LOOK : IC FABRICATION TECHNIQUES When a sample of crystalline silicon is covered with silicon dioxide, the oxide-layer acts as a barrier to the diffusion of impurities, so that impurities separated from the surface of the silicon by a layer of oxide

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Oxidation Process in IC Fabrication

To know the basics click on the following links TAKE A LOOK : IC FABRICATION TECHNIQUES TAKE A LOOK : SILICON SUBSTRATE PREPARATION TAKE A LOOK : CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION (CVD) Utility of Thermal Oxidation The function of a layer of silicon dioxide (SiO2) on a chip is multipurpose. SiO2 plays an important role in

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Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

Chemical Vapor Deposition Process In this article, Chemical Vapor Deposition process is explained in detail. The epitaxial deposition, uses, and also the epitaxial growth of silicon is explained in detail. Doping and Autodoping, Epitaxial Reactors, Epitaxial Growth Process, their advantages and disadvantages are also explained. The different types of CVD reactors and their advantages and

Test & Measurement Circuits

Capacitance meter using LM2917

Description. The circuit diagram of a simple capacitance meter using IC LM2917 is shown here. The LM2917 is a high gain monolithic frequency to voltage converter IC from National Semiconductors. Even though the main application of LM2917 is in tachometers, it can be also used for a variety of applications like this. Capacitance values from

Power Controller Circuits, Power Supplies

Simple DC power delay circuit

Description. The circuit diagram shown here is of a simple DC power delay circuit that is based on an SCR. This circuit is a very handy one and can be employed in many applications. The working of this circuit is very simple. When the input power is applied the capacitor C2 charges through resistor R2

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Silicon Substrate Preparation

Silicon Substrate Preparation Process In this article the details on how a silicon substrate is prepared is given.We have structured the article into 5 sections as give below for easy and effective reading. 1. The silicon crystal growth 2. Electronic grade silicon production 3. Czochralski Crystal Growth Process 4. Wafer preparation 5. Wafer processing If

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IC Fabrication Techniques

IC Fabrication Techniques In this article, the different processing techniques that are needed for IC , transistor and diode fabrication are listed. A small procedure of the fabrication process is also explained. In a monolithic IC, all the circuit components are fabricated into or top of a block of silicon which is referred to as

Tutorials

Working of UPC Bar Codes

The “Universal Product Code”, also known as UPC Bar Code can be found in almost all packages that you buy from department stores, grocery stores or any other stores. In this post we will discuss on where these codes come from and their actual use. You can also go through the topic Invention Story of

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Working of Facial Recognition System

We have seen the use of facial recognition technology in many movies. A photo of the person to be identified will be obtained from some hidden camera. It will then be run in through the police database so as to find a match with their existing records. At last a match will be found and

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Most discussed posts on CircuitsToday

Hi all Readers, We always try to publish useful circuits and topics for our readers. After publishing an article we usually measure how well it was received among our readers. We have two options for measuring success of an article published; first being the number of page views it has got and the second being

Lighting Circuits

Automatic LED Emergency Light-Modified Version

Hi All Readers of CircuitsToday, As there is serious discussions going on about our previous Automatic LED Emergency Light Circuit using LM 317, Mr.Seetharaman has come up with a modified version of the same which answers many of the doubts raised in our Comments section. Note: Mr.Seetharaman has developed a new version of Automatic LED

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Direct To Home (DTH) Technology – Working

Overview Direct to home technology refers to the satellite television broadcasting process which is actually intended for home reception. This technology is originally referred to as direct broadcast satellite (DBS) technology. The technology was developed for competing with the local cable TV distribution services by providing higher quality satellite signals with more number of channels.

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