Microchip fabrication (4th ed)

Novice-friendly intro to semiconductor processing.The most readable and comprehensive guide to semiconductorprocessing, Peter Van Zant's Microchip Fabrication is considered the bible of basic microchip technology.

Now in an updated new fourth edition, this completely math-free introduction to a complex field is an efficient tool for high-powered engineers and technology-clueless salespeople alike.

You'll find fully illuminating, easy-reading explanations of semiconductor materials and process chemicals...contamination control...process yields...all aspects of basic patterning....doping, deposition, and metallization...wafer, device, and circuit evaluation...semiconductor devices and integrated circuit formation and types...and packaging.

This new fourth edition puts at your fingertips new sections on: *Copper metallization and damascene patterning*BGA and CSP*Cutting-edge cleaning techniques*And more!