Semiconductor Fabrication Processes I Overview

Learners will learn about the evolution of semiconductor industry, how sand is transformed into microchips, essential for today鈥檚 automated and digital world, patterning a circuit design on wafer using lithography technique.

As part of this training, learners also complete approximately 4.5 hours in an actual cleanroom setting, completing photolithography and etching process on a patterned wafer, followed by characterization. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this microcredential, learners will be able to: 

  • Explain how the sand transforms to silicon. 
  • Describe the steps of silicon wafer cleaning. 
  • Explain CMOS fabrication process flow. 
  • Patterning a wafer with circuit design using photolithography process 
  • Explain the need for etching process and apply the technique on the patterned wafer. 
  • Work in a cleanroom environment with Personal Protective Equipment.