INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTORS AND CLEANROOM PROCESSING

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This course is an introduction to semiconductor and integrated circuit manufacturing from a technician and maintenance perspective. In lecture, students will learn about what a cleanroom is, why it's important to gown up to work in a cleanroom and have a broad non-quantitative introduction to semiconductor processing such as diffusion, thin film vacuum deposition, photolithography, and plasma reactive ion etching. All students will understand academic and career fields in semiconductor processing. Students will also work in a cleanroom environment on a weekly basis learning how to don & doff a bunny suit, use a computer with Microsoft Teams for accessing & following operating procedures and checklists while observing safety, and use hand-tools to perform maintenance on mechanical fasteners and fixtures. Laboratory required. (TAG, CTAG)