Почему это важно для материаловедения
Modern logic uses about two-thirds of the stable elements somewhere in its process flow. Purity, not tonnage, is the constraint: parts per billion matter, and only a handful of suppliers on Earth can hold that specification.
Из чего состоит
Все материалы →| Материал | Что он делает здесь | Значимость |
|---|---|---|
| Copper критически важный | On-chip interconnect | Определение |
| Gallium критически важный | Compound semiconductors for RF and power | Определение |
| Hafnium критически важный | High-k transistor gate dielectric | Определение |
| High-Purity Quartz | Crucibles for crystal growth | Определение |
| Silicon критически важный | The wafer | Определение |
| Tungsten критически важный | Contacts and vias | Определение |
| Arsenic критически важный | Dopant and GaAs | Важно |
| Cobalt критически важный | Liner and interconnect at small nodes | Важно |
| Germanium критически важный | SiGe transistors and optics | Важно |
| Gold | Bonding and plating | Важно |
| Helium | Cooling and leak detection | Важно |
| Indium критически важный | Transparent contacts and III-V devices | Важно |
| Ruthenium критически важный | Interconnect at the smallest nodes | Важно |
| Silicon Carbide & Abrasives | Silicon carbide power devices and wafer polishing | Важно |
| Tantalum критически важный | Diffusion barrier and capacitors | Важно |
| Tin критически важный | EUV light source and solder | Важно |

Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…

Gallium
A silvery metal that melts in your hand, and the basis of the compound semiconductors in fast chargers, radar and…

Hafnium
Zirconium's chemical shadow — always found with it, almost impossible to separate from it, and the opposite of it in…

High-Purity Quartz
Quartz sand so free of other elements that it can be melted into the crucible a silicon crystal is grown inside.

Silicon
The second-most-common element in the Earth's crust — ordinary sand — purified until only one atom in a billion is…

Tungsten
The metal with the highest melting point of them all — you can heat it to 3,400 C before it turns liquid.
