SemiQCM - Semiconductor Manufacturing Solutions

Für Ihre Vakuumanwendung

Die intelligente Lösung zur Vakuum-Gasüberwachung in Echtzeit

Wie messen Sie die Performance Ihrer Produktion?

Wie messen Sie die Performance Ihrer Produktion?

Drucksteuerung und -überwachung bei SEMI ALD Prozessen

mit dem Augent OPG550

 The official market launch of the Transpector APX.

Join this webinar for the official market launch of the Transpector APX, where we will cover the new product introduction, advantages, availability, as well as successful implementations of pre-production systems in the field at customer sites.

A new future proof Hot Ion Gauge generation from INFICON

A Basic Guide to Capacitive Vacuum Gauges

QCM use in the semiconductor industry for processes like ALD, E-beam, resistive source and sputtering.

Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technology has been used for decades to control deposition rate and thickness for the most complex processes seen in the ophthalmic, optical, display, and solar markets. INFICON has recently made a new advancement in QCM technology to address a problem seen across all of these industries related to QCM temperature effects. Thermal shock can cause QCM thickness errors which can decrease yield and increase manufacturing costs if temperature is not accounted for correctly.

Temperature impacts the frequency measurement and can create false mass readings. Thin film deposition controllers currently on the market have no good way of distinguishing frequency shifts related to mass from frequency shifts related to temperature, resulting in thickness errors and poor PID control. This can be detrimental to complex coating processes due to the low deposition rates and incredibly thin layers required. Thermal shocks can occur at any point in a deposition process and can cause unnecessary PID-loop corrections, triggering non-uniform deposition in respect to time. This means that the quality throughout the bulk of the material is inadequate. For very thin films, the thickness termination may not be at the real intended thickness because the process time window is small compared to the time allowed for a QCM to recover from a thermal shock event.

INFICON has patented a new temperature compensation technique for SC-cut crystals to remove the effects of temperature variation on the QCM without the need for additional hardware or custom and expensive sensors.

Please join us for the ‘Temperature Compensation for QCMs’ webinar, hosted by Sheldon Wayman, Product Engineer for INFICON Inc.

Smart essentials for intelligent leak detection

Deep dive into the capabilities of Cold Cathode gauges

Learn more about the capabilities of Hot Ionization gauges

Gain Insight into the Three Fundamental Drivers of Fab Cycle Time

What determines the precision of your thin film coating and how do you control it in real time?

Real-time gas analysis at high pressure without a differential pumping system

How vacuum measurement works and how to choose the right gauge for your process

Faster, smarter leak testing, from the detector to the spray gun in your hand

From sensor data to smart fab. How software turns process signals into actionable intelligence.

Understand what's in your vacuum, molecule by molecule

Precision deposition for OLED, where nanometer-level accuracy defines display quality.

Hands-on guide to connecting, configuring, and running our RGA process monitoring software