Single Wafer Processing Spurs Demand for Wafer Cleaning Equipment

Wafer cleaning equipment suppliers regularly invest heavily in research and development in order to stay abreast of the ever-changing market trends. It also helps them meet the high demands of certain industries such as semiconductors, printed electronics, and single wafer processing.

More and more operators are jumping into the semiconductor equipment industry. Thus, the trend fuels the high demand for wafer cleaning equipment.

Single wafer processing is one of the factors that drive the global wafer cleaning equipment market's continuous growth. Single wafer processing uses ozonized wafer and hydrofluoric acid in a single spin technology to reduce cycle times and boost output flexibility.

Single wafer cleaning equipment becomes competitive but only when the cycle times for individual wafers are low and the quality of the output can be comparable to wet batch processing. It can be used to etch silicon and provide a wet process for mini-fab single wafer cleaning. This process is often done together with megasonic cleaning because it helps in removing the tiniest particles and impurities, resulting in low particle count for the finished substrate.

Some single wafer processes are attractive because their deliver better results than the use of traditional process. The use of megasonic cleaning in particular reduces particle counts for even the smallest particles. The cleaning method uses megasonic sound waves in the cleaning solution which generate cavitation bubbles. These bubbles can remove the very small particles from the substrate surface. This type of cleaning is better than the traditional methods as it uses no harsh chemicals and reduces particle counts.

As semiconductor equipment manufacturers embrace single-wafer processing, the demand for single wafer cleaning equipment will increase significantly.

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