Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Silicon : the key material for integrated circuit fabrication technology
  • 3. Importance of single crystals for integrated circuit fabrication
  • 4. Different techniques for growing single-crystal silicon
  • 5. From silicon ingots to silicon wafers
  • 6. Evaluation of silicon wafers
  • 7. Resistivity and impurity concentration mapping of silicon wafers
  • 8. Impurities in silicon wafers
  • 9. Defects in silicon wafers
  • 10. Silicon wafer preparation for VLSI and ULSI processing
  • 11. Packing of silicon wafers