From Sand to Chip

Introduction - The World in a Grain of Sand.- A Brief History of Semiconductor Manufacturing - From Tubes to Transistors to Today.- Semiconductor Fundamentals - Understanding the Material and the Transistor.- From Sand to Silicon Wafer - Raw Materials and Crystal Growth Inside the Fab - Cleanrooms and the Fabrication Environment.- Photolithography - Printing Patterns on Silicon.- Deposition - Building Layers Atom by Atom.- Etching - Carving Patterns into Silicon.- Doping - Putting the "Semi" in Semiconductor.- Interconnect - Wiring Up the Chip.- Chip Packaging - Encasing and Connecting the Chip to the World.- Yield, Defects, and Process Control - Making It Work, Every Time.- Advanced Node Challenges and Future Trends - Pushing the Limits.