Equipment Providers, Materials Companies and Researchers Join in an International Consortium to Address Complex Integration of Thru-Silicon-Via (TSV) 3D Chip Interconnect
SALZBURG, Austria, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMC-3D is a new consortium created to address the technical and cost issues of creating 3D interconnects using TSV technology for chip stacking and MEMS/sensors packaging. Several major equipment manufactures have joined with material companies to work with key research groups to address the issues of cost-effective manufacturing and integration. Equipment companies initiating the consortium are Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), EV Group, Semitool (NASDAQ:SMTL) and XSiL.
Associate research members include Fraunhofer IZM, SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology), KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and TAMU (Texas A&M University). Material members include Rohm and Haas, Honeywell, Enthone, and AZ with wafer service support from Isonics (NASDAQ:ISON).
The consortium will develop processes for creating micro vias between 5 and 30um on thinned 50um 300mm wafers using both via-first and via-last techniques. Major processes being integrated into the EMC-3D program are via etch and laser drill, insulator/barrier/seed deposition, micro via patterning with RDL capabilities, high aspect ratio Cu plating, carrier bonding, sequential wafer thinning, backside insulator/barrier/seed deposition, backside lithography, backside contact metal plating, chip-to-wafer placement and attach, and dicing. In addition, wafer-to-wafer attach, dicing and de-bonding will also be demonstrated. Cost of ownership goal for the integrated 3D process is $200usd per wafer.
About EMC-3D (or EMC3D) EMC3D (Semiconductor 3D Equipment and Materials Consortium) was created in September 2006 to develop a new 3D market and technology by demonstrating a cost-effective, manufacturable, stackable TSV interconnection process. TSV processes will be developed for chip integration and MEMS/sensor packaging that are based on plated metal electrodes and thinned wafers. For more information, see http://www.emc3d.org/.
Contacts for EMC3D Members include: Equipment Members:
Alcatel, France; (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) Jean-Marc Gruffat, Director of Business Development Technology: Si and dielectric etching using DRIE
EV Group, Austria; Thorsten Matthias, Director of Technology North America
Technology: bonding, thin wafer handling, mask alignment lithography,
conformal coat and develop
Semitool Inc, USA; (NASDAQ:SMTL), Bioh Kim, Director of 3D Interconnect
Technology: electroplating, metal/barrier etch, photoresist strip,
wafer cleaning and thinning
XSiL Ltd, Ireland; Richard F. Toftness, Vice President of Business Development Technology: Si laser machining, via drilling, and wafer dicing
Isonics Corp, USA; (NASDAQ:ISON) Kim Bell, Director of Sales
Technology: wafer service (reclaim and test wafers, wafer thinning,
and thick-film SOI wafers) Materials Members:
AZ Electronic Materials, USA; Aldo Orsi, Global Product Manager
Technology: positive and negative acting photoresists
Enthone (Cookson Electronics), USA; Kristian Story, Key Account and Regional Line Manager Technology: chemistry for electroplating and metal etch Honeywell Electronic Materials, USA; (NYSE:HON) Brian Larabee, Strategic Marketing Director Technology: thermal spreaders, thermal interface materials, and
electrical interconnect products
Rohm and Haas, USA; Bob Forman, Advanced Packaging Business Manager
Technology: chemistry for lithography, plating, etching, dielectric
formation, and bonding Technology Members:
Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; Jurgen Wolf, Group and Project Manager
KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea; Dr. Kyung-Wook Paik, Professor SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology), Korea; Dr. Yoon-Chul Sohn, Researcher TAMU (Texas A&M University), USA; Dr. Manuel Soriaga, Professor DATASOURCE: Semitool, Inc.
CONTACT: Paul Siblerud, Vice President of Semitool Inc., +1-406-752-2107, ; or Geoff High of Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc., +1-303-393-7044, , for Semitool, Inc. |