ATMI Expands Specialty Epitaxial Foundry Services to Taiwan
Qualifying Wafer Specs for Taiwan Customers
DANBURY, Conn. ATMI, Inc. has announced the expansion of its Epitaxial Services business into the Taiwan and Asia-Pacific semiconductor regions.
To further enhance customer service, ATMI is in the final planning stages to build a local, Taiwan-based, epitaxial services facility on a fast-track. ATMI is now qualifying wafer specifications for major Taiwan customers at its Mesa, Arizona service facility. James Huang, formerly of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. joins ATMI s Epitaxial Services as Vice President for Asian Operations.
Doug Neugold, President of ATMI, said, "ATMI s sales to Asia are expanding even faster than the rate the region s semiconductor companies are growing. Our foundry customers are experts in understanding the value and benefit from targeted outsourcing. We believe we are the top epi outsource facility in North America because of our high yields, top quality, and fast turnaround. Our epi outsourcing model is readily transferable around the globe. We are excited to be announcing these first steps toward duplicating ATMI s success for our customers in Asia."
Phil Yin, President of ATMI Services, said, "Taiwan s major foundries are expanding their product focus beyond older CMOS into BiCMOS technologies. They understand the need for a high-quality epi service that provides the special skills needed for Bipolar, BiCMOS, SiGe, and GaAs-based applications. ATMI s Epitaxial Services offers them the knowledge and expertise they need, with the confidence they require for consistent high quality results with high yield."
James Huang will be responsible for business development, marketing, and selling of ATMI s Epitaxial Services to customers in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Southeastern Asia. Before joining ATMI Services, Mr. Huang was Sales and Marketing Director, Southeastern Asia, for MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. He has 14 years sales & marketing experience in the semiconductor industry.
About Epitaxial Technology
An epitaxial film - epi - is a layer of single crystal semiconductor, seeded from a substrate s (wafer s) crystalline structure, which offers advanced features that differentiate it from the substrate wafer.
Epi allows for novel structures such as high resistivity layers over heavily doped buried layers, for dopants to be incorporated into the epi layers, and for freedom of contaminants within the epi layers.
These epi advantages make it an essential step in the fabrication of CMOS, BiCMOS, and analog and power devices. Device manufacturers are able to manipulate and tightly control the dopant concentration of device structures, which can result in a tenfold increase in yield during the manufacturing process.
ATMI provides specialty materials, and related equipment systems and services for the worldwide semiconductor industry. Related equipment includes delivery, treatment, monitoring, and analytical process monitoring systems. Services include material management, equipment servicing, and thin film wafer deposition.
Semiconductor Lingo:
CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
BiCMOS = Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor; helps wireless and Internet backbone device applications operate faster with better performance than CMOS devices.
Epi = Epitaxy; creating a more electrically ``perfect layer to improve performance of subsequent layers.
Foundry = Outsourcing production; a chip manufacturing plant that produces chips for many customers, using the customers designs.
GaAs = Gallium arsenide; used mostly for wireless communications, it helps to produce higher performance transistors than silicon can.
SiGe = Silicon Germanium; a newer technology which adds germanium to help produce faster transistors.
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