Dublin, Nov. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5xdbt7/microelectronics)
has announced the addition of the
"Microelectronics & Semiconductor Device/Wafer Cleaning
Equipment Market - by Equipment, Technology, Application &
Geography - Forecasts (2012 - 2017)" report to their
offering.
The basic building blocks of almost all the electronic devices are
components like semiconductor wafers, ICs, MEMS, memory devices
(HDDs), PCBs, etc. The overall performance of the electronic device
depends on the performance of individual components. Moreover, as
these components are comparatively small, contaminants affect their
performance and reliability in a big way. Hence, microelectronics
cleaning is a crucial step as regards the functioning of any
electronic device and the cleaning equipment market is one of the
most important markets of the semiconductor industry.
Microelectronics cleaning equipment are used to clean silicon
wafers, compound semiconductor device wafers, MEMS, flat panel
displays, read/write heads of hard disk drives, photomasks, and
printed circuit boards. The major application of microelectronics
cleaning equipment is in the IC fabrication industry, where a big
percentage of the fabrication process involves cleaning the
wafers.
The cleaning of
microelectronics involves many different challenges like
removal and neutralization of the effects of multiple kinds of
contaminants, defects, etc. and hence various technologies are used
in the process. This includes wet chemical cleaning, dry cleaning,
aqueous cleaning, and cryogenic aerosol and supercritical fluid
cleaning. These cleaning technologies can be used in equipment that
process wafers one-by-one, called single-wafer cleaning equipment,
or in groups simultaneously, called batch-wafer cleaning.
By geography, APAC is the leading manufacturer of electronic
devices with Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, etc. leading the charts.
In accordance with this, APAC is also the major contributor to the
microelectronics cleaning equipment industry. North America has had
a stable semiconductor device market for over the last five years
with a small growth rate. This is expected to continue in the next
five years as well.
The global microelectronics cleaning equipment market is expected
to reach $5.86 billion by 2017, at a CAGR of 16.1%. As stated
before, APAC leads this market.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
4 Microelectronics Cleaning Equipment Market, By Technology
5 Microelectronics Cleaning Equipment Market, By Equipment
6 Microelectronics Cleaning Equipment, By Impurity
7 Microelectronics Cleaning Equipment Market, By Applications
8 Geographic Analysis
9 Competitive Landscape
10 Company Profiles
Companies Mentioned
- Akrion Systems Llc
- Atmi Inc
- Axcelis Technology
- Axus Technologies
- Cleaning Technologies Group Llc
- Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Falcon Process Systems, Inc.
- Fsi International
- Inseto
- Kla Tencor Corp
- Lam Research Corporation
- Mei Llc
- Onboard Solutions Pty Ltd
- Pva Tepla Ag
- Quantumclean
- Semes Co. Ltd
- Semsysco
- Solid State Equipment Llc
- Speedline Tech.
- Stoelting Llc
- Strasbaugh
- Tokyo Electron
- Ultra T Euipment Company, Inc.
- Ultron Systems, Inc.
- Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.
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