novelslam Chapter 445: Chief Engineer Qin Said That The 5Nm Process Photolithography Machine Cannot Be Produce
Chapter 445: Chief Engineer Qin Said That The 5Nm Process Photolithography Machine Cannot Be Produce
Really successful?
Looking at the small photolithography machine that had been transformed, at this moment, Lin Haiyuan and others felt like they were dreaming.
You know, half a month ago, they never thought that Qin Xiao could really successfully transform a photolithography machine, and it only took half a month.
"Chief Master Qin..."
Several people roared in low voices, as if they wanted to express the shock in their hearts in this way.
However, before they could say anything, they heard Qin Xiao order: "Go, get a piece of wafer and the designed circuit board, try it out and see if it works.
The transformation of the lithography machine was also the first time in history for Qin Xiao.
Whether it will succeed or not, to be honest, Qin Xiao doesn't have much confidence.
But, if it succeeds this time, it means that his idea can be realized.
Once the transformation of the 5nm process is successful, it means that if you want to achieve the transformation of the 1nm process, you only need to develop extreme violet lithography technology, and then there will be no problems in completing the transformation of the 1nm process.
However, he also knows that extreme violet lithography technology is not so easy to achieve.
Qin Xiao is not worried about this. With his special skills, it is only a matter of time before he completes extreme violet lithography technology.
"good!"
Hearing this, Lin Haiyuan responded, and then rushed towards the place where the wafers were placed with excitement.
After a while, he came over with a box of packaged wafers.
Turn on the photolithography machine and put the three wafers into it with trembling hands.
After placing the wafer, Lin Haiyuan turned his head and looked at Qin with an uneasy expression: "Chief Master Qin, the wafer has been placed.
"good."
"Start the power supply device and perform photolithography processing on the wafer.
"yes!"
Maybe they didn't quite understand the photolithography machine before, but during this period, they had seen too much. They even disassembled the photolithography machine and Qin Dao also specially explained photolithography to them.
At this time, I was already familiar with how to use the lithography machine in front of me.
Even better than the employees of some large factories that specialize in chip production.
Rumble!
The moment Lin Haiyuan pressed the movie button, the lithography machine immediately started and made a low operating sound.
At this time, the cut and polished wafer automatically enters a specific workbench. During the rotation of the wafer, the photoresist is evenly applied to the surface of the wafer.
The photoresist is applied very thinly, which cannot be done manually. The photolithography machine can be fully automated throughout the process, which has become one of the standards for testing whether the photolithography machine can produce chips.
If the process of applying photoresist is done manually, it will not be possible to apply it very thinly, and the location of the application will also vary greatly due to different degrees of manual force, causing the thickness of the photoresist to be applied.
This difference may be difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, but for chips that require high-precision processing, the manufactured chips cannot be applied in practice.
After the wafer is coated with photoresist, the most important step is photolithography.
The photoresist layer is exposed to ultraviolet light through a mask, which is the pre-drawn circuit diagram inside the chip.
The photoresist exposed to ultraviolet light will be dissolved and removed, and the ultraviolet light will pass through the mask and copy the rough circuit structure of the chip on the wafer.
Next, after applying photoresist again, performing photolithography, ion implantation, photoresist removal, electroplating, surface copper plating, polishing, cutting, and inspection, etc., a complete chip appeared in front of everyone.
Lin Haiyuan took two steps at a time and quickly retrieved a square chip.
"Chief Master Qin, this is a manufactured chip."
Lin Haiyuan sent the chip to Qin Xiao with a strong tone in his voice.
Qin Xiao looked at the result chip carefully and nodded: "Let's do the testing."
Lin Haiyuan nodded and put the chip into a new machine, a testing instrument specially used to test chip specifications.
In less than three minutes, the test results came out.
The test result, which was less than a piece of A4 paper, was as heavy as a thousand pounds when Lin Haiyuan held it in his hand, making his hands tremble.
"Chief Commander Qin, test results."
Lin Haiyuan did not dare to look at it, but handed the test results directly to Qin Xiao.
Under the nervous gazes of Lin Haiyuan and others, Qin Xiao took the test report and lowered his head to read it.
And when he saw the words that met the standard, Qin Xiao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Seeing the barely discernible smile at the corner of Qin Xiao's mouth, how could Lin Haiyuan and others not know the result, but even so, they still asked nervously: "Chief Master Qin, how was the result...? "
Qin Xiao took a deep breath and said two words that several people couldn't believe: "Big Biao!"
Met the mark?
Is it really up to standard?
There was dead silence for a moment in the laboratory.
But this dead silence was soon broken by an incredible cry.
"ah!"
"Really successful?"
"Chief Master Qin, the transformation is really successful, you are so awesome!"
"Half a month, it only took half a month, this is incredible!"
"If I hadn't been sober now, I might have felt like I was dreaming."
"I thought... when Chief Engineer Qin proposed the transformation, I really thought that this transformation would take at least several years. After all, Dongshen has not even developed a 7nm process lithography machine. ,5nm process photolithography machine will take at least three to five years..."
"But I really didn't expect that Chief Engineer Qin would complete the transformation in only half a month, and the chips produced would also meet the standards. This is incredible!"
"I couldn't believe my eyes."
This is
Scream!
stunned!
Unbelievable!
Lin Haiyuan and others were extremely excited for a moment.
The entire laboratory suddenly entered a boiling state.
The shocking sound resounded.
Lin Haiyuan and the other seven people looked overjoyed. Even though their actual participation in the process of transforming the lithography machine was not very high, they were very clear about the significance of manufacturing a 5nm process lithography machine.
This means that Dongshen Alliance could not even manufacture lithography machines with 7nm process before, but now it can already manufacture lithography machines with 5nm process.
It proves that the Eastern God Alliance has suddenly become one of the few forces on the Source Star that can manufacture 5nm process lithography machines.
Perhaps, to some major lithography machine manufacturing forces, the 5nm process is nothing. After all, forces like Beihe are already able to manufacture 1nm process lithography machines.
But for Dongshen, this was a huge breakthrough, an unprecedented success and feat.
The most important thing is that Qin Xiao only took half a month to accomplish something that the Eastern God Alliance had not been able to do for more than ten years, or even decades.
One can imagine how much this small chip shocked a few people.
Although Qin Xiao was also very happy, he was not as excited as Lin Haiyuan and others. He had experienced too many such things.
Whether it is building a third-generation aero engine, developing a fifth-generation fighter jet, or a controllable nuclear fusion device, they are all more accomplished scientific research projects than photolithography machines.
A 5nm process photolithography machine has not yet reached the level that makes him happy.
…Please give me flowers…
Even when he saw the surprised expressions on Lin Haiyuan and others' faces, he frowned tightly.
The 5nm process photolithography machine can be implemented quickly, but it does not mean that the 1nm process can also be achieved so quickly.
Moreover, the premise is that the extreme violet lithography technology, which is strictly blocked by Beihe and other forces, needs to be developed first.
Thinking of this, the joy of transforming a 5nm process lithography machine was gone.
"Success once does not mean success every time. Next, mass-produce a thousand chips and test the success rate. Then write me a description.
"Although a 5nm process lithography machine has been successfully transformed, the most sophisticated one now is Beihe's EUVlnm process lithography machine. The process of this lithography machine still needs to continue to be transformed."
After Qin Xiao gave instructions, he turned around and got into the small room again.
When Lin Haiyuan and others heard this, they looked at each other a little bit. After looking at each other, doubts appeared directly on their faces.
After a while, someone said: "Chief Commander Qin doesn't seem satisfied?"
"It seems a little dissatisfied."
"Before this, we didn't even develop a 7nm process lithography machine. Now we have developed a 5nm process lithography machine. Shouldn't you be very excited? This is an epoch-making moment!"
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"Continue to transform the process? What kind of process does Master Qin want to transform into a lithography machine that he thinks is acceptable?"
"Perhaps this is the difference between General Master Qin and us!"
"Don't think so much. With 500 chips and a photolithography machine, it's not a small project. After the finished product comes out, you still have to test it and write a report. There's a lot to do. Let's finish what Chief Qin told us. That's all. As for the rest, we, the minions, don't think too much about it."
"Haiyuan is right, then let's get started!"
After a few people finished speaking, they started to move.
Just when Lin Yuan and others were working at full capacity to make chips, two guards with guns and ammunition suddenly put their feet together at the door and saluted the old man in front of them: "Scholar Zhou.
The guards from the Eastern Academy of Sciences were quite familiar with Zhou Qichen. When they saw Zhou Qichen arriving, they immediately raised their hands to salute and say hello.
"Is Dean Qin here?"
"Yes, we heard Dean Qin's voice just now."
When Qin Dao was mentioned, a look of fanaticism appeared in the eyes of the two guards.
"Okay, let me go in and take a look."
The two guards did not stop him, but continued to perform their guard duties conscientiously after Zhou Qichen entered the laboratory.
Walking into the laboratory, Zhou Qichen discovered that Qin Xiao seemed not to be in the laboratory. Only Lin Haiyuan and a few people were operating a small photolithography machine there. He didn't know why.
Zhou Qichen approached a few people and suddenly said: "What are you doing? Where is Chief Qin?"
Several people who were busy hearing the voices behind them turned around and found Zhou Qichen standing behind them, saying hello one after another.
Zhou Qichen pressed his hand and pointed at the lithography machine: "What are you..."
Lin Haiyuan didn't think much and responded directly: "Chief Engineer Qin asked us to conduct mass production chip testing to see how this 5nm process lithography machine operates."
Zhou Qichen just asked casually and didn't think much about it. He just came and asked a few questions subconsciously.
The main reason I came here this time was to check on Qin Dao and ask if there were any other needs so that he could arrange for someone to prepare them.
But before he had time to ask, his pupils shrank for a while.
5nm process lithography machine?
Are you not purchasing a 7nm process photolithography machine?