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ASML's Lithography Plant

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ASML's Lithography Plant

ASML's Lithography Plant

(OP)
So I've never seen this stuff stripped to the bones, never realized what was hidden inside.

This looks like it was made from a solid block of aluminum 10 meters on two sides, and more than a meter thick. WOW.
The implications to make something like that, and the difficulties that must be overcome, are really hard to think about.
I bet there's a tight tolerance on all of those bolt holes, too.

This photo is from a recent MIT Technology Review article, for those who subscribe: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/27/103711...
(The comment about Moore's law is just clickbait for nerds like me)

RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Probably something to do with mask exposure. At those mask dimensions you can't have anything vibrating. Maybe heavy stiff for that.

Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com

RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Is this the link to Moore's Law?

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RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

(OP)
Yes,
It's pay-walled though.
The article is about chip mfg in general, with some highlight on this machine. It makes a pretty picture, too, of course.

You don't need to subscribe to the magazine to get a lot from ASML themselves: https://www.asml.com/en/technology/lithography-pri...

RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Thanks for sharing that Spar. I was able to read some interesting information before the pay-wall cut-off.

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Ohm's law
Not just a good idea;
It's the LAW!

RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Not just that, but UV lithography had gone from a "1-um is the death of UV lithography" back in the late 70s to going down to 5-nm feature sizes, albeit with double or triple the number of photolithographic masks per physical layer, through people like ASML, Canon, etal. E-beam lithography was going to take over the world in the 80s; just goes to show how hard it is to get people to change the way they do things.

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RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Their EUV stepper is a very impressive and massive machine, I have seen one up close at one of their facilities.
Our company makes the critical nozzle that ejects the tin droplets.

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RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Sure, somewhat better than the x-ray lithography systems a company across the street tried to develop and sell in 1986, but went bankrupt because the lithography guys refused to leave UV behind.

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RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

My company used to supply the high temperature adhesive for the tin nozzle assembly of the EUV Laser. About one drop per nozzle. Not a big seller.

RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

Just for some context, it was reported on Marketplace that Samsung is building a semiconductor plant in the US to the tune of $7B!!!??? WTF? I remember when we thought we could build a small fab for about $40M in 1987.

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RE: ASML's Lithography Plant

IR; Look again. You dropped a "1". Please do not set any missile targeting numbers. The plant is going to cost $17B

That's in Taylor Texass (centralish) 30mi from Austin where they have another large fab called Fab1 built in 1996. Samsung is the 2nd largest semiconductor fab company.

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