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I don't know of a video but I'll try to summarize. How to make a chip: 1. Slice pure silicon into a wafer. 2. Apply a thin coating of a light-activated chemica
by mastax 6y ago
I don't know of a video but I'll try to summarize.
How to make a chip:
1. Slice pure silicon into a wafer.
2. Apply a thin coating of a light-activated chemical which does something to the wafer (etch, build up metal, dope[1] silicon, etc.).
3. Shine light through a mask which exposes a pattern into the silicon wafer.
4. Rinse off the un-activated chemical.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 many times for each layer.
6. Slice the wafer up into rectangular chips
7. Package the chips into a plastic, metal, ceramic, package with exposed metal contacts which can be soldered to a circuit board.
Why EUV?
Extreme Ultraviolet - really small wavelength. When you're trying to expose really small structures you need a really small wavelength.
Why is EUV so hard?
EUV is extremely high energy so it destroys everything, and it takes a huge amount of energy to create the light source. Also: quantum things.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_(semiconductor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_(semiconductor)