After more than a decade of research and development, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. has introduced an innovative semiconductor etching method that achieves etch rates up to five times faster than ...

How chemical etching keeps tooling costs low and allows for rapid design changes. 1. Chemical etching can create complex, ...

Novel silicon etching technique crafts 3-D gradient refractive index micro-optics. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 11 / 161129153525.htm ...

In this interview, AZoM talks to Bas Derksema about advancements in plasma etching and deposition processes for compound semiconductor materials applications. Please could you introduce yourself and ...

What is Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)? Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) is a dry etching technique widely used in the fabrication of micro- and nanodevices. It combines the chemical reactivity of reactive ...

Different methods capable of developing complex structures and building elements with high-aspect-ratio nanostructures combined with microstructures, which are of interest in nanophotonics, are ...

After years in R&D, a technology called cryogenic etch is re-emerging as a possible option for production as the industry faces new challenges in memory and logic. Cryogenic etch removes materials in ...

In the automotive world, energy is the engine of change. From electric vehicles to hydrogen fuel cell trucks, from early autonomous taxis to the infrastructure that supports them, tomorrow’s mobility ...

Demand for high power devices is increasing in several electronics applications, including automotive, industrial, data center, and energy industries. Today, power devices have to meet stringent ...

What is Atomic Layer Etching? Atomic layer etching (ALE) is a highly controlled and selective etching technique that removes material layer by layer at the atomic scale. It is a cyclic process that ...

In dry etching, the trajectory of accelerated ions is non-uniform and non-vertical, due to collisions with gas molecules and other random thermal effects (figure 1). This has an impact on etch results ...