From Units To Value: How The New Semiconductor Playbook Is Reshaping Growth

When classic 2D scaling dominated, the industry’s center of gravity was disinflationary: Chip average selling prices (ASPs) trended lower, and wafer fab equipment (WFE) growth was intermittent. In ...
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Non-Cyclic Scheduling of Single-Armed Cluster Tools for Processing Two Wafer Types

Abstract: Cluster tools are extensively used for processing wafers in semiconductor manufacturing. To enhance the throughput of cluster tools, concurrent processing of multiple types of wafers has ...
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A Single-Channel 8-bit 1.6-GS/s Alternate-Comparator SAR ADC With Dither-Based Background Offset Calibration in 28-nm CMOS

Abstract: This paper presents an 8-bit 1.6GS/s successive-approximation-register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) with alternate comparators. To enhance dynamic performance and speed, a ...