This chapter contains a brief review of the technical processes essential to the fabrication of semiconductor devices. It is not intended as a technical treatise, but rather to give an outline of these major processes and consider their development within a historical framework which deal with the major non-technical aspects of the industry's growth. It should be remembered, however, that both technical and non-technical aspects of this growth are interrelated, and that this division is merely one of convenience.

Inspec keywords: semiconductor device manufacture

Other keywords: technical processes; semiconductor device fabrication

Subjects: Semiconductor technology