INDIA’S FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATON UNIT BY 2024

INDIA’S FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATON UNIT BY 2024

TOPIC: Science & Tech

Context- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is likely to target 2024 for the formal opening of the country’s first semiconductor fabrication unit.

• As a part of the plan, the Centre has lined up incentive support for companies engaged in silicon semiconductor fabs, display fabs, compound semiconductors, silicon photonics, sensors fabs, semiconductor packaging and semiconductor design.

Concept-

Semiconductor device fabrication:

• Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically the metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) devices used in the integrated circuit (IC) chips such as modern computer processors, microcontrollers, and everyday electrical and electronic devices.
• It is a multiple-step sequence of photolithographic and chemical processing steps during which electronic circuits are gradually created on a wafer made of pure semiconducting material.
• Silicon is almost always used, but various compound semiconductors are used for specialized applications.

Semiconductor Chips:

• Semiconductors are materials which have a conductivity between conductors and insulators.
• They can be pure elements, silicon or germanium as well as compounds; gallium, arsenide or cadmium selenide.
• These chips are now an integral part of contemporary automobiles, household gadgets and essential medical devices such as ECG machines.