Microcircuit Macro Problems

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Russia is lagging behind the world level in terms of microcircuit production technologies by more than 10 years, said Alexander Glukhov, chief specialist of the materials support department in production at the Mikron plant, at a TechnoClub meeting.

Alexander Glukhov, Micron:

– Several years ago, we had projects for semiconductor production with 32 and 45 nm technologies, but their development is held back by sanctions on imported equipment.

Modern technologies are implemented at a content writing service wavelength of 14 nm and on fundamentally different physical and technical principles of operation of photoresistors, which, in essence, is the main subject of development that should be focused on, the expert believes.

“About 90% of microelectronics in Russia is the production of 100-150 mm wafers, while only five or six enterprises are present on the market,” the expert emphasized.



The main problem lies in the plane of materials: for the last 30 years, these industries have worked mainly on imported raw materials from China and Western countries. In order for the factories to be able to fully continue their work,

import substitution of semiconductor materials is required

Another important aspect is related to the production of 200 mm plates. Alexander Glukhov recalled that in this production, the main principle of technology transfer was to retain material suppliers to simplify the process. This means that the production of 200 mm plates is an absolute repetition of foreign material recipes.

Microelectronics is a discrete production with a very large number of operations. For example, the technological route of 150 nm production includes 250 operations, and they cannot be performed in the conditions of outdated infrastructure, which is 30-40 years old, the expert emphasized.

In the production of 200 mm boards, the process route already consists of 450 operations. At the same time, most critical operations are performed in a fixed mode and operators do not have the right to make changes to the automatic processing modes.

Alexander Glukhov named the main problems of import substitution as

lack of own materials and insufficient scale of microelectronics production in Russia

Developing materials for modern microchip production takes three to four years.

Alexander Glukhov, Micron:

- We are forced to constantly replace European and Chinese materials with Russian ones. This puts the stability of basic technologies in the country at risk.

In addition, according to the expert, it is important for material suppliers to begin deliveries as early as possible to stabilize processes.