100744 - VAST Semiconductor Chip Fabrication and Nano Characterization Certificate Program
Overview
The semiconductor Chip Fabrication and Nano Characterization certificate program prepares students for semiconductor, nanotechnology, and electronics industry careers through extensive hands-on training on state-of-the-art techniques used to develop today’s most advanced semiconductor chips.
Outcomes
Students will learn how to design, fabricate, and test advanced semiconductor chips through extensive hands-on training. Students will learn about the principles and processes used by large semiconductor manufacturers as well as semiconductor startups.
Having completed this program, students will be able to:
- Safely work in a semiconductor fabrication cleanroom
- Design parts of the semiconductor fabrication process flow
- Understand the different types of vacuum technologies
- Transfer a pattern from a mask to a wafer using photolithography
- Carryout thin-film deposition
- Perform basic thin-film analysis such as thickness and optical properties measurements
- Learn and perform basic etching techniques
- Analyze the semiconductor product through advanced imaging techniques
Roles You’ll Be Ready For
Participants will be ready for entry-level engineering and technician positions in the semiconductor industry following the completion of the program.
Additional Information
The certificate program will be 10 weeks and will include 40 hours of asynchronous online lectures and up to 60 hours of hands-on, in-person lab training. The course consists of 10 modules:- Semiconductor fabrication cleanroom orientation and safety
- Metrology
- Lithography
- Thin film deposition
- Etching techniques
- High-temperature processing
- Wafer bonding
- Integrated Processes
- Advanced characterization techniques
- Post-processing