Description: The International Symposium on Ultra-Clean Processing of Semiconductor Surfaces (UCPSS) is a bi-annual conference which has been organized by IMEC since 1992.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The scope of the symposium includes all issues related to contamination, cleaning and surface preparation in mainstream large-scale Integrated Circuit manufacture. At first, silicon was typically the main semiconductor of interest. As other semiconducting materials such as SiGe, SiC, Ge and III-V compounds came under consideration for future devices, the scope was broadened so as to include these materials. Parallelling the fast-moving CMOS industry, the photovoltaic industry has also recognized the need to make improvements in cleaning. Moreover, in order to promote these semiconductor cleaning activities in PV, it was decided to add a special session focused on this topic.

Defects and Diffusion in Semiconductors III

Edited by: Dr. David J. Fisher

Online since: August 2000

Description: The third annual retrospective of the latest results in the field of defects and diffusion in semiconductors covers the period from mid-1999 to mid-2000. As usual, the coverage also includes, in addition to 'traditional' semiconductors, the more important of the nitride and silicide semiconductors.

Hydrogen in Compound Semiconductors

Edited by: S.J. Pearton

Online since: December 1993

Description: State-of-the-art reviews on all the major areas of interest are brought together in this book, namely the role of hydrogen during epitaxial growth, its entry into the material during processing, its subsequent diffusivity and bonding with dopants, other impurities or defects, its effect on device performance and reliability and positive uses for hydrogen in passivating surfaces.