OEM produces first batches of microelectronic devices

Submitted by Sonja Bickford
Phone: 455-2013
12/06/04

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Office of Electronic Miniaturization proudly announces that it has produced, completed and tested its first two lots, or batches, of microelectronic devices. These are the first lots produced entirely in the Office of Electronic Miniaturization’s clean room facilities located on the UAF campus.

These lots must pass a rigorous set of electrical tests and have at least an 80 percent yield to be considered qualification lots. "Actually these first two lots exceeded a 90 percent yield, which is a very good indication of overall process capability,"? said David Bunzow, OEM’s deputy director facilities and operations.

There are currently eleven lots at various stages in the prototyping line. "We expect later lots will have a significantly higher yield than the first ones, and a lot of learning has already taken place during the process,"? said Lawrence Bowman, OEM senior technologist.

The Office of Electronic Miniaturization’s multi-million dollar university Clean Room facility is the only one of its kind in Alaska and is expected to be instrumental in creating new educational opportunities and high tech jobs for Alaskans in the art and science of electronic miniaturization. It also provides a sustainable prototyping and low-volume capacity for miniaturizing electronic components and component systems for government and commercial needs.

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About OEM The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Office of Electronic Miniaturization addresses the ongoing demand for miniaturization of electronic components and electronic systems by utilizing a core technology called chip scale packaging. Basic and advanced chip scale packaging prototyping capabilities are housed within a class-10,000 clean room, providing a learning laboratory for scientific investigations and applications which can potentially benefit from miniaturization.