ETCH

Dry & plasma etch equipment

Etch

The critical area for feature dimensions and sidewall profile.

Exterior of an etch tool with plasma glow through the chamber viewport, dark surroundings and a magenta halo

EQUIPMENT SCOPE

Equipment scope

  • TEL semiconductor etch equipment
  • SAMCO semiconductor etch equipment

Focused on leading Japanese brands, covering dry etch and plasma etch tool configurations.

View inside a plasma etch chamber: the wafer chuck under an even glow, scientific photography style

SERVICES

Services provided

  • Equipment procurement, evaluation and tool selection
  • Tool condition inspection and acceptance support
  • De-installation, packing and cross-border shipping
  • Move-in installation and process tuning
  • Chamber maintenance and consumables planning
  • Etch process technology transfer
  • Operator and maintenance staff training

AI INTEGRATION

AI integration

The third-party frontier architectures BETTER benchmarks and deploys.

Plasma physics simulation and chamber digital twin

Physics models predict plasma distribution and etch rate, so conditions are validated in a virtual chamber first.

Benchmark metric: simulation cuts test wafers and trial runs

Benchmark architecture

TSMC smart manufacturing: RNN time-series FDC + federated learning

Tool sensor time series predict yield-impacting defects, with cross-fab collaboration and no raw data sharing.

Benchmark metric: about 92% (28–3nm), escape rate down 15%

Benchmark architecture

Endpoint detection models

Spectral and time-series signals determine the etch endpoint, suppressing over-etch and under-etch.

Benchmark metric: time-series models improve endpoint consistency

Benchmark architecture

AI visualization: plasma simulation isosurfaces beside sensor time-series curves on a dark background with spectrum-colored lines

USE CASES

Where it fits

  • Lines with tighter critical dimension control targets
  • Compound semiconductor and advanced packaging etch needs
  • Fabs rebuilding etch conditions after a relocation
  • Research institutes building etch capability

GET IN TOUCH

Let's talk about your line

One point of contact from equipment selection through installation and AI integration.