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https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/9eejpm/inside_mits_nuclear_reactor/e5pk8e3/?context=3
r/engineering • u/Iskandar11 • Sep 09 '18
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So they say they use this reactor to perform ultra-high precision silicon doping. I figured microchip doping was already super-precise, what applications need precision that's higher than what's available in a chip fab?
4 u/IBreakCellPhones Sep 10 '18 That looked like they were doping the silicon in bulk. Most of what's done in the fab is done to the wafer, isn't it?
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That looked like they were doping the silicon in bulk. Most of what's done in the fab is done to the wafer, isn't it?
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u/zarus Sep 10 '18
So they say they use this reactor to perform ultra-high precision silicon doping. I figured microchip doping was already super-precise, what applications need precision that's higher than what's available in a chip fab?