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Airborne Molecular Contamination

Value
IDC assists clients in mitigating an increasing threat to microelectronic manufacturing yields: airborne molecular contamination (AMC). Each step of scale reduction in microelectronic devices has increased the visibility of AMC-related yield losses.

Services

Design of cleanroom air management schemes that optimize existing AMC control technologies.

Engineered facilities that are cognizant of AMC sources, both internal and external to the manufacturing environment.

Airflow modeling of AMC in existing cleanrooms and proposed designs.

Trace-gas studies to evaluate re-entrainment of process gases.

On-site characterization of cleanroom and outside air.

Expertise

History of innovation in cleanroom air management solutions.

Fundamental understanding of existing and developing AMC characterization and filtration technologies.

Robust specifications for construction materials that minimize the cleanroom structure as an AMC source.

Airflow modeling capabilities specific to understanding movement of AMC within the manufacturing environment.

Database of construction material outgas tests that use methods and procedures relevant to the microelectronics industry.

For more information on IDC's airborne molecular contamination services, please contact us at amc@idc-ch2m.com.