ʻO Sapphire liʻiliʻi, e kākoʻo ana i ka "Big Future" o Semiconductors

I ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, ua lilo nā mea uila e like me nā smartphones a me nā smartwatches i mau hoa pono. Ke hele nei kēia mau mea hana i ka lohi a ʻoi aku ka ikaika. Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ka mea e hiki ai i kā lākou hoʻomohala mau? Aia ka pane i nā mea semiconductor, a i kēia lā, ke nānā nei mākou i kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi i waena o lākou - saphire crystal.

ʻO ke aniani Sapphire, i haku mua ʻia me α-Al₂O₃, he ʻekolu mau ʻātoma oxygen a me ʻelua mau ʻātoma alumini i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka covalently, e hana ana i kahi hoʻolālā lattice hexagonal. ʻOiai ua like ia me ka sapphire-grade sapphire i ka nānā ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kristal sapphire ʻoihana. Kemika inert, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai a kūpaʻa i nā waikawa a me nā alkalis, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he "pale kemika" e mālama i ka paʻa i nā wahi paʻakikī. Hoʻohui hou, hōʻike ia i ke aniani optical maikaʻi loa, e ʻae ana i ka hoʻouna māmā ʻana; ikaika ka thermal conductivity, pale i ka overheating; a me ka hoʻokuʻu uila koʻikoʻi, e hōʻoia ana i ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka hōʻailona paʻa me ka ʻole o ka leakage. Mechanically, kaena ʻo sapphire i ka paʻakikī Mohs o 9, ʻelua wale nō i ke daimana, e hana ana ia i ka ʻaʻahu a me ka pale ʻana i ka erosion-kūpono no nā noi koi.

 Kilika Sapphire

 

ʻO ka mea kaua huna ma ka hana chip

(1) Mea Ko'iko'i no na Kipa Mana Haahaa

E like me ke ʻano o ka uila uila i ka miniaturization a me ka hana kiʻekiʻe, ua lilo nā chips haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i mea koʻikoʻi. Hoʻopilikia ʻia nā pahu kuʻuna i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa insulation ma nā mānoanoa nanoscale, e alakaʻi ana i ka leakage o kēia manawa, hoʻonui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana, a me ka wela nui, ka mea e hoʻohālikelike ai i ke kūpaʻa a me ke ola.

Ua hoʻomohala nā mea noiʻi ma ka Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, i nā wafers dielectric sapphire artificial me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana oxidation metala-intercalated, e hoʻohuli ana i ka alumini kalakala hoʻokahi i ka alumina kristal hoʻokahi (sapphire). Ma ka mānoanoa 1 nm, hōʻike kēia mea i ka leakage ultra-haʻahaʻa i kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā dielectrics amorphous maʻamau e ʻelua kauoha o ka nui o ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka mokuʻāina a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka interface me 2D semiconductors. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia me nā mea 2D e hiki ai i nā chips haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, e hoʻonui nui i ke ola pākaukau i nā smartphones a hoʻonui i ka paʻa i nā noi AI a me IoT.

 

(2) ʻO ka hoa kūpono no Gallium Nitride (GaN)

Ma ke kahua semiconductor, ua puka mai ka gallium nitride (GaN) ma ke ʻano he hōkū ʻālohilohi ma muli o kāna mau pono kūʻokoʻa. Ma ke ʻano he mea semiconductor ākea-bandgap me kahi bandgap o 3.4 eV—ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka silicon's 1.1 eV—Ua ʻoi aku ka GaN i nā noi kiʻekiʻe, kiʻekiʻe-voltage, a me nā alapine kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kona mobility electron kiʻekiʻe a me ka ikaika o ke kahua hoʻohaʻahaʻa koʻikoʻi e lilo ia i mea kūpono no ka mana kiʻekiʻe, ka wela kiʻekiʻe, ke alapine kiʻekiʻe, a me ka mālamalama kiʻekiʻe. Ma ka uila uila, hana nā mea hoʻokumu GaN i nā alapine kiʻekiʻe me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka ikehu, e hāʻawi ana i ka hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka hoʻololi mana a me ka hoʻokele ikehu. Ma nā kamaʻilio microwave, hiki i ka GaN ke hiki i nā mea mana kiʻekiʻe, kiʻekiʻe-frequency e like me 5G power amplifier, hoʻonui i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka hōʻailona a me ke kūpaʻa.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Sapphire crystal ka "hoa pili" no GaN. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kāna lattice mismatch me GaN ma mua o ka silicon carbide (SiC), hōʻike nā substrates sapphire i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ka wā epitaxy GaN, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kumu paʻa no ka ulu ʻana o GaN. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka conductivity thermal o ka sapphire a me ka optical transparency e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o ka wela i nā mea mana GaN kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka paʻa o ka hana a me ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopuka kukui. ʻO kāna mau waiwai insulation uila ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e hōʻemi i ka hōʻailona hōʻailona a me ka nalowale o ka mana. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka sapphire a me GaN ua alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe, me nā LED i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo GaN, ka mea i hoʻomalu i nā kukui a me nā mākeke hōʻike-mai nā ʻōpuʻu LED home a i nā pale nui waho-a me nā diodes laser i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kamaʻilio optical a me ka hoʻoponopono laser precision.

 XKH's GaN-on-sapphire wafer

XKH's GaN-on-sapphire wafer

 

Hoʻonui i nā palena o nā noi Semiconductor

(1) ʻO ka "Paʻi" ma nā noi koa a me nā Aerospace

Hoʻohana pinepine nā mea hana i ka pūʻali koa a me ka aerospace ma lalo o nā kūlana koʻikoʻi. Ma ka lewa, hoʻomanawanui ka mokulele i nā mahana kokoke-ʻole-ʻole, ka hahau ʻana o ka cosmic ikaika, a me nā pilikia o kahi kaiapuni. ʻO nā mokulele koa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke alo nei i nā wela o ka ʻili ma mua o 1,000 ° C ma muli o ka hoʻomehana aerodynamic i ka wā holo kiʻekiʻe, me nā ukana mechanical kiʻekiʻe a me ka interference electromagnetic.

ʻO nā waiwai kūʻokoʻa o Sapphire crystal he mea kūpono ia no nā mea koʻikoʻi i kēia mau kula. ʻO kona kūpaʻa kūʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe - kū i ka 2,045 ° C me ka mālama pono ʻana i ka hoʻolālā - e hōʻoia i ka hana hilinaʻi ma lalo o ke kaumaha wela. Mālama ʻia kona paʻakikī radiation i ka hana ma ka honua cosmic a me ka nuklea, me ka pale pono ʻana i nā uila uila. Ua alakaʻi kēia mau ʻano i ka hoʻohana ākea ʻana o ka sapphire i nā puka makani infrared (IR) wela kiʻekiʻe. I nā ʻōnaehana alakaʻi missile, pono nā puka makani IR e mālama i ka mālamalama opua ma lalo o ka wela nui a me ka wikiwiki e hōʻoia i ka ʻike kikoʻī. Hoʻohui ʻia nā puka makani IR-based Sapphire i ke kūpaʻa wela kiʻekiʻe me ka transmittance IR kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ana i ka pololei alakaʻi. Ma ka aerospace, pale ʻo sapphire i nā ʻōnaehana optical satellite, e hiki ai ke kiʻi ʻike i nā kūlana orbital koʻikoʻi.

 ʻO nā puka makani sapphire o XKH

ʻO XKHpuka aniani sapphire

 

(2) Ka New Foundation for Superconductors and Microelectronics

Ma ka superconductivity, lawelawe ʻo sapphire ma ke ʻano he substrate koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni, e hiki ai i ka hoʻokele kūʻokoʻa ʻole-hoʻololi i ka mana, nā kaʻaahi maglev, a me nā ʻōnaehana MRI. Pono nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni superconducting kiʻekiʻe i nā substrate me nā hale lattice paʻa, a ʻo ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o ka sapphire me nā mea like me ka magnesium diboride (MgB₂) e hiki ai i ka ulu ʻana o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni me ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka nui o kēia manawa a me ke kahua magnetic koʻikoʻi. No ka laʻana, hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi nā kaula uila e hoʻohana ana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni superconducting i kākoʻo ʻia e ka sapphire i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻouna ʻana ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nalowale o ka ikehu.

I loko o ka microelectronics, nā substrate sapphire me nā ʻano crystallographic kikoʻī—e like me R-plane (<1-102>) a me A-plane (<11-20>)—e hiki ai i nā papa epitaxial silicon i hoʻopili ʻia no nā kaapuni hoʻohui holomua (ICs). Hoʻemi ʻo R-plane sapphire i nā hemahema aniani i nā IC kiʻekiʻe, hoʻonui i ka wikiwiki o ka hana a me ke kūpaʻa, ʻoiai nā waiwai insulating o A-plane sapphire a me ka ʻae like ʻole e hoʻonui i ka microelectronics hybrid a me ka hoʻohui superconductor kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻokumu kēia mau substrates i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻopili helu kiʻekiʻe a me nā ʻōnaehana kelepona.
XKH's AlN-on-NPSS Wafer

XKH'sAlN-ma-NPSS Wafer

 

 

ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana o Sapphire Crystal ma Semiconductors

Ua hōʻike mua ʻo Sapphire i ka waiwai nui ma waena o nā semiconductors, mai ka hana chip a i ka aerospace a me nā superconductors. Ke holomua nei ka ʻenehana, e hoʻonui hou ʻia kāna kuleana. Ma ka naʻauao akamai, kākoʻo ʻia nā sapphire haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, nā pahu hana kiʻekiʻe e alakaʻi i nā holomua AI i ka mālama olakino, kaʻa, a me ke kālā. Ma ka helu helu quantum, hoʻonoho nā waiwai waiwai o ka sapphire ma ke ʻano he moho hoʻohiki no ka hoʻohui qubit. Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻokō nā polokalamu GaN-on-sapphire i nā koi piʻi no ka lako kamaʻilio 5G/6G. Ke neʻe nei i mua, e noho mau ka sapphire i pōhaku kihi o ka hana hou semiconductor, e hoʻoikaika ana i ka holomua ʻenehana o ke kanaka.

 XKH's GaN-on-sapphire epitaxial wafer

XKH's GaN-on-sapphire epitaxial wafer

 

 

Hāʻawi ʻo XKH i nā puka aniani sapphire i hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia a me GaN-on-sapphire wafer solutions no nā noi ʻokiʻoki. Ke hoʻohana nei i ka ulu kristal waiwai a me nā ʻenehana polishing nanoscale, hāʻawi mākou i nā puka makani sapphire ultra-flat me ka hoʻouna ʻokoʻa mai UV a i IR spectra, kūpono no ka aerospace, pale, a me nā ʻōnaehana laser mana kiʻekiʻe.


Ka manawa hoʻouna: Apr-18-2025