Silicon based manufacturing technologies

In the case of acrylic molding sheets and semi-fmished products, Wacker have elaborated a product concept based on silicone core-shell technology, which enables the manufacture of highly transparent particle-modified materials with improved RT and low-temperature (-40 C) impact resistance and high weatherability [4]. Other transparent plications (e.g., epoxy resins, polycarbonates) are showing encouraging results, too. 

One major recent advance in silicon-based semiconductor industry is the development of copper interconnects on chips. This new technology replaces the traditional aluminum or aluminum alloy (e.g. Al—Cu) conductors produced by physical vapor deposition (PVD) with copper conductors manufactured by electrodeposition. Copper has been replacing aluminum since 1999 owing to its low bulk electrical... 

The cost pressure on all automotive components is high. As a result, low-cost, high-volume manufacturing processes are a necessary prerequisite for successfully introducing a sensor into vehicles. This is the reason why certain technologies, such as silicon-based sensors and microsystems, have been particularly successful recently (see Section 2.3). 

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