Semiconductors are critical enablers at the heart of a vast range of electronic devices and systems, including smartphones, servers and telecommunications infrastructures. Innovations in semiconductor design and manufacturing are driving new, disruptive technologies, such as 5G, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and advanced defence and security applications.
Element Six provides an extensive portfolio of high-quality synthetic diamond solutions, supporting the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing value chains at every stage, from “front end” wafer fabrication, “back end” assembly, packaging and testing, to final electronic device production.
Our diamond-enabled thermal management solutions improve the reliability of mission-critical, high-power density RF amplifiers, enabling testing and inspection of processed wafers and semiconductor chips. Our high-performance diamond grits, powders and wire drawing die are integral to the cutting and polishing of semiconductor wafers and the hard optical materials used in smart electronics. Device assembly and integration require precision machining of printed circuit boards and a variety of metal, glass and ceramic materials - our single crystal and polycrystalline diamond ranges for precision machining tools provide the quality and reliability expected by the world-leading industrial manufactures of consumer electronics.
With a wide range of synthetic diamond solutions, decades of technical expertise, scale capabilities, and a collaborative approach to material development, Element Six is uniquely equipped to enable semiconductor manufacturers to optimise their products and overcome even their most demanding process challenges.
Our innovation and production capabilities deliver synthetic diamond solutions that generate value and competitive advantage at critical stages of the semiconductor manufacturing value chain.
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The performance requirements of today’s semiconductor devices and their manufacturing tools requires advanced solutions to manage heat fluxes beyond the capabilities of conventional materials.
CVD diamond heat spreaders and optical windows eliminate heat flux bottlenecks in high power devices, and optimise wafer fabrication and inspection tools.
Semiconductor production consists of a complex chain of fabrication and processing stages in which the minimisation of manufacturing defects is paramount.
Our diamond grit, micron and fine micron are engineered to produce highly consistent properties and behaviours, taking the unpredictability out of the critical dicing, lapping and polishing steps.
Today’s consumer electronic products combine disruptive technology and innovative design. For manufacturers, this means novel materials with demanding machining requirements.
Element Six’s polycrystalline and single crystal diamond ranges match the needs of toolmakers, delivering the ultimate solution in terms quality, consistency, and precision finish.
Electronic grade CVD diamond has a low dielectric constant, high charge collection efficiency and is radiation hard, making it an ideal material for high energy particle detectors.
In addition, its high breakdown field and excellent carrier transport properties are attracting intense interest for next generation high-power field effect transistors.
