ICFT question bank:

1. What are different defects in crystal structure explain.

2. What is clean room and types of contaminations
3. What are different types of photolithography processes? Explain
4. What is phase shift mask? How it helps in lithography?
5. Why can’t optical microscope be used for the 0.25 m feature inspection?
6. Why the 5:1 shrink ratio is more popular than the 10:1 shrink ratio?
7. Explain basic steps in photolithography
8. Positive photoresist can achieve much higher resolution than negative photoresist, why
didn’t people use it before the 1980s?
9. Explain future trends in semiconductor process technology and impact on lithography
10. Explain Issues related to thin film deposition
11. How many types of thin film deposition, which are they explain?
12. Explain what is mean by sputtering
13. What are the advantages of Si over Ge?
14. How Czochralski Crystal Growth is done?
15. How the Resistivity of Si is measured?
16. Explain wafer preparation steps
17. What is criteria for the most stable arrangement of Si structure?
18. What is unit cell in crystal?
19. Explain BCC, FCC and diamond structure?
20. Explain steps in fabrication?
21. In Fabrication steps what are backend steps and front end steps?
22. Compare and contrast Chemical and physical vapour deposition
23. Compare and contrast between deposition and epitaxial growth
24. What are the different types of oxidations
25. Compare and contrast between different types of oxidations
26. Explain steps in Thin film deposition