Industry Spotlight: Electronics & Semiconductor
Many organizations in the electronics and semiconductor industry require thermal spray coatings to help overcome various manufacturing challenges on a regular basis. As our clients in the semiconductor industry know, thermal spray coatings can offer a wide range of advantages such as increased durability, high bonding strength, power retention, as well as meeting their strictest industry requirements. In addition, electronics are usually subjected to constant handling and must be well-coated to prevent damage that can be caused by abrasion.
Common Electronics & Semiconductor Thermal Spray Coating Materials
A&A Coatings utilize a good range of coating materials, each of which delivers unique advantages and characteristics, for coating electronics and other semiconductor components. These materials include:
- Polymers
- Tantalum
- Oxide ceramics
- Titanium
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Moly-disilicide
- Iron-chrome-aluminum
- Zinc
- Pure silicon
Why do Ceramic Materials Hold Great Significance in the Electronics & Semiconductor Industry Today?
In the electronics and semiconductor industry, ceramic materials are needed when dimensional stability is required over a range of temperatures – mostly for harsh processing environments. Other reasons pinpoint to their versatility, which allows them to be adjusted to meet various resistivity requirements.
These materials also possess such a broad range of attributes that modern semiconductor processing cannot be accomplished without them. If semiconductor applications require a material that contains low levels of trace metals, has strong dielectric properties and is high in purity, ceramics are the best materials and can form either the interior process surfaces or process chamber material for ion implanting, plasma etching and more.
Common Applications in the Electronics & Semiconductor Industry
At A&A Coatings, we offer an exceptional array of specialty coatings that are well-suited for various applications in the electronics and semiconductor industry. Depending on the requirements of your application, we can provide custom tailored coatings to meet your needs. For example, we can provide EMI shielding coatings, dielectric coatings and conductive coatings. To give you a better understanding on what we can do for you, here is a list of the components we often handle:
- Photomask processors
- Silicon wafers
- Semiconductor components
- Printed circuit boards
- Solar panels
How A&A Coatings Supports the Electronics & Semiconductor Industry
Many electrical components in the semiconductor industry are delicate as well as sensitive to physical and chemical factors. A&A Coatings is aware of these challenges and do not only develop protective coatings, but also develop the pertinent process flow to keep both the coatings and critical parts contaminant-free.
With more than 70 years of experience tailoring coating solutions for companies in the electronics and semiconductor industry, A&A Coatings is well versed in a good array of thermal spray processes such as metalizing and plasma spraying.
The needs and demands of companies in the semiconductor industry continue to grow each year, but with our strong capabilities and scalable solutions, we are able to meet any type of orders and ensure timely delivery. If you wish to know more about our electronics and semiconductor thermal spray coatings, do not hesitate to contact us today.
